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A margin of safety

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Chris Farrell | Oct 23, 2008
Comment: My husband and I are respectively 81 and 76. Luckily my husband is very conservative and has invested largely in CD's, bonds and TIPS....
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Untangling credit default swaps

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Richard Core | Oct 8, 2008
Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch is back with the second of his Crisis Explainer videos. This time he goes to the whiteboard to make the...
Posted In: american public media, credit default swaps, marketplace, paddy hirsch, whiteboard
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Economic downturn to bring change, not collapse to green sector

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Dennis Markatos | Oct 9, 2008
The economy is in bad shape, and green businesses will definitely feel it in the months ahead. But firms that deliver great products at competitive...
Posted In: economic downturn, efficiency, green biz, solar, wind
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Stand Up and Face the Music

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Scott Jagow | Oct 16, 2008
Chris Farrell and I had a lively discussion this morning about why bank CEOs haven't taken responsibility for their role in this financial crisis...
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Touring the new Google-powered phone

| Oct 22, 2008
Finally, it's here -- T-Mobil has started selling the Google-powered G1 smart phone. So what's all the fuss about? Kai Ryssdal talks with Kevin Pereira of G4 TV to find out what it does.
Posted In: Internet, Retail, Science
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Aghanistan's pre-Islamic art

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Gregory Warner | Oct 24, 2008
Ancient artifacts from Afghanistan's pre-Islamic past are the focus of a exhibit touring the U.S., but as Gregory Warner reports, many valuable artworks still in Afghanistan need protection.
Posted In: Science
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Steering AIG in a brighter direction

| Oct 23, 2008
In the second part of our interview with CEO Ed Liddy, Kai Ryssdal talks with AIG's new head about the challenge of rescuing the company and having U.S. taxpayers as his new boss.
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Read it--and weep

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Chris Farrell | Oct 22, 2008
These numbers from Alicia Munnell, economist at Boston College, are unbelievable....
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Government pension fund hard hit

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Steve Henn | Oct 24, 2008
Early last year, the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation had more than $68 billion invested -- but began to chip away at that with risky investments. Steve Henn reports Congress will be looking into it.
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Obama's ready for prime time

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Steve Henn | Oct 23, 2008
Barack Obama will run half-hour prime time ads on national networks next week. The payoff: Reaching 20 million Americans right before the election. The cost: about $3 million. But, Steve Henn reports, it's not like he's short on cash.

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