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NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the slowdown in the nation's Gross Domestic Product last quarter and the size of the deficit.

NPR's Noah Adams speaks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about how the introduction of electronic trading will likely affect the New York Stock Exchange.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about this year's adjustments in Social Security benefits, and how the presidential campaigns have addressed the issue.

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 speaks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a new cooperative agreement linking the instant messaging systems of Yahoo, MSN and AOL.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the latest settlement in a mutual fund trading abuse case, and the attempts by the Securities and Exchange Commission to limit such abuses.

Two hundred years ago today, the United States signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty. For about 4 cents an acre, America more than doubled its size, helping fulfill Thomas Jefferson's dreams for westward expansion -- all without the firing of a single shot. All Things Considered commemorates one of the sweetest real-estate deals of the millennium.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the increasing number of corporations scrambling to comply with the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a new law that often requires them to restate their earnings.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about the U.S. Senate's approval of a corporate tax bill estimated to cost at least $130 billion in lost tax revenue to federal coffers.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the week ahead in the world of business, including the commencement of the first criminal trial stemming from the massive fraud at Enron, and the Federal Reserve's meeting tomorrow.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about toy retailer FAO Schwartz. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and it's now sending out a catalogue of toys designed only for the very rich.

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.