Segments From This Episode

• New area code gets a ‘meh’ from some New Yorkers

  by Janet Babin

  Area codes have personal significance for some, so change isn't always welcome.

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• Janet Yellen comments on how violence impacts economy

  by Adriene Hill

  Janet Yellen was at Congress on Thursday, where she talked interest rates…and violence

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• The big US banks get hit with a ratings downgrade

  by Tracey Samuelson

  But that's not necessarily bad news for the economy—or even for the banks.

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• Europe takes key interest rate further below zero

  by Amy Scott

  The European Central Bank has cut its main target interest rate to 0.3 percent.

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• The Pentagon opens combat jobs to women

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday that all combat jobs must be open to women by early next year.

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• Video games have their own version of the Oscars

  by Adriene Hill

  The Game Awards will draw millions of viewers but they're not watching on cable TV

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• The woman behind the Pantone color of the year

  by Ashley Gross

  Her mom would paint the inside of their home in Baltimore a new shade every spring, even the piano.

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• A trove of coal pushes China’s pollution westward

  by Rob Schmitz

  China's faraway region of Xinjiang is becoming the country's newest power base.

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