11/21/05
Marketplace AM for November 21, 2005
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Newsweek Wall Street editor Allan Sloan sorts through the red ink at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with host Lisa Napoli.
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Aiding Students, Buying Students
Host Tess Vigeland talks to author Rupert Wilkinson about his new book, "Aiding Students, Buying Students."
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Rawhide on the Rez
Cowboys have moved in with Indians in Arizona in a novel move by a native tribe to boost tourism revenue on its reservation. Mark Brodie reports.
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Rollover standards
The government ends public comment today on new rules to strengthen auto roofs to reduce rollover fatalities. But as Gretchen Cook reports, some think the new rules don't go far enough.
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GM makes predicted job cuts
This morning, GM's CEO Rick Wagoner offered up what he called some "tough medicine:" the car maker will cut 30,000 manufacturing jobs and close nine North American plants by 2008. From WLRN in Miami, Dan Grech reports.
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Bob Dylan poems on the auction block
Handwritten poems written by Sixties balladeer Bob Dylan are expected fetch as much as $80,000 today in an auction of rock memorabilia. Jeff Tyler has more.
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Restless employees
In a new survey, more than 75% of employees said they want out of their current jobs, and human resources directors are scrambling to figure out ways to make them stay put. Brian Watt reports.
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Online dating fraud
Match.com is in hot water for allegedly having employees send bogus romantic e-mails to members to get them to renew. But as Ashley Milne-Tyte reports, the flap isn't likely to discourage those looking for love online.
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Bush visits Mongolia
George Bush just became the first US president to visit Mongolia. Beijing Bureau Chief Jocelyn Ford explains why Mongolia is nervous about China, and what message Bush's visit might be sending.
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Israeli government collapse
Hillary Krieger reports on the collapse of the government in Israel. And this time, elections to choose a new one will focus more on economic issues than national security.
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Air wars
Boeing recently sold a whole lot of airplanes, to China and Dubai. Stephen Beard reports.
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