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Show me the money

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Kai Ryssdal | Oct 28, 2008
Just in case you've been wondering which banks have gotten bailout money so far, here you go.
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A sobering statistic

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Chris Farrell | Oct 29, 2008
Ross Levin is one of the nation's premier financial planners. He's based in Edina, Minnesota. Here's a sober bit of number-crunching:...
Posted In: Investing
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Getting naked in short selling

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Richard Core | Oct 22, 2008
The practice of short selling has been blamed for the collapse of several major companies' shares during the financial crisis. What is short...
Posted In: naked short selling, paddy hirsch, short selling, whiteboard
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Work Life: He's a solar man

| Oct 24, 2008
Need to feel a little sunshine in this dark, cloudy economy? We don't blame you, so we thought we'd help find you some. If your house is solar-friendly, solar systems consultant Paul Scott can help you save money.
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Anxious Americans in no mood to spend

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Steve Henn | Oct 28, 2008
Foreclosures, gas prices, Wall Street wipeouts -- the daily barrage of bad news has taken a toll on the American consumer, whose confidence in the economy has dropped to almost 50%. Steve Henn reports.
Posted In: Economy, Retail
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Tinker Bell breaks out on her own

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Rachel Dornhelm | Oct 28, 2008
Tinker Bell is back, and this time there's no more wearing herself ragged sprinkling fairy dust for that ham Peter Pan. A new Disney series of DVDs feature Tink and her fairy friends. Rachel Dornhelm has more.
Posted In: Entertainment
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Just like Wall St., the Earth is overdrawn (two weeks ahead of '07)

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Heidi Siegelbaum | Sep 23, 2008
Today is Earth Overshoot Day. I'm not certain about the marketing savvy of this phrase as my immediate association is playing basketball at the...
Posted In: Earth Overshoot Day, ecological debt, Footprint Network, marketing
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Federal funds to fight foreclosure

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Jill Barshay | Jun 23, 2008
U.S. mayors are working to resolve the housing crisis by using federal money. Rampant foreclosures are especially hurting cities by choking off property tax revenues that fund city services. Jill Barshay reports.
Posted In: Housing
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Bailout plan turns to foreclosures

| Oct 24, 2008
Kai Ryssdal talks to David Leonhardt of the New York Times and Leigh Gallagher of Forbes about Congress' decision to funnel more cash to struggling homeowners and other news from a busy week.
Posted In: Economy, Housing
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Holy New Testament! A Bible with edge

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Stacey Vanek Smith | Oct 27, 2008
A glossy, edgy, full-color version of the New Testament has celebrities standing in for biblical characters and post-Katrina New Orleans in Revelations. The idea is to get young hipsters to read it. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

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