Summary: Marketplace looks at the shadow banking system of providers of personal, auto and some mortgage loans,and the role these non banks have played since the financial crisis of 2008.
Original Air Date: April 12, 2016
Length: 1 minute 25 seconds
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While major U.S. banks are cleaning up their books, the shadow banking system is dirtying its hands Leave a comment
Utility companies to stockpile $8 million spare parts in case of disaster Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/08/world/spare-parts
Summary: Several major utility companies are pooling their resources to create a company called Grid Assurance. Grid Assurance is designed to stockpile repair parts to protect against the chances of a grid disaster.
Original Air Date: April , 2016
Length: 2 minutes 6 seconds
Brave’s new browser sets newspaper publishers on edge Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/08/world/brave-new-browser-sets-newspaper-publishers-edge
Summary: Marketplace explores the consequences Brave software’s ad blocking browser has on websites, specifically newspaper outlets that depends on ads for revenue.
Original Air Date: April 8, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Happy Saudi cows eat California alfalfa Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/28/world/happy-saudi-cows-eating-california-alfalfa
Summary: A Saudi dairy company, Almarai, bought a total of 14,000 acres of land across Arizona and California with the intentions of growing alfalfa, a water intensive crop. Almarai plans to export the U.S. grown alfalfa back to Saudi Arabia to be used as fodder.
Original Air Date: April 6, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 22 seconds
FTC fights against new strategy for delaying generics Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/31/health-care/ftc-fights-against-new-strategy-delaying-generics
Summary: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought an important case against ‘pay-for-delay schemes’, seeking to show that non-monetary deals between pharmaceutical companies inhibit the market from functioning properly. More importantly, they seek to demonstrate that these deals are illegal.
Original Air Date: April 1, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 10 seconds
For our future, someone has to think about dirt Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/28/world/our-future-someone-has-think-about-dirt
Summary: Nitrate pollution and soil erosion are common concerns when it comes to growing soy and corn. These crops are generally grown in the U.S. because farmers usually have an abundance of economic incentives such as crop insurance and the ethanol mandate, encouraging them to do so.
Original Air Date: March 29, 2016
Length: 3 minutes 44 seconds
Georgia school focuses on skills local employers say they need Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/10/education/school-focuses-skills-local-employers-say-they-need
Summary: Schools are shifting away from offering technical classes at a time when industries are more in demand of high skilled technical workers than ever before.
Original Air Date: April 1, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 17 seconds
The Chinese lake that’s ground zero for the bird flu Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/03/world/chinese-lake-has-become-ground-zero-bird-flu
Summary: Hundreds of thousands of birds migrate to China’s Poyang Lake each year, creating a breeding ground for the avian influenza virus. This virus has the ability to spread rapidly if wild birds connect with domestic birds found on farms within China. The implications this virus can have on human health, farmers, and the economy is deadly.
Original Air Date: March 30, 2016
Length: 5 minutes 16 seconds
Study finds that fracking contaminated a water supply Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/29/world/study-fracking-contaminated-water-supply
Summary: Marketplace addresses the negative economic and health impacts fracking can have on a community, particularly those resulting from a lack of clean drinking water.
Original Air Date: March 29, 2016
Length: 3 minutes 20 seconds
Help arrives for (some) underwater homeowners Leave a comment
Link: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/15/economy/homeowner-buyout-plan-better-late-never
Summary: The Federal Housing Finance Agency begins to help 33,000 homeowners who financed their mortgages through Freddie Mae or Fannie Mac and are are more than 15% underwater and 90 days delinquent on payments. Assistance includes lowering interest rates and the balance of principal owed
Original Air Date: April 15, 2016
Length: 2 minutes 12 seconds
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