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Reaching a new customer
| Jul 19, 2005Commentator Adrian Wooldridge, Washington correspondent for The Economist, takes the business practice of acuiring new customers and applies them to politics. Which party proves to have learned their business lessons?
Making the EPA look good
| Jul 18, 2005The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to hone what it calls its "corporate image." Does it make sense for a government agency to spend millions on PR? Marketplace's Scott Tong reports.
The view from India
| Jul 18, 2005Saying he'd like to strengthen economic and political ties with India, George Bush welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the White House today. Back in India, the future is looking pretty bright. Miranda Kennedy reports.
Movin' on up — or not
| Jul 18, 2005Getting to that deluxe apartment in the sky might be harder than you think. Host David Brown talks with John Parker of the <em>Economist</em> about a survey that appears in this week's edition of the magazine.
Sandra Tsing Loh is very comfortable, thank you
| Jul 18, 2005There's no place like home for humorist Sandra Tsing Loh. The living room, specifically. More to the point, in her living room, it's the comfy chair.
Washington takes a swing at baseball
| Jul 18, 2005If you're from Washington, political wrangling is as American as baseball and apple pie. So when the Washington Nationals baseball team came up for sale, partisanship came into play. Stephen Henn reports.
Corporate responsibility gets a makeover?
| Jul 18, 2005Sarbanes-Oxley marks its third anniversary next week, but the corporate responsiblity act still has its critics. Peronet Despeignes of <em>Fortune Magazine</em> speaks with Cheryl Glaser about what may happen with Sarbanes-Oxley as Christopher Cox takes over the SEC.
A bright future for India
| Jul 18, 2005India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be in Washington today for a state visit with President Bush. Miranda Kennedy reports from New Delhi that young Indians are looking forward.
Sloan Sessions: doing the time
| Jul 18, 2005Wall Street editor for Newsweek magazine Allan Sloan talks with Kai Ryssdal about the sentencing of corporate wrongdoers like Bernard Ebbers.
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