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NPR's Noah Adams speaks with Bob Moon of Marketplace about what sluggish sales figures from retail giant Wal-Mart say about the nation's economy, and how it might affect the presidential race.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about how a threatened bankruptcy in Russia, continued sabotage of oil facilities and pipelines in Iraq and a recall vote in Venezuela have sent the price of crude oil to new highs.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about lifestyle maven Martha Stewart's announcement that she will serve time in prison for securities fraud while she awaits an appeal on her conviction.

After taking a major hit on Black Friday, Oklahoma retailers are hoping to use these final days of holiday shopping to bounce back and recoup some sales.…

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Matthew Algeo of Marketplace about new economic figures showing that 337,000 jobs were added to U.S. payrolls in October, twice the figure that economists had expected. However, the unemployment rate also rose from 5.4 percent to 5.5 percent.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the turmoil swirling around Russia's largest oil producer, Yukos, and the havoc it's wreaking on the global oil market. The price of crude oil hit a 21-year high this week.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about the latest legal blow to the entertainment industry. A federal appeals court has ruled that makers of Internet file-sharing programs such as StreamCast are not legally liable for the songs or movies their users swap online.

Minnesota spent millions on creating its health care website, and while the state's added 180,000 people to insurance coverage, some are asking whether it was worth it for the state to go it alone.

Indian casinos raked in more than $18 billion last year -- twice what all the casinos in Nevada made, according to a report from the National Indian Gaming Association. Matthew Algeo from Marketplace discusses the boom in Indian gaming and the latest Commerce Department numbers on new home construction.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about California's angry reaction to a federal agency's demand that the state pay refunds to former energy trader Enron -- despite allegations Enron reaped huge profits by manipulating California energy markets during the state's 2000-2001 power crisis.

The NBC television network plans to post clips from some of its fall shows on the video-sharing Web site YouTube.com -- a big step for YouTube.com and NBC, which previously attempted to block the site from posting clips of NBC shows. Madeleine Brand talks with Janet Babin of Marketplace about the win-win move for NBC and YouTube.com's "guerilla cred."

Rising gas prices appear to be hurting the profits of the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart. Same-store sales rose just 2.3 percent in May, which was the low end of profit estimates. Alex Chadwick talks to Janet Babin of Marketplace about the slump.