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Thursday, November 12, 2009

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President Obama makes statement on economy

How the government can develop jobs

Next month, President Obama will host an employment summit at the White House to find new ways to get Americans back to work. Steve Henn talks to experts and explores how the administration might be able to do this successfully.

Heading up the Treasury steps

Government looks to TARP for debt help

The Obama administration is looking for ways to bring down record government deficits, and it's reportedly considering TARP. Not all of the bank bailout money has been spent. John Dimsdale explains how it might work.

A woman gets rest in a Lunesta commercial

Online drug ads struggle with fine print

When it comes to online drug ads, the Food and Drug Administration hasn't quite figured out the rules on getting out the warnings. So drug companies, Internet companies and regulators are meeting in Washington. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Commentator Todd Buchholz

Vigilante China is U.S. taxpayer's hero

With national debt reaching doomsday figures, the U.S. sure could use a hero. And commentator Todd Buchholz says that hero may be a vigilante riding in from the Far East -- in the form of Chinese leaders concerned about their investments.

Customers line up at a Lider store in Chile

How Wal-Mart profits from Chilean debt

Chile's economy has become much more consumer-centric over the past few years, and Chileans are slipping into American-like personal debt patterns. Annie Murphy explores how Wal-Mart stands to benefit from Chileans' debt cycles.

An apartment building

Investors in apartments are squeezed

Before the financial crisis, real estate investors saw potential profits everywhere. Now their properties aren't worth what they sold for, and it's turning into a problem for middle- and working-class renters. Alisa Roth reports.

Guitarist Chris Walla

Band business is hard on the wallet

Being in a successful rock band may be great for your personal finances, but getting there can be expensive. Kai Ryssdal talks to Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie about the music business and the band's new single on the 'Twilight' soundtrack.

Kai Ryssdal's final note . . .

We started with a presidential statement on the economy, so I figure we'll end with a presidential statement o the economy. Different president, though. Quite a different economy, too.

Ten years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed a piece of legislation known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act. No reason you should recognize that off the top of your head. Except for this: it repealed a different law known as Glass-Steagall, which since the days of the Depression, had forbidden investment banks from co-mingling with plain old commercial banks. There's a pretty substantial school of thought that says the repeal of Glass-Steagall helped make the financial crisis all the worse.

One last note about that signing ceremony from 10 years ago: It was presided over by the then-Secretary of the Treasury. A guy named Larry Summers.

Marketplace datebook for Friday, November 13, 2009

  • In Washington, the Commerce Department reports on international trade for the month of September.
  • In Tokyo, President Obama meets with the Prime Minister of Japan.
  • And the 2009 Realtors Conference and Expo gets underway in San Diego. Topics include green real estate issues, social media and short sales.
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Kai Ryssdal took the reins as host of Marketplace in August 2005 after hosting the Marketplace Morning Report for more than four years. Before joining Marketplace, Kai was … Full bio

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