Segments From This Episode

• Shanghai shut down by toxic cloud

  by Rob Schmitz

  As some American kids get a snow day, some Chinese students are getting a pollution day today.

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• Going bearserk in Jersey

  The black bear population has grown so large in the state that it ended a hunting ban a few years ago.

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• As budget deadline approaches, a temptation to hit snooze

  by David Gura

  Think of the U.S. Congress as a procrastinating undergrad, prone to sleeping in. Lawmakers don’t hesitate to hit the “snooze button.”

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• What do tanking gold prices say about the economy?

  by Adriene Hill

  Gold investors are abandoning ship, as the economy continues to improve slowly.

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• Swiss banks must decide whether to hand over client information to U.S.

  by Imogen Foulkes

  Today is the deadline for Switzerland's private banks to decide whether to cooperate with U.S. demands to combat tax evasion by handing over client information — a move that would finally end the long tradition of banking secrecy.

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• When air pollution crosses state lines, which state has to do the cleanup?

  by Dan Weissmann

  Some governors asked the EPA to rein in polluting states, and EPA is asking the Supreme Court for permission.

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• PODCAST: Supreme Court will weigh in if EPA can enforce air quality standards

  by David Brancaccio

  Some governors asked the EPA to rein in polluting states, and EPA is asking the Supreme Court for permission. Think of the U.S. Congress as a procrastinating undergrad, prone to sleeping in. Lawmakers don’t hesitate to hit the “snooze button.” And, the black bear population has grown so large in the state that it ended a hunting ban a few years ago.

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• Charitable foundations aren’t just for the über-rich

  by Sean Cole

  There are some 80,000 private charitable foundations operating in the U.S. today, and you don't have to be crazy rich to launch a one.

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