Marketplace Scratch Pad

Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. A few items to start the week, including an editorial by former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, an excerpt...

If Bin Laden does have a car in his cave, it may well be a Prius. A new audio tape has surfaced that suggests the elusive terrorist has a green...

Companies victimized by cyber crimes have been suing their banks for having inadequate online security. But a new case in Texas turns that...

The IRS has ruled that airlines can keep 100% of the revenue they collect from baggage fees. The agency says certain other non-ticket charges are...

Happy Friday. This morning -- Bernanke's been confirmed. Now what? The debate over whether Treasuries should be included in the Wall Street tax....

A Federal Reserve official said this week that "banks are still not lending." He also said access to credit remains difficult for households and...

Toyota's recall mess might finally knock the Japanese company off its throne of auto domination. But American carmakers and unions aren't waiting...

On Marketplace each night, we "do the numbers." But today, I'd like to "do the words." The words used in a State of the Union address are a...

Good morning. Kind of light this morning -- a lot of looking back on what was a big day yesterday:...

I stumbled across this little experiment, and I know it's trying to tell me an important truth about our economy or Wall Street or bailouts or...