Every weekday on Marketplace, Kai Ryssdal hosts a lively and unexpected exploration of the day’s business and economic news from Wall Street to your wallet.
Consumer Price Index, CPI, is up, but the Fed, which meets tomorrow measures inflation in a different way. Deflation. Inflation. Let’s call the whole thing off. Then, Netflix plans to stream some of its shows, including Breaking Bad and Orange is the New Black, in 4K Ultra HD. But not a lot of people have the ability to watch ultra HD right now. However, this is where the Next Big Thing begins. What's the strategy for taking us as consumers of content, hardware and technology, to the next level? We look at the shape of things to come. Also, a famous baseball player dies of cancer from chewing tobacco. We look at the smokeless tobacco industry, where sales are up