Segments From This Episode

• NCAA to debate paying college athletes a stipend

  by David Weinberg

  As the NCAA gathers for its annual meeting, is it considering a first step toward paying players?

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• Why the medical testing biz is like Gucci handbags

  by Dan Gorenstein

  You'd think with millions of new patients coming in that lab owners would be drooling over their microscopes.

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• The World Bank has a sunny forecast for the year

  by Andrew Walker

  As rich economies expand, stronger growth globally is expected.

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• Bringing the long-term unemployed back to the office

  by Dan Bobkoff

  President Obama has called on employers to stop passing over long-term jobless applicants.

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• The Fed: Cash cow or sitting duck?

  by Allan Sloan

  When the Fed sends less money to the Capitol, it also loses some political capital.

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• Why is it so hard to cut Pentagon spending?

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The trillion dollar budget agreement Congress is voting on initially included curbs on pension increases for military retirees. But they've been scaled back.

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• The incredible business card of Chen Guangbiao

  by Liyna Anwar

  And we mean incredible in the most literal way.

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• PODCAST: The Fed — cash cow or sitting duck?

  by David Brancaccio

  The long-term unemployed, the NCAA debates paying its student athletes, and the Fed's bond portfolio.

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