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Aug 10, 2010
The role of flight attendants
Darryl Jenkins, founder of TheAirlineZone.com, talks with Bob Moon about how the job of the flight attendant has changed over the years — in light of the strange case of the JetBlue flight attendant who stormed off the job through his plane's emergency slide at JFK airport in New York.
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Aug 10, 2010
U.K. offering bounty to uncover welfare fraud
The British government is offering bounties for credit-reporting companies that uncover cases of welfare fraud. Some critics are calling it "un-British".
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Aug 10, 2010
Allenton residents look at what remains
For well over a century Allenton, Mo., was little more than a depot stop on the railroad bound for St. Louis. Several years ago, 40 residents of the community were forced to sell their homes to a developer under threat of eminent domain. Now, that developer is bankrupt and former residents are wondering why they were forced to leave. Adam Allington reports.
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Aug 10, 2010
Are tech firms prone to CEO upheaval?
John Moe, host of the radio show Future Tense, talks with Kai Ryssdal about whether tech companies are more vulnerable to experiencing CEO changes and the situation with former HP CEO Mark Hurd.
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Aug 10, 2010
Road Warriors: Mark Nynka
Mark Nynka, a manager at Accenture, talks about what music he needs just to get him on an airplane while he travels as a business consultant.
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Aug 10, 2010
The Fed: What else can it do?
The Federal Reserve will soon meet to discuss interest rates and its economic strategy. Alice Rivlin, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former Fed vice chairman, talks with Kai Ryssdal about the Fed's next move and whether it's constrained by the federal deficit.
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Aug 9, 2010
Software protects college athletes from online no-nos
For a young athlete, a mistake made on the Internet can last a lifetime. So one software company has gone the distance to monitor their social media for career-harming posts.
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Aug 9, 2010
Microsoft fixing glitches in Windows, IE and more
Microsoft is supplying 14 security fixes to repair almost three dozen flaws in programs such as Windows, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.
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Aug 7, 2010
B of A wants out of secret restrictions
Wall Street Journal reporter Dan Fitzpatrick talks with Kai Ryssdal about why Bank of America is trying to climb out of a secret government sanction imposed during the financial crisis, and whether this means there is more regulating going on than we know about.
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Aug 7, 2010
Lining up at the ‘World of Harry Potter’
After five years in the making, "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" is now open at the Universal theme park in Orlando. And it's drawing huge crowds. But the influx of guests is giving Universal a lesson in crowd control. Katie Ball reports.
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