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No Vista in the holiday window
Dan Grech | Mar 22, 2006Microsoft plans to delay sales of its new Windows Vista operating system until next year. The decision will have a big impact on retailers and other companies banking on holiday sales. Dan Grech reports.
China imposes consumption taxes
Jocelyn Ford | Mar 22, 2006China appears to be getting more serious about the environment. Next month, the government will impose a 20% tax on gas-guzzling cars. There'll even be a charge on disposable chopsticks. Jocelyn Ford reports.
Apple and the French
Stephen Beard | Mar 22, 2006Apple is getting into a melee with France. It says a proposed law concerning iPod music downloads smacks of state-sponsored piracy. Stephen Beard reports.
Bush meets the press
| Mar 21, 2006We learned a couple of things about President Bush today during his press conference. One, he doesn't like to be interrupted. And two, he doesn't necessarily understand interest rates better than anybody else.
France tries disconnecting iPods, iTunes
Janet Babin | Mar 21, 2006French lawmakers OK'd today a bill that could force Apple to separate its iPod player from its iTunes store. Apple says the tight integration between the two is the main reason the company's been so successful. Janet Babin reports.
Putin goes to China
Jocelyn Ford | Mar 21, 2006Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Chinese leaders in Beijing today. The visit is one part commercial deal-making and one part relationship-building. Jocelyn Ford reports.
Measuring artists' creativity
Kai Ryssdal | Mar 21, 2006Economist David Galenson speaks to host Kai Ryssdal about his new book, "Old Masters and Young Geniuses," an attempt to quantify creativity.
Hispanic businesses boom
Dan Grech | Mar 21, 2006The US Census Bureau releases a new report showing Hispanic-owned businesses grew at three times the national rate from 1997 to 2002. Dan Grech reports.
The world's response to disaster
| Mar 21, 2006UN officials asked today for $300 million in food aid for Somalia to prevent a massive famine there. Host Kai Ryssdal speaks to African aid expert Salih Booker about the international community's response to such disasters.
Sell? Buy? Or just get out of town?
| Mar 21, 2006New Orleans real estate agents are scrambling to accurately value houses around the city. Sales volume is up 40% over last year, driven by people under duress: Should they stay or should they go? Jen Banbury reports.
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