Tag: marketplace
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November 30, 2009 04:00 PM EST --
The government is set to approve a stimulus-based rebate program for old appliances akin to the Cash for Clunkers program. The $300 million program will target 56 states and territories. Elizabeth Threlkeld . . .
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January 30, 2008 12:12 PM EST --
Ice melting in the Arctic is forcing polar bears to go farther to hunt for food or forage inland, making many of them starve. In our last installment of the Plan B series, Janet Babin explores how scientists . . .
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September 23, 2009 10:06 AM EDT --
Marketplace's Small Town Hall posed financial questions to eight kids and share a series of seven revealing videos. This one struck me as particularly interesting, because it was so clearly a debate . . .
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November 25, 2007 01:45 PM EST --
I have a few used CDs I don't want any more, and since I buy a lot of things from Amazon.com's Market Place, I figure I'd check it out and see if I can sell the CDs there.
I found out that . . .
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February 23, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
Hi, Loral Langemeier here. I have a new group, The Millionaire Maker, that I would like to invite all Gather members to join.
Within this space, we are going to be engaging in a conversation about money—your . . .
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July 03, 2008 09:12 AM EDT --
The mega-retailer is set to become the nation's largest buyer of locally grown produce with a promise to purchase $400 million worth of crops from local farmers. Sam Eaton reports.
TEXT OF STORY . . .
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November 21, 2009 02:12 PM EST --
Kevin Parker, global head of asset management for Deutsche Bank, tells host Kai Ryssdal why he is currently steering investors away from American companies developing clean-energy systems and products. . . .
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November 26, 2009 03:12 PM EST --
China is the world's largest source of carbon emissions, and now it's putting forth a carbon target in a run-up to next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen. Steve Chiotakis talks to Scott Tong in . . .
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November 27, 2009 03:24 PM EST --
China announced it will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 with a pledge to reduce what's called "carbon intensity." Jeremy Hobson explains what the term means and how the rate of emissions is involved. . . .
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June 06, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
Yesterday I made a few comments on an article. I thought my comments were temperate although they were in some measure in disagreement with the author. The subject was interesting to me. . . .
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March 25, 2009 12:13 PM EDT --
It looks like Prosper.com , the online auction site where people could buy loans or request to borrow money, still isn't back in the lending game. On November 24, 2008, the SEC had . . .
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May 07, 2009 12:27 PM EDT --
Solar panel users who generate more power than they need currently relinquish that excess energy to local utilities. A Senate committee is considering whether to require those companies to pay for that . . .
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October 31, 2009 11:12 AM EDT --
Even if we develop all the renewable energy we need, Earth will still warm more than it has in the history of mankind. Sam Eaton and Sarah Gardner look at how governments and businesses are planning to . . .
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November 25, 2009 03:00 PM EST --
Legislation to use market forces to reduce carbon emissions may be stuck in Congress, but some states are banding together to form regional cap and trade programs. Ashley Milne-Tyte explains how it works. . . .
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March 16, 2008 01:30 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to spend some time in Mexico with my oldest daughter, Jennifer . We spent a few days in the Lake Patzcuaro region. This photo essay is about one of the mornings we . . .
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June 27, 2009 03:10 PM EDT --
They started a market at the fire house on the weekends. I took my camera and went up today. It is really a wonderful idea to get visitors that come up on the incline that take the walk down Shiloh Street . . .
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July 25, 2008 01:24 PM EDT --
Yesterday, the federal government tightened regulations meant to discourage killing of sharks in the Gulf and Atlantic just for their fins. Steve Henn reports shark fin soup is one big culprit for hunting . . .
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July 28, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
Giant wind turbines are not uncommon in the wide open West Texas plains. But there's a big problem getting that electricity out to the big cities like Dallas and Houston. David Martin Davies has the . . .
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May 09, 2009 12:51 PM EDT --
San Francisco wants to boost its high recycling rate, so it may become the first city to make composting and recycling mandatory. And there could be stiff penalties for those who don't comply. Caitlan . . .
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November 20, 2009 02:00 PM EST --
In the Mexican state of Baja California, the government and international corporations want to build wind farms that could generate enough electricity to power homes in the United States while boosting . . .
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