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Looking for more Hispanic grads
Jun 15, 2005
The nation's Hispanic population is growing — census figures show 1 in 5 kids are Hispanic — yet Hispanic students have the lowest college graduation rate in the country. Sarah Gardner reports that economists are as concerned as educators.
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The Week on Wall Street
Jun 10, 2005
Where does Alan Greenspan get his colorful language, like "irrational exuberance"? You'll never believe what David Johnson tells David Brown.
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The "Buzzword": Secular Bear Market
Jun 10, 2005
Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Sound Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance - "Secular Bear Market." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
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Grading Corporations on Their "Goodness"
Jun 10, 2005
Fund companies have started to grade corporations on corporate governance. That's a fancy term for how a company treats its shareholders and pays its executives. Kai learns the rating rubric from Morningstar's Pat Dorsey.
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The "Buzzword": Goldilocks Economy
Jun 3, 2005
Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Sound Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance - "Goldilocks Economy." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
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"Day in the Work Life": A Voice Instructor
Jun 3, 2005
The theater world gets its moment in the spotlight Sunday night with the Tony awards. So on this week's A Day In the Work Life...our regular look at how folks trade their time for money...we put the spotlight on a voice teacher.
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Chris Farrell with the "Straight Story": Health Care Reform
Jun 3, 2005
It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. This week: Chris sends an SOS to Congress.
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Paperless Wall Street
May 31, 2005
If you hold stock, chances are there's a fancy certificate somewhere to prove it. Maybe it's under the mattress, or in a safe deposit box. Maybe your broker keeps it for you. Maybe you've never even seen it. If the securities industry has its way, that piece of paper is headed to the recycle bin of history. This month the state of Delaware cleared one of the last hurdles to a nearly paperless stock market. The change could save investors and companies billions of dollars. So why are some of them dragging their feet? Marketplace's Amy Scott reports.
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Promoting Marriage
May 30, 2005
June is the country's most popular month for weddings, at least traditionally. But in recent years, marriage rates have dropped off. The current administration in Washington is trying to push a plan to encourage marriage, especially among the urban poor. The idea is to provide economic incentives to tie the knot, and thereby reduce the number of single moms. But perhaps this assumes a difference in values that isn't really there. So claims University of Pennsylvania Sociologist Kathryn Edin.
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Pharmacy Careers
May 30, 2005
If you want a job in medicine, you've usually got to invest years in school. Unless you plan to work behind the local pharmacy counter.
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