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Sep 17, 2010
What United-Continental means for us
Shareholders of United and Continental airlines have been voting for a few weeks now. We're going to get the results today on whether the two will merge to create the world's biggest airline. Tony Arnold reports on what the merger would mean for the airline industry.
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Sep 17, 2010
FDA mulls genetically-modified salmon
Consumer and environmental groups will be watching the Food and Drug Administration, which could approve — for the first time — a genetically-modified animal. Rob Manning reports on the experimental fish.
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Sep 17, 2010
SEC to look at banks’ ‘window dressing’
The Securities and Exchange Commission will tackle a loophole in bank regulations that came to light during the financial crisis. The loophole allows a practice known as "window dressing." John Dimsdale reports.
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Sep 17, 2010
United, Continental shareholders vote
Shareholders of United and Continental Airlines will vote on the airlines' proposed merger. Reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer talks with Bill Radke about why these two airlines want to merge and how effective these types of mergers are.
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Sep 17, 2010
Mexicans were the original frugalistas
It's trendy to be frugal now — canning your own jellies, altering your own clothes — but commentator Gustavo Arellano reminds listeners that Mexicans were being frugal long before the recession.
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Sep 17, 2010
Obama taking time with new appointments
Kai talks to Barbara Rehm of American Banker on what's taking the administration so long to fill the positions created by the financial reform bill.
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Sep 16, 2010
U.S. plans on getting tough with China
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is signaling the Obama administration plans to go toe-to-toe with China over its currency. U.S. businesses say China is keeping its currency too low, giving it an unfair trade advantage. Reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer talks the details with Steve Chiotakis.
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Sep 16, 2010
Weekly jobless claims fall slightly
The Labor Department says that the number of people who filed for first-time unemployment claims last week fell by 3,000 to 450,000. Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo, talks with Steve Chiotakis about how many jobs the economy needs to add to get some momentum going.
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Sep 16, 2010
Economy’s role in low U.S. birth rates
The nation's birth rate dropped last year for the second year in a row. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2009 the U.S. birth rate was at its lowest level in a century. And the economy may have something to do with it. Dr. Megan Sweeney, sociologist at UCLA, talks the details with Steve Chiotakis.
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Sep 16, 2010
Obama to name Warren as assistant
It looks like the White House will pick Elizabeth Warren to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau set up under the financial reform law. Reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer talks with Bill Radke about why she may not have to go through Congress to get appointed.
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