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Mortgage crunch hits prime borrowers

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Tess Vigeland | Aug 8, 2008
Many with good credit took out the same kinds of loans behind the subprime mess and those borrowers are starting to feel the same pain. Host Tess Vigeland talks to a listener with good credit and an interest-only loan.
Posted In: Housing
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Is It Fair? No.

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Chris Farrell | Aug 8, 2008
Congress and the White House moved with surprising speed (measured by Washington legislative time, of course) last month to pass a bill aimed at...
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An oil man who gets the energy big picture

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Dennis Markatos | Jul 19, 2008
Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens is helping to spur the renewable energy revolution our country and the world need....
Posted In: Oil, Pickens, wind
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Trash company merger could cost us

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Ashley Milne-Tyte | Aug 11, 2008
Waste Management today raised by 10 percent its bid to buy its biggest competitor in the trash business. Ashley Milne-Tyte asks what happens to us if that merger goes through.
Posted In: Mergers and Acquisitions
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Jobs still a struggle for new MBAs

| Aug 12, 2008
MBA programs saw record applications this year as young workers went to business school. But with the economy the way it is, there may not be as many jobs awaiting those eager grads. Joel Rose reports.
Posted In: Education, Jobs
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Where's the loyalty to frequent fliers?

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Alisa Roth | Aug 8, 2008
If you've redeemed frequent flier miles lately, you may have found airlines are adding fees to them. The idea behind frequent-flier programs was to build customer loyalty. How long can the fees continue before the loyalty disappears? Alisa Roth reports.
Posted In: Airlines, Travel
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Stop belching, Bessie! You're ruining the environment!

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Heidi Siegelbaum | Jul 8, 2008
What a riot! How complex is a story about:...
Posted In: cows, methane, Monsanto
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Update: Shh - don't tell anyone - these apartments are green!

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Janne K. Flisrand | Jul 11, 2008
About a week after this post, I received an e-mail from the marketing...
Posted In: green building, marketing
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Safeway expands organic brand's sales

| Aug 8, 2008
Some consumers are pushing their carts away from more expensive natural and organic brand names. So the Safeway grocery chain is offering its cheaper organic label -- even for competitors' shelves. Renita Jablonski reports.
Posted In: Food, Retail
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Too few geriatricians for an aging U.S.

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Caitlan Carroll | Aug 5, 2008
The number of prescriptions and doctors elderly Americans have to keep track of is daunting, which is where geriatric specialists step in. But just as millions head into old age, the number of experts is in decline. Caitlan Carroll reports.
Posted In: Health

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