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Jun 5, 2010
Weekly Wrap Audio: BP’s troubles
The Big Money's Heidi Moore and The Atlantic's Megan McArdle talk with Kai Ryssdal about how damaging it is to BP that two major ratings agencies downgraded its creditworthiness, and whether BP can survive the oil disaster.
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Jun 5, 2010
Lawmakers want to make sure BP pays
Frustration over the BP oil spill is mounting — both in the Gulf of Mexico and Washington. The worst oil spill in U.S. history has politicians scrambling to come up with more creative and dramatic punishments for BP and the oil industry. Brett Neely reports.
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Jun 5, 2010
W. Fargo loses fraud case, to pay $30m
A jury in Minnesota says Wells Fargo owes $30 million to four nonprofits who trusted the bank to look after their money. Jurors say the bank stopped looking after its clients' best interests and started looking after its own. Jeff Horwich reports.
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Jun 4, 2010
Gillette, Schick go blade-to-blade
The Gillette's latest razor is finally hitting store shelves after months of hype, and the skirmish pits the consumer products behemoth against Schick, a smaller but still formidable challenger.
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Jun 4, 2010
Economy adds 431,000 new jobs in May
The Labor Department says the U.S. produced 431,000 jobs in May, a jobless rate drop of 9.7% over 9.9% in April.
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Jun 4, 2010
Getting Personal
Host Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell take your questions on personal finance. This week we hear how a clumsy bike trick led to a credit score of zero, how Warren Buffett's neighbor hopes to pass his own fortune down to the next generation and why a future politician is nervous about how a personal bankruptcy could affect a run at public office.
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Jun 4, 2010
How to become a hot broke mess
Tess Vigeland talks to a personal finance columnist Nancy Trejos, whose own personal finance mess is detailed in her new book "Hot (broke) Messes."
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Jun 4, 2010
Personal bankruptcy filings on the rise
Personal bankruptcies have been on the rise since the Great Recession, and with it, perhaps a decline in the stigma against throwing in the hat when your finances become too much.
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Jun 4, 2010
Local Mexican music boosts ringtone biz
Josh Kun, associate professor at the University of Southern California, talks with Kai Ryssdal about the why regional Mexican bands are huge business for cell-phone ringtone providers and major labels.
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Jun 4, 2010
Rethinking bankers see, bankers do
It's difficult to regulate some risk-taking that seems hardwired into industries like Wall Street, where traders are in constant competition to sell more stocks and make money. Commentator K.C. Cole says the first step is to behave in a way we want others to follow.
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