Tuesday, September 15, 2009
In this show. . .
Health care plans may be too expensive
When it comes to health care, one thing almost everybody agrees on is that everyone should have insurance. But getting there is the problem. Tamara Keith reports.
Does Cadbury have merger appetite?
Kraft Foods is denying it will unload any of its brands to pay for a possible acquisition of Cadbury. Joel Rose reports the candy maker may be holding out for a better bid, or may go it alone.
Credit card companies try new tactics
With consumers defaulting and newfound scrutiny from lawmakers, credit card companies are in a tough place. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports that's got companies trying a new tactic.
Commission looks for answers to crisis
Congress' Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will soon begin investigating how the U.S. economy came close to collapse. The commission's chairman, Phil Angelides, talks with Kai Ryssdal about what he hopes to find and how it may aid regulation.
Wall Street's less honest after Lehman
Regulators who let Lehman Brother collapse admit it was a tough ride, but claim it all worked out in the end. Commentator David Skeel says otherwise.
Women are key to ending poverty
Authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn talk with Kai Ryssdal about their book, "Half the Sky," and why more aid should be targeted to women so countries can be lifted out of impoverishment.
L.A. restaurant has the links to success
Many businesses are struggling to get by in this recession, but there are success stories. Caitlan Carroll reports on one restaurant in downtown Los Angeles that's sizzling even as the economy cools.
Kai Ryssdal's final note...
Ben Bernanke gave a speech today. Said the usual macro-economic things Fed chairmen usually say. Then he took some questions.One of which was, so how's the economy doing? The transcript of his answer runs five paragraphs. Here's the meat of it.
Ben Bernanke: "Even though from a technical perspective the recession is very likely over at this point, it's still going to feel like a very weak economy for some time."
So to recap... Recession already over. Unemployment probably going over 10 percent by next year.
Marketplace datebook for Wednesday, September 16, 2009
- The Labor Department releases its monthly Consumer Price Index, letting us know how much folks in urban areas are paying for goods.
- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with President Obama at the White House. Discussion is expected to focus on the economic and the war in Afghanistan.
- And a House subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade holds a hearing on the economic impact of auto dealer closings on local communities.
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