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Old networking meets new in India

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Rico Gagliano | Jun 16, 2008
A new start-up company is trying to make it easier for illiterate workers with no business network to find out about jobs as housekeepers, gardeners, drivers and the like. Rico Gagliano reports from Bangalore.
Posted In: Jobs
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Betting on premium chocolate lovers

| Sep 5, 2008
These days, many Americans are saying good-bye to life's little luxuries. But one Minneapolis business owner is hoping consumers won't let the sinking economy beat their love of chocolate. Annie Baxter reports.
Posted In: Entrepreneurship, Food
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Many NOLA neighborhoods still empty

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Tess Vigeland | Aug 22, 2008
About 70% of New Orleans' pre-Hurricane Katrina population is back. Many have moved to higher ground, leaving one-third of residential addresses empty. Tess Vigeland talks with Tina Marquardt of the nonprofit Beacon of Hope about what's keeping people away.
Posted In: Housing
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Credit Score: Carry A Balance or Not?

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Chris Farrell | Sep 4, 2008
Question: My 23 year old son applied for a credit card and was turned down because of "lack of credit history." We had held a joint credit card...
Posted In: Credit Cards
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Have oil companies manipulated prices?

| Sep 4, 2008
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is looking into whether oil companies have been manipulating prices, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Ashley Milne-Tyte has more.
Posted In: Oil, Wall Street
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Miami luring tourists from S. America

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Dan Grech | Sep 5, 2008
Miami saw a drop in tourism during the first half of this year and wants the tourists back. A travel show this weekend turns south -- way south -- to bring a wave of visitors to the beaches and shopping malls.
Posted In: Airlines, Travel
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Beginning 10 years ago, search was on

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Kai Ryssdal | Sep 4, 2008
A decade ago this week all of our lives started to change just a little bit. Google was born. And now it seems you almost can't go anywhere -- on the Web, at least -- without using it to search and do many other things. Kai Ryssdal takes a look.
Posted In: Internet
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Schools struggle with lunch budgets

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Steve Henn | Sep 3, 2008
The economy is taking a bite out of school lunches. School districts are getting fewer tax dollars and want lunch programs to support themselves. Steve Henn reports on the choices they face.
Posted In: Economy, Education, Food
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Unemployment points to weak economy

| Sep 4, 2008
GMAC's financial services arm announced that it will close its retail offices and lay off about 5,000 employees. Renita Jablonski talks with economics editor Chris Farrell about the overall unemployment rate.
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Boeing union agrees to delay a strike

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Mitchell Hartman | Sep 4, 2008
Boeing machinists, the airline's largest union, decisively reject the contract. However, they agree to put a walkout on hold for 48 hours to give Boeing a chance to renegotiate. Mitchell Hartman reports.
Posted In: Airlines, Jobs, Travel

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