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PODCAST: Chesapeake Energy CEO to step down and a step up for airline tea time
Jan 30, 2013
Shares of Chesapeake Energy are up after embattled CEO announces retirement and British Airways and Twinings make tea time tastier at 35,000 feet.
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PODCAST: Blackberry aims to make a comeback and media piracy may find shelter in Caribbean
Jan 29, 2013
A new Blackberry hopes it's good enough to reverse its maker's long slide. And the connection between Caribbean gambling and angry Hollywood execs.
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PODCAST: Caterpillar and the economy and unlocking your iPhone is now breaking the law
Jan 28, 2013
What a construction giant tells us about the larger economy, and what happens now that unlocking your phone is illegal.
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PODCAST: Housing sales are up, stock up on postage stamps
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
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
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.
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PODCAST: Cameron to address EU, U.S. airlines announce profits
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.
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PODCAST: Delta makes elite eliter, Ninja gigs are hard to come by
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.
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PODCAST: Oprah cashes in on Lance's confession, 7-11 tries to retake Manhattan
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.
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PODCAST: Rio Tinto's CEO resigns, women in the world of hedge funds
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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