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May 27, 2010
Eurozone advances on spending cuts
Spanish lawmakers have decided to make substantial cuts in public spending. Italy has also signed off on its own series of spending cuts.
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May 27, 2010
Facebook’s privacy vs. biz challenge
Facebook is balancing privacy expectations with the need to make money. Recent changes to the social-networking site have left many users feeling exposed. Today, Facebook rolled out new privacy controls meant to stem the controversy. Jeff Horwich reports.
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May 27, 2010
Will Facebook’s privacy changes work?
Facebook users have become increasingly concerned about the website's privacy settings. Slate tech columnist Farhad Manjoo talks with Kai Ryssdal whether Facebook's new privacy system will divert people from walking away and what the site needs to grow as a business.
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May 27, 2010
U.S. spending pile up will lead to crash
The American labor market is still shaky. We've started adding jobs, but more than 8 million jobs have disappeared over the past two and a half years. A news story the other day got David Frum thinking about jobs and the economy, and where we might be headed.
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May 27, 2010
Cleveland mayor’s lighting plan fizzles
Cleveland's mayor wants to find a company to supply energy-efficient lighting across the city. But he also wants that company to set up shop in the city to create jobs. Dan Bobkoff reports his first attempt didn't quite work out.
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May 27, 2010
Small banks worry over financial reform
Big investments banks like Goldman Sachs are keeping an eye on the financial reform bill, but so are small banks. Sarah McCammon reports many community banks are just as worried about how the bill could affect them.
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May 27, 2010
Changes to U.S. taxing after death
Boston College Professor Ray Madoff talks with Kai Ryssdal about her new book "Immortality and Law," and why dead doesn't really mean dead anymore — financially speaking — because states have started extending to some of the dead permanent control over their trusts and estates.
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May 26, 2010
How the Chicago Blackhawks got their groove back
The Chicago Blackhawks haven't won a Stanley Cup since 1961, and this weekend they'll be playing the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League playoffs. What changed? Tony Arnold reports.
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May 26, 2010
Arizona immigration law concerns Census workers
Arizona's new immigration law has ignited fear among illegal immigrants, a group already reluctant to fill out government forms. Peter O'Dowd reports.
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May 26, 2010
Biotech tries its hand at artificial organs
Americans are surviving long enough that many of us are outliving our organs, and it's taking millions of dollars each year in health care to maintain them. Artificial organs could change that. Kerry Grens reports.
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