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PODCAST: Housing sales are up, stock up on postage stamps

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Mark Garrison
Jan 25, 2013
U.S. housing sales are the highest in three years and now's the time to stock up on stamps -- the U.S. Postal Service is increasing costs this Sunday.
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PODCAST: Wall Street's next top cop and the future of Hispanic news

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Mark Garrison
Jan 24, 2013
A hunter of terrorists and mobsters takes aim at Wall Street and a look inside Hispanic broadcaster Univision in Miami.
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PODCAST: Microsoft meet Dell, stashing foreign cash, and Florida's No. 2 tourist spot

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Mark Garrison
Jan 23, 2013
Microsoft could chip in as much as $3 billion to the buyout of computer maker Dell, why U.S. firms are stashing foreign cash in American banks, and the second-most popular tourist destination in Florida is not what you think.
Posted In: McRib, Microsoft, Dell
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PODCAST: Cameron to address EU, U.S. airlines announce profits

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Mark Garrison
Jan 22, 2013
What happens if the U.K. leaves the EU? World leaders will be all ears tomorrow when British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a high-stakes speech on Britain's role in the European Union. U.S. airlines make more money by offering fewer seats. Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza discusses the business of bargain basement travel.
Posted In: European Union, david cameron
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PODCAST: Delta makes elite eliter, Ninja gigs are hard to come by

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Mark Garrison
Jan 21, 2013
The ninja is one of Japan's oldest and most mysterious professions. But today modern methods to spy, sabotage, and kill are putting them out of work. Plus, on Delta elite is about to get a whole lot eliter, and the going rate for a Batmobile.
Posted In: Delta, debt ceiling
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PODCAST: Oprah cashes in on Lance's confession, 7-11 tries to retake Manhattan

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Mark Garrison
Jan 18, 2013
Oprah Winfrey hopes Armstrong's doping confession will boost her cable network. 7-11 wants to expand in Manhattan. Yelp plans to add health scores to restaurant ratings.
Posted In: Oprah Winfrey, Yelp
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PODCAST: Rio Tinto's CEO resigns, women in the world of hedge funds

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Mark Garrison
Jan 17, 2013
We'll look at the troubles of a mining giant, Obama's nomination for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and a new study that finds female hedge fund managers beating the competition.
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PODCAST: Brown on budget, big banks report earnings

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Mark Garrison
Jan 16, 2013
JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs report earnings today. eBay gets boost from mobile bidders. California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses state budgets and the Golden State's fiscal prospects heading into 2013.
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PODCAST: Coca-Cola addresses obesity, Dell mulls buyout

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Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 15, 2013
Dell CEO Michael Dell is in talks with two private-equity firms about a buyout. Ratings agency Fitch has warned the U.S. that if it doesn't raise the debt ceiling soon, it may
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PODCAST: White House says no to deathstar, Motor City goes green

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Jeremy Hobson
Jan 14, 2013
In Beijing this weekend pollution was literally off the charts. A mystery invitation to "come and see what we're building" is generating plenty of buzz for Facebook. And Motor City shows off its green side.

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