Marketplace

Straight Story: Year in review

It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. What were the biggest financial stories of the year? Chris enters the housing market.

Most popular stories online

1. Harvesting gas from the dairy air
2. Silverdome sold off, for a steal
3. Bitter fight developing over sugar beets
4. Mexico eyes next export: Wind energy
5. A slow media movement

Also on This Show

• The squeeze on vacation days
• Online banking has its pitfalls
• Guidance from the Seat Guru
• Day in the Work Life: Air traffic controller
• Buzzword: Santa Claus rally
• Mailbag for Friday, December 22, 2006
• Bugs for retirement
• Lost and found
• Straight Story: Year in review
• Letters from you

Music From This Show

The Specials

GAME: Budget Hero

Think you could balance the federal budget? Play the game.

Conversations from the Corner Office^TM

Marketplace goes one-on-one with CEOs, company founders, head honchos...

Sit in

Working

Intimate profiles of workers in the global economy.

Meet them

Marketplace on iTunes U

Marketplace is on Apple's online education platform, iTunesU. Get free downloads in subjects like History, Science, Business and more. Study up

Find past stories by . . .

Past Shows