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Apr 27, 2011
Will the Fed end quantitative easing?
Richard DeKaser, economist with the Parthenon Group, explains the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing policy, and forecasts the future of the project.
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Apr 27, 2011
An upside to data collection
University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler discusses why he believes businesses that collect our data should give it back to us so that we can use it.
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Apr 26, 2011
Home prices continue to drop
U.S. home prices fell in February for the eighth straight month according to the S&P Case-Shiller home-price indexes. Karl Case, co-founder of the Case Shiller Index, explains.
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Apr 26, 2011
Insurance companies hit hard by tornadoes
Juli Niemann, analyst with Smith Moore and Company, explains how the recent string of tornadoes plaguing the U.S. will impact the property and casualty companies.
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Apr 26, 2011
Silver nears $50 a ounce
Bob McKee, chief economist with Independent Strategy in London, explains silver speculation and the varying roles of silver and gold in the commodities market.
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Apr 26, 2011
The Trump brand: For better or for worse
Donald Trump's name can be seen on real estate towers and casinos, even bottled water and vitamins. But sporting the Trump name doesn't necessarily mean the man himself is involved, as Anna Sale explains.
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Apr 26, 2011
The psychological effects of Chernobyl, 25 years later
Dr. Burton Bennett, chairman of the U.N.'s Chernobyl Forum, discusses the effects of the nuclear disaster 25 years later.
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Apr 26, 2011
Gas just keeps getting more and more expensive!
The "Nice Kitchen" comedy group of the Upright Citizens Brigade imagines a not-too-distant future where gas prices rise rapidly.
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Apr 25, 2011
The Fed expected to end easy money
Julia Coronado, chief economist with BNP Paribas, explains what's expected out of the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting, and what the future is for the Fed's stimulus efforts.
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Apr 25, 2011
IMF Report: China will be the largest economy by 2016
According to a report from the International Monetary Fund, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy in five years. Brett Arends, columnist with Marketwatch, explains how the IMF is measuring the economies, and what this means for global economics.
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