As economic worries tighten consumer budgets, a new shopping trend has emerged — shoppers are returning merchandise to stores in record numbers. Beth Teitell says this buy-then-bring-back behavior is called "circle shopping."
If "leveraging" means borrowing, shouldn't "deleveraging" mean paying the money back? Not exactly. Sally Herships breaks down what the word means and why it's an important buzz word right now.
NASCAR has switched to a bigger, heavier car that was tough on tires, and Goodyear — the exclusive tire supplier for the sport — wasn't able to come up with a tire deemed safe and good on the track. Scott Graf reports.
There was a time, says commentator David Frum, when GM was one of the biggest employers in America, but that's no longer true. Besides, even with a bailout, more job cuts are coming.
Why hasn't the government's plan to buy up toxic assets worked? Will recapitalizing the banks and providing mortgage relief ease the crisis? Kai Ryssdal puts those questions and more to financial analyst Karen Shaw Petrou.
To ease the price banks charge for letters of credit, the World Bank doubled the amount of guaranteed shipments. Jennifer Collins explains what a letter of credit is and why this move helps cargo shipments.
Everyone from the auto industry to American Express has been taking advantage of the bailout rescue package. But commentator Robert Reich says Chapter 11 bankruptcy would keep companies going at no cost to the taxpayer.
Some of the ancient treasures in museums were taken illegally from where they originated, and countries have sued to get them back. Kai Ryssdal talks with Sharon Waxman, who writes about the antiquities trade in 'Loot.'
After Brian Hart's son John was killed in Iraq, he concluded there must be better ways to protect the troops. So he developed The Landshark, a robot that diffuses bombs. Monica Brady-Meyerov has more.
Listeners wrote in about creating jobs for out-of-work Americans, student loans and having lobbyist-connected people on Obama's team. Also, Kai Ryssdal learns how to pronounce the name of a South Dakota city.
