If you follow business and financial news, you hear a lot about which way the wind is blowing in the housing market. Including on Marketplace. From housing starts and new home sales, to existing home sales and various price indices, figuring out what all these numbers mean can be head-spinning.

The new action movie "Captain Marvel" hits theaters today. Some analysts have spent months predicting how well the film might do. Box Office Media, a company which projects and tracks opening numbers, expects the superhero movie could bring in more than $160 million dollars in its first weekend. But just how do box-office tracking companies make these predictions well before anybody sets foot in a movie theater?

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Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is planning to shed some of its oil investments. While the move has been celebrated as a big win by environmentalists, its motivations have more to do with economics than climate change. The Norwegian government, which gets 20 percent of its revenue from the petroleum sector, said Friday it wants to reduce its vulnerability to a permanent decline in the price of oil.

Author Aatish Taseer was born in the UK, the son of prominent Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and Pakistani politician, Salmaan Taseer. For his new book, "The Twice Born: Life and Death on the Ganges," Taseer traveled to Benares, the spiritual home of Hinduism for an up-close look at what the caste system means in India today.

The pace of hiring all but ground to a halt in February, despite a blockbuster jobs report in January. We look at the factors behind the hiring slowdown and what it means for the rest of the economy. Then: This week, the last Chevy Cruze rolled out of the GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio, before it closed. What happens to the 1,500 laid-off workers? Plus, how experts track and predict box office numbers.