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Global insurers calculate costs of Japan quake, tsunami
Mar 14, 2011
As Japan assesses the damage from a catastrophic earthquake last week, insurers across the globe begin to tally the cost of the disaster. Estimates put the cost to insurers at around $35 billion.
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Oil prices fall after disaster in Japan
Mar 14, 2011
The cost of oil fell below $100 a barrel following Friday's quake in Japan. When the world's third largest importer of oil goes offline, demand for crude plummets.
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U.S. nuclear energy under more scrutiny
Mar 14, 2011
As Japan struggles to control quake-damaged nuclear reactors, lawmakers and leaders express doubts over the future of global nuclear power.
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The effectiveness of Japan's earthquake early-warning system
Mar 11, 2011
The Japanese had invested more than a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars into an early-warning system that might have saved a number of lives today.
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The economic recovery ahead for Japan
Mar 11, 2011
The Economist's bureau chief in Japan, Kenneth Cukier, talks about how Japan might recover from this earthquake economically.
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Experiencing the Japanese earthquake
Mar 11, 2011
Coco Masters, former Tokyo bureau chief for Time magazine, talks with Steve Chiotakis about what she felt when the earthquake hit Japan.
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Aid groups stand ready to help Japan
Mar 11, 2011
Phones lines to aid groups like the Red Cross are already ringing in the aftermath of a massive earthquake that struck Japan. What will the nation need exactly?
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With large debt, how can Japan's government respond to quake damage?
Mar 11, 2011
Bloomberg News reporter John Brisney experienced the Japanese earthquake first-hand. He talks with Steve Chiotakis about what it felt like and how Japanese companies are reacting.
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Hawaii on tsunami alert: The experience from Waikiki
Mar 11, 2011
Hawaii is under the threat of a tsunami after a massive earthquake hit Japan. Marketplace's Adriene Hill talks about what's going on in the state from her hotel in Waikiki.
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Deadly earthquake rocks Japan
Mar 11, 2011
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan, triggering a tsunami that sparked fears its destructive waves could spread across the Pacific Ocean.












