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  • Bookstore worker and commentator Moira Manion is a bit worried about what women are reading these days.

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  • Los Angeles Times car critic Dan Neil reports that the new Tesla proves the electric car is alive and well — and very fast!

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  • Jul 20, 2006

    World music market

    Host Cheryl Glaser talks to record producer Nick Gold about his latest album — the last with African blues guitarist Ali Farka Toure — and the business of bringing World Music to the world.

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  • The Securities and Exchange Commission has vowed legal action against the backdating of stock options. But commentator Robert Reich says not everyone at the SEC is on board.

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  • Jul 20, 2006

    Wildfire souvenirs

    With wildfire season in full swing, Rachel Myrow reports on some quick-thinking entrepreneurs who rush to the site of blazes to sell souvenirs while others flee.

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  • The man who many say single-handedly sent the Airbus A350 back to the drawing board makes more waves at the Farnborough air show. Jason Paur reports.

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  • Democrats in Washington, D.C., are staunchly against tax cuts. But some Democratic governors have been falling off that wagon. Commentator Steve Moore says the party is dividing over how to generate revenue.

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  • Corona is America's No. 1 imported beer. Tuesday its brewer announced a shakeup in how it's distributed in the US. Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City.

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  • Jul 19, 2006

    CEO $1 club

    Commentator and CEO Carl Yankowski says the current trend of paying CEOs only a dollar hides a much bigger pay package that shareholders rarely find out about.

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  • Seem like your paycheck just doesn't go as far as it used to? Commentator J.D. Samant argues non-things can be just as expensive as actual things.

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