Segments From This Episode

• With CNET, CBS eyes big Web audience

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  CBS is paying $1.8 billion for CNET, the Internet icon that's run into some trouble of late. What's in the deal for CBS? Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

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• If GE’s under pressure, what’s next?

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  General Electric reportedly is looking to sell off its appliance unit. If a bellwether like GE is struggling, what's it like out there for everyone else? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

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• Quake puts focus on China dam building

  by Scott Tong

  Troops have been dispatched to shore up nearly 400 dams damaged by the Sichuan province earthquake. Mother Nature's mostly to blame, but there are worries over human error, too, since China has been exporting its dam-building expertise. Scott Tong reports.

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• Hip district keeps going as bullets fly

  by Ben Gilbert

  In the 30 years since the Lebanese civil war started, violence has become almost a way of life — for residents and for businesses. Ben Gilbert reports from West Beirut.

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• With taxes, you can’t win for losing

  by Marketplace Staff

  If you gamble, your winnings are taxable and your losses are deductible. But commentator and tax attorney Conrad Teitell says good luck trying to get Uncle Sam to accept those deductions.

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• American steel showing some strength

  by John Dimsdale

  The New York Mercantile Exchange is going to start trading steel later this year — a solid reflection of rising steel prices and corporate profits. American steel companies are booking record earnings. John Dimsdale reports.

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• Stalled energy policy slows business

  by Marketplace Staff

  American homeowners and businesses can now get federal tax credits for installing renewable energy systems. But those credits are scheduled to expire at year's end, which is leaving clean-energy companies in the dark. Danielle Karson reports.

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• Egypt asserts ownership of its past

  by Amy Scott

  Over the centuries, thousands of ancient treasures have left Egypt — either with official blessings or by smugglers. Now Egypt is stepping up its efforts to reclaim and safeguard its antiquities. Amy Scott reports.

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