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  • An anti-terrorism bill working its way through Congress would, among other things, give airport security screeners the right to union representation — but President Bush has his veto stamp ready.

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  • This week, as China goes, does the rest of the world follow? Economics editor Chris Farrell translates the global-market outlook.

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  • Comptroller General David Walker felt this week's U.S. market plummet was a call to attention for the country, and that maybe we shouldn't always depend on foreign investors to bail us out. Bob Moon has the story.

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  • The U.S. stock market is still reeling from Tuesday. Bob Moon checks in with business analyst David Johnson about how we're doing.

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  • Faced with his own mortality, the 76-year-old Berkshire Hathaway CIO wants to find someone younger to take the reins. Bob Moon talks to Buffett biographer Andy Kilpatrick about filling Buffett's shoes.

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  • The House's Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier for employees to unionize before their employers knew what hit them. But commentator Seth Borden thinks the bill is just a way for unions to be more pushy.

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  • On this week's "A Day In the Work Life," our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we nose around with a rescue patroller.

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  • Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week, advice on switching the name on a Roth account, investing in stock options, and cleaning up a bad investment.

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  • Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has recently bubbled to the top of the news. This week's buzzword is "Wage Insurance." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

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  • The feds want Americans to save more. So they've come up with a plan. Tess talks with Liz Pulliam Weston of MSN Money.

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