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Wall Street is reeling from a falling dollar, soaring oil prices and mortgage losses. However, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tells lawmakers the economy is still humming along reasonably well.

Here are some tips for how people can handle moving between the government health plan for low-income residents and the private plans offered on the federal health law's exchanges.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with John Dimsdale of Marketplace about how the iPod is fueling computer maker Apple's impressive earnings.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about "Operation Digital Gridlock," a new initiative by the FBI to crack down on illegal sharing of copyrighted material on the Internet.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about cars that are the most popular targets of thieves.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about "shock jock" Howard Stern's recent decision to leave his radio post at Infinity Broadcasting and to switch to Sirius Satellite Radio in January 2006.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics -- an American, Edward C. Prescott, and Finn E. Kydland of Norway.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about an impressive tale of corporate graft: A 500-page report released Wednesday by the board of the Hollinger corporation accuses media magnate Conrad Black of looting the company of 95 percent of its profits over seven years.

NPR's Noah Adams talks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about three important recent decisions by the Federal Communications Commission. One of those rulings will allow users of the TiVo broadcast recording service to ship a digital broadcast of a television show to a limited list of people.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about companies that advertise on Sinclair Broadcast Group stations. Some of these advertisers are withdrawing their ads after Sinclair pledged to run a film that's harshly critical of Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry in the days leading up to the presidential election.