Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Cyprus strikes a deal, Medicine without the pill

Mark Garrison Mar 25, 2013
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Cyprus strikes a deal, Medicine without the pill

Mark Garrison Mar 25, 2013
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Eurozone finance ministers reached a last minute deal to grant Cyprus a $13 billion bailout early this morning. Those with large deposits in Cypriot banks could be hit will a tax of 30 percent in order to help fund the bailout.

Richard DeKaser, economist with Wells Fargo, discusses the impact of Cyprus’ bailout on the U.S. economy.

And a new drug, in the final stages of approval by the FDA, could make it easier to give addicts medication without using pills and risking abuse.

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