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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 Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's investigation of that state's insurance industry, and a new investigation into New York's recording industry.

The Internet search company Google surprised Wall Street by announcing that its sales and profit margins grew much faster than expected in the fourth quarter. Bob Moon of Marketplace talks about Google's robust financial performance.

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.

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 employees who think the law gives them time off to go to the polls. They should read the fine print before telling their boss they're leaving.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Matthew Algeo of Marketplace about the 75th anniversary of the U.S. stock market crash that sparked the Great Depression. Algeo says the effects of that economic collapse still reverberate in today's economy.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about United Airlines' attempts to emerge from bankruptcy -- particularly its efforts to negotiate new union contracts to reduce labor costs.