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Feb 26, 2010
Who wins if March Madness expands?
There has been talk that the number of teams participating in the NCAA basketball playoffs known as March Madness should be expanded. Wall Street Journal sportswriter Darren Everson talks with Bob Moon about the financial impact the move would have and who would benefit.
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Feb 26, 2010
Coke hopes deal puts fizz back in biz
The Coca-Cola Company is buying the North American bottling operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises in a deal worth $12 billion. Brett Neely reports.
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Feb 25, 2010
Pension costs a threat in Europe
Strikes continued this week in Spain and Greece over hikes in the retirement age and other government cutbacks. Brett Neely reports on the factors contributing to Europe's mounting economic crisis.
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Feb 25, 2010
It could be the end of a skyscraper era
Dallas's 52-story Elm Place building stands vacant and closed, unable to compete with newer buildings and suburban migration. Kate Archer Kent explores the dying trend of the skyscraper.
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Feb 25, 2010
Toyota chief pledges safety changes
Akio Toyoda, head of Toyota, took full responsibility for the automaker's safety problems and suggested his company got its priorities confused. Bob Moon reviews what he said at a House committee hearing.
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Feb 25, 2010
Control health costs with competition
The Obama administration is seeking to slap limits on health insurance costs in response to a premium rate hike by insurer Anthem-Blue Cross. But commentator Robert Reich argues there's a better way.
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Feb 25, 2010
A plan for building small homes in Haiti
Many Haitians are now living in temporary dwellings after last month's earthquake, but a group in Miami has proposed a solution. Architect Andres Duany of the firm DPZ talks with Bob Moon about the quick, easy homes he's designing with manufacturer InnoVida.
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Feb 24, 2010
Alice.com will manage without markup
A new retail Web site offers drugstore products without retail markup or shipping costs. With a business model so generous to consumers, how does the site make money? Kaomi Goetz has the story.
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Feb 24, 2010
Pop music misses recessionary notes
Billboard.com news editor David Prince talks with Kai Ryssdal about why popular music has turned a blind eye to the recession.
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Feb 24, 2010
Intel aims to create more jobs
Intel CEO Paul Otellini talks with Kai Ryssdal about why his company is investing $3.5 billion in U.S. tech companies and how it plans to put more college graduates to work.
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