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Delta's cost-cutting begins
| Sep 22, 2005It's been about a week since Delta and Northwest Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Today Delta got started with its reorganiztion, announcing it will pink slip 9,000 employees over the next two years. Alisa Roth reports.
Pay hikes for university officials?
| Sep 22, 2005Today a Board of Regents finance committee at the University of California considered a proposal to use private donations to supplement the salaries of its executives. Sarah Gardner has the story.
Crafting the perfect body
| Sep 22, 2005It's conventional wisdom teenage girls' body images can lead to destructive behavior. Now there's evidence that it's not just girls obsessing over their looks, and it's not all about being thin. Rachel Gotbaum explains.
Iraq lessons for Katrina
| Sep 22, 2005The US government came under harsh criticism for the way it doled out contracts related to the Iraq war. Will the Katrina relief and reconstruction effort be any different? Scott Tong reports.
Chris Farrell on the Fed
| Sep 22, 2005Economist Chris Farrell tells host Scott Jagow that the Federal Reserve Board overreacted when it increased interest rates Tuesday.
No room at the Austin inns
| Sep 22, 2005Hurricane Rita has triggered evacuations from the Texas Gulf Coast. One of the main escape routes for hurricane evacuees is Austin, but KUT's Julie Moody reports evacuees will find there's no vacancy.
Rita's eye on oil
| Sep 22, 2005Oil companies have already abandoned a lot of rigs and refineries in the oil-producing gulf. Stephen Beard reports on the impact Hurricane Rita is already making on oil.
Italy's finance minister quits
| Sep 22, 2005Domenico Siniscalco has walked away from his job in protest. He's unhappy that Bank of Italy head Antonio Fazio, who is implicated in a growing scandal, is sitting pretty. Megan Williams reports from Rome.
Sony to lay off 10,000
| Sep 22, 2005Sony Corp. announced today it will cut $1 billion from its budget. The company is launching efforts to turn around its fortunes. Alisa Roth reports.
WorldCom will make record payout
| Sep 22, 2005A federal judge Wednesday approved a $6.1 billion settlement payout to investors who lost money in the WorldCom accounting fraud. But, Tess Vigeland reports, it'll most likely be pennies on the dollar.
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