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Mid-day Extra: When Obama dines at your restaurant

Oct 25, 2011
Yesterday, Obama dropped in on a Los Angeles institution: Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles. When the president makes a visit, does it make a difference in food sales in the months that come?

Mid-day Extra: The price of winning

Oct 24, 2011
A new study shows the price per win for each professional sports team in the U.S.

PODCAST: Hope for underwater mortgages, the cost per win

Oct 24, 2011
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and from around the web. President Obama will be in Nevada today, where 60 pe...

PODCAST: President Obama's piecemeal jobs plan, a Louboutin lawsuit

Oct 21, 2011
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and from around the web. President Obama wasn't able to get his near half tri...

Mid-day Extra: Christian Louboutin battles YSL for its soles

Oct 21, 2011
Luxury shoemaker Christian Louboutin filed an appeal this week to re-open a case it has against Yves Saint Laurent over what it sees as a copycat shoe.

PODCAST: Gaddafi reported dead, Venezuelan baseball

Oct 20, 2011
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and from around the web. Reports are out this morning that the former Libyan ...
An Indian newspaper vendor arranges papers carrying the news of the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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Mid-day Extra: Todd Gitlin on the Occupy Wall Street protests

Oct 19, 2011
An extended version of our interview with Columbia professor (and experienced protester) Todd Gitlin on the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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PODCAST: Cost of living increases, Todd Gitlin on OWS

Oct 19, 2011
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and from around the web. Today is the anniversary of Black Monday. On October...

Mid-day Extra: Saying "adios" to a Mexican food great

Oct 18, 2011
The parent company of El Torito and Chevys Fresh Mex declared bankruptcy earlier this month. But it left a legacy of bringing a regional cuisine to the rest of the country.

PODCAST: Growth slows in China, the legacy of a Mexican food chain

Oct 18, 2011
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and from around the web. In China, some evidence this morning of a slowing ec...