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MID-DAY UPDATE: Government bonds, Wall Street bonuses and no Potash for Billiton
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Nov 4, 2010
In a bid to revive the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve announced plans to buy $600 billion worth of long term government bonds. Looking ahead,...
MID-DAY UPDATE: U.S. voters speak, Delta may unionize and goodbye to political ads
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Nov 3, 2010
What are the possible effects of the midterm elections on the Bush tax cuts, which expire at the end of the year? U.S. voters put pen to ballot to...
MID-DAY UPDATE: BP wears black, GM's IPO and video games in the Supreme Court.
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Nov 2, 2010
General Motors expects to raise $10 billion, from an initial public offer, which would allow it to partially repay taxpayers. Our analysts examine...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Shipping threats and TSA regulations
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Nov 1, 2010
Following Friday's mail-bomb scare in London, shipping and cargo industries respond to the idea of new threats. How will these changes affect...
MID-DAY UPDATE: GDP is up, cement gets the blame and Fox loses younger viewers
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Oct 29, 2010
The U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 2 percent clip, somewhat less than analysts were expecting. On the election ballot in San Francisco --...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Wells Fargo re-files, Nissan recalls and high speed rails
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Oct 28, 2010
Wells Fargo will re-file 55,000 problematic foreclosure documents, but will not issue a blanket moratorium. Today, we learned that the number of...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Sustainable jobs and cell phones
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Oct 28, 2010
This week on Marketplace we'll be following sustainable jobs. Today, we learned about the fastest growing industry in the job field: biomedical...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Bonds and bags of money
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Oct 26, 2010
Today we learned about the U.S. Treasury, who for the first time ever is selling bonds with a negative rate of return. Translations? The investors...
MIDDAY UPDATE: B of A resumes foreclosures & will cable get the 'cut'
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Oct 25, 2010
Today we look at Bank of America's announcement that it will resume foreclosure proceedings in almost two dozens states this week, after admitting...
MIDDAY UPDATE: G-20 and AIG
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Oct 25, 2010
Today we heard a lot from Asia. The G-20 financial ministers and central bank governors gathered in Seoul, South Korea. Headlining their agenda is...
