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A digital peek in your medicine cabinet

Aug 8, 2008
Insurance companies have a high-tech way of looking at an applicant's prescription drug usage before granting coverage, a move that has many concerned about the privacy of medical data. Steve Henn reports.

Despite Internet, Yellow Pages multiply

Aug 8, 2008
Now that just about every business' phone number and information is available online, the Yellow Page volumes in our home rarely get touched....

YouTube's advertising picture still fuzzy

Aug 8, 2008
Will enough advertisers display their brands next to user-generated videos to make YouTube as profitable as television? Executives from video...

More commuters on board with Amtrak

Aug 8, 2008
High gas prices have caused a significant increase in train ridership. But with more passengers comes train car crowding and a need for more upkeep. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports where Amtrak might need to boost its service.

Olympics air time to break records

Aug 8, 2008
NBC plans to air 3,600 hours of this year's Olympics across eight networks -- more air time than all of the previous summer Olympics combined. Stacey Vanek-Smith talks broadcasting with Variety's Mike Speier.

Toyota's Tundra a frozen production

Aug 8, 2008
Today, Toyota will be halting production of the Tundra, its full-size, gas-guzzling pick-up. Sales of the vehicle are down 15 percent and the production suspension could last for months. Renita Jablonski reports.

UBS joins the buy-back brigade

Aug 8, 2008
To settle U.S. regulatory claims, UBS has agreed to buy back $19 billion of auction-rate securities and pay $150 million in fines. This comes a day...

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Good News

Aug 8, 2008
There hasn't been a lot of good economic news lately... but this is definitely a bright spot. The Department of Labor says productivity rose at a 2...

Is It Fair? No.

Aug 8, 2008
Congress and the White House moved with surprising speed (measured by Washington legislative time, of course) last month to pass a bill aimed at...

Oil could reach much, much higher

Aug 8, 2008
Oil may be down at the moment, but in a study out today, a British energy expert is warning crude oil prices could swoop back up to recent highs. Stephen Beard reports the world could be facing an oil crisis very soon.