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Over the next few months people across the U.S. will have to make decisions about health coverage. The questions about how that it will all work keep coming in, with people seeking details about available plans and the size of the penalties if they don't comply.

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.

Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday. They developed something called "mechanism design theory," which helps explain the decision-making processes behind business moves.

A case in the Supreme Court today may determine the fate of millions of inventors' patents. A law says that an invention can't be patented if it is "obvious," but the definition of "obvious" isn't clear after decades of litigation. Now, many companies have filed briefs calling for a change to the rule.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about Microsoft's launch of a new search engine Thursday that's designed to compete with Google.com.

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

Media conglomerate Viacom posted a loss of $18 billion in the fourth quarter. Bob Moon of Marketplace reports.

It was a sluggish summer for the stock market. What were the reasons behind that? Hear NPR's Alex Chadwick and Matt Algeo of Marketplace.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about the economic toll of Hurricane Frances on Florida.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about business and economic events coming up in the week ahead.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a new report by the travel industry that indicates travelers have returned to the skies in large numbers this year.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the jump in wholesale prices that has fueled inflation worries.