Features By Alisa Roth

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Nielsen and DVR habits

The nation's tracker of American TV watching habits today gets its first round of data on viewing trends in households with digital video recording devices. Alisa Roth reports.
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Resurrecting Hilfiger

A private investment firm has agreed to buy the Tommy Hilfiger clothing company for $1.6 billion. Marketplace's Alisa Roth has more on what it may take to rehabilitate an ailing brand.
Posted In: Wall Street
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The Debacle at Delphi

This week, auto parts maker Delphi said it would try to reach a compromise with the union on its bankruptcy restructuring plan. Whatever happens, the future looks bleak for the suppliers of parts to the struggling Big Three. Alisa Roth reports.
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Transit strike's silver lining?

When mass transit workers go on strike, conventional wisdom says taxis and livery cabs make a mint. But Alisa Roth finds -- that's just not so in New York.
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Sic transit gloria New York

New York transit workers walked off the job today, stranding 7 million bus and subway riders. Officials said the walkout could cost as much as $1.6 billion if it lasts a week. What will it cost residents? Alisa Roth reports.
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The busy Post Office

The US Postal Service is expecting to have its busiest day of the year today. Alisa Roth looks at just how busy, and how much money the Post Office is expecting to take in.
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The ties that bind

GM announced it'll no longer contribute matching funds to white collar workers' 401(k) plans. It's also cutting back on severance pay benefits. So how are the rank and file feeling? Alisa Roth reports.
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EU-OPEC meeting

Officials from the European Union sit down with OPEC representatives today to discuss ways to stabilize the world oil market. Alisa Roth reports.
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Princes of Denmark

In Europe's biggest leveraged buyout, a group of private equity firms will pay $12 billion for Danish telecom company TDC. So what's so hot about a Scandinavian phone company? Alisa Roth has more from New York.
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The Gold Bug takes off

Fears that inflation could stall economic growth have investors pushing up the price of precious metals. Alisa Roth reports.
Posted In: Wall Street

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