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We're running up an 'eco debt,' too

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Melissa Kaplan | Oct 29, 2008
While credit woes are causing a global crisis in the markets, a different kind of worldwide debt is being racked up as well. The BBC reports a...
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U.S. overdoing it with medical testing

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Stacey Vanek Smith | Nov 10, 2008
More than 95 million MRIs and CAT scans are performed every year in the U.S. Is that a bit much? Stacey Vanek-Smith reports health care professionals may be under pressure to use their testing equipment.
Posted In: Health
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Eco-labeled pesticides! Are your hands on fire yet?

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Heidi Siegelbaum | Nov 5, 2008
As I write, millions of you are using EPA-registered pesticides, likely without knowing it, in a marketing-induced frenzy to rid the world of...
Posted In: Clorox, eco-labels, EPA
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Straight Story: Saving and spending

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Chris Farrell | Nov 7, 2008
Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on the different ways individuals and the government should adjust their budgets to best weather the economic crisis.
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Obama can't change Washington alone

| Nov 5, 2008
Americans spoke loudly for change, particularly in D.C. politics. That includes lobbyists and pork seekers. Commentator Robert Reich urges Obama to enlist his campaign network and grassroots activists for the job.
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The decline of a once-popular security

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Ashley Milne-Tyte | Nov 6, 2008
Asset-backed securities have lost the appeal that sparked a $500 billion buying frenzy a year ago. Last month, only one $500 million deal closed. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports why this hurts the economy.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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The latest on reverse mortgages

| Nov 7, 2008
If you're 62 or older and the stock market is eating your retirement, there are still options open to you. Host Scott Jagow asks Meg Burns of the FHA about reverse mortgages.
Posted In: Housing, Retirement
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Businesses prep for new management

| Nov 7, 2008
Host Scott Jagow asks to a business owner from each side of the political aisle how they're adapting their companies in anticipation of President-elect Obama's economic plans.
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Getting serious about human waste

| Nov 3, 2008
The subject of human waste doesn't come up much. Too icky. But a new book warns of the perils of ignoring the subject. Kai Ryssdal talks with Rose George, author of "The Big Necessity."
Posted In: Health, Science
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FDIC chair speaks out against bailout

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Andrea Gardner | Oct 16, 2008
FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Blair is publicly criticizing the administration's $700 billion bailout package, saying it doesn't do enough to help Americans facing foreclosures. Sarah Gardner reports.
Posted In: Housing

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