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U.S. financial crisis spreads to Mexico

Dan Grech | Nov 18, 2008
In Mexico, the peso has plunged, unemployment is rising and foreign investors started pulling money out last month -- all fallout from the economic crisis in the U.S. Dan Grech reports from Mexico.
Posted In: Economy, Mexico
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Treat homeowners like Donald Trump

| Nov 18, 2008
When Donald Trump almost went bankrupt in the '90s, creditors made him give up his credit cards before he got help. Commentator Todd Buchholz says homeowners who face foreclosure have to give up some things too.
Posted In: Economy, Housing
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You've been wondering how we're going to pay for the bailout?

Kai Ryssdal | Nov 18, 2008
Raising taxes? Nope. Printing more money? Kind of. The way we do that is by selling Treasuries. And guess who's buying.
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Fuel prices thwart Pickens' wind farm

Sam Eaton | Nov 12, 2008
Earlier this year, T. Boone Pickens announced a grand plan to build the world's biggest wind farm and help wean the country off gasoline. Now that natural gas prices have tanked, he's putting the plan on hold. Sam Eaton reports.
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The ways stores entice shoppers to buy

| Nov 14, 2008
Marketing expert Martin Lindstrom says stores have special ways to get shopppers to spend. Kai Ryssdal gets him to reveal some of their methods.
Posted In: Economy, Retail
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If a mutual fund company fails?

Chris Farrell | Nov 14, 2008
Question: If you own mutual funds through a company such as Vanguard or Fidelity, what happens if the company goes bankrupt. Do you still own the...
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Hot Topic taps into retail gloom

Renita Jablonski | Nov 18, 2008
Retail sales have been dark lately, but alternative teen clothing chain Hot Topic has seen a bump in its sales. Renita Jablonski reports how the apparel and entertainment store may be reflecting a national mood.
Posted In: Retail
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GM and the Chapter 11 debate

| Nov 17, 2008
Those who think bankruptcy makes sense for GM say the company needs to revamp and slim down. Others doubt it will help. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
Posted In: Auto, Economy
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For many, the holiday party's over

| Nov 14, 2008
Company cutbacks are so severe right now that many are skipping the annual holiday party. Scott Jagow talks to Jo Bennett of Battalia Winston Amrop, which does a survey about corporate holiday events.
Posted In: Jobs
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Obama meant it about C02

Melissa Kaplan | Nov 13, 2008
And now, more damage for U.S. auto makers' bottom lines. Bloomberg is reporting President-elect Obama is expected to grant California a waiver...

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