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Apr 15, 2008
British PM urges banks to cut rates
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets bankers today amid growing concern about credit. Brown is expected to urge bankers to lower interest rates and keep the economy from stalling. From London, Stephen Beard reports.
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Apr 15, 2008
Delta and Northwest will merge
Delta and Northwest airlines have agreed to join forces. Regulators have to OK the merger, of course, but it would create the world's biggest airline. Kevin Done, aerospace correspondent for the Financial Times in London, tells us what this all means.
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Apr 15, 2008
Would an honor code curb tax cheats?
Commentator Dan Ariely says that for many of us, the temptation to do a little creative accounting with our taxes is too tough to pass up. He did an experiment with some MIT students and got some interesting results.
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Apr 15, 2008
Nothing to gain from capital-gains hike
The tax code hasn't gotten much attention in the presidential debate so far. But commentator and business historian John Steele Gordon says proposals to raise capital gains taxes might not be so smart.
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Apr 15, 2008
Website tries getting groups organized
Anyone who's ever tried to organize a group purchase, event or boycott knows it can be like herding cats. A Chicago company is taking on that challenge with a Web-based tool for organizing the masses. Gabriel Spitzer reports.
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Apr 14, 2008
Slugging — the impromptu carpool
In our series, My Morning Commute, today, Gary Lindsey explains "slugging," a way of hitching a ride into work. Lindsey says he drives to the park-and-ride and hops in with a driver who has a similar commute.
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Apr 12, 2008
The end of an institution
Jonathan Clements, author of more than 1,000 columns for the Wall Street Journal, is hanging up his pen, but not before sitting down with Tess to talk about the state of personal finance.
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Apr 12, 2008
Individual development accounts
With most Americans saving less than 1% of their pay, how are low-income people supposed to save? Peter Granitz introduces us to the individual development account.
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Apr 12, 2008
Work Life: Comic store manager
On this week's a Day in the Work Life, we learn about the joys — and dangers — of a life lived among superheroes with comic store manager Brandon Zern.
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Apr 12, 2008
Ask the taxman
You've got tax questions, the IRS has answers and we get you connected. We revisit a February segment where Frank Keith of the IRS answered your refund questions.
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