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Taking stock of the NYSE
Bob Moon and Kai Ryssdal
Dec 5, 2005
Tomorrow, seat-holders at the New York Stock Exchange vote on whether to approve the Exchange's merger with electronic trading firm Archipelago. Bob Moon tells host Kai Ryssdal why they're likely to vote yes.
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Berkshire Hathaway
Dec 5, 2005
Newsweek's Wall Street Editor Allan Sloan looks at the market for shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock with host Scott Jagow.
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"Day in the Work Life": Judge
Dec 2, 2005
On today's "A Day In the Work Life" -- our weekly look at how folks trade time for money -- we sit on the bench with a Superior Court Judge.
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What goes around, comes around
Dec 2, 2005
There may be no must-have toy this holiday season, as high-tech electronics are all the rage. But a decidedly low-tech toy is making a comeback. As reporter Apryl Lundsten tells us, it's gone from retro to metro.
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All we want for Christmas...
Dec 2, 2005
...is a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Of course, it costs $4 million. A year ago, $2 million seemed like a good price. What's up? Well, as Bob Moon reports, Tuesday the NYSE votes on its merger with Archipelago.
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Santa Claus, Goldilocks, and...
Dec 2, 2005
...Alan Greenspan as a Tasmanian Devil? It's always a colorful cast of characters when Dallas stockbroker David Johnson checks in. He chatted today with Tess Vigeland about the state of the financial world.
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Home loans for the holidays
Dec 1, 2005
Most homeowners who were forced to flee houses and jobs when Katrina hit were given a 3-month reprieve from mortgage payments. But time's up today, and John Dimsdale reports that for many, it's too soon.
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Unable to be all that they can be
Dec 1, 2005
Soldiers returning to civilian life often have a tough time finding jobs. New figures show that unemployment rates among younger veterans are three times higher than the national average. From WCPN in Cleveland, Mhari Saito reports.
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eProxy
Nov 30, 2005
The SEC is considering a rule change that would allow companies to use e-mail to send proxy statements to shareholders. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Or you could just buy the entire Paris hotel
Nov 29, 2005
According to New York magazine, the partners at investment bank Goldman Sachs will be getting pretty decent Christmas bonuses. They're enormous, actually. Amy Scott went to find out how such a payday is even possible.
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