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Analysts keep a close eye on Lehman
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Jill Barshay
Jun 9, 2008
Lehman Brothers, the smallest of Wall Street's big investment banks, is reporting big losses -- and that's making many market watchers nervous. Jill Barshay reports.
Speculation of Lehman Brothers sale
Jun 9, 2008
While Lehman Brothers expects to lose nearly $3 billion in the second quarter, the bank says it's raising $6 billion in capital from elsewhere. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports it may be readying for a sale.
529 Plans
Jun 9, 2008
Question: My husband and I had our first child in February. Our budget has us paying off our student loans and credit card debt in the next 16...
Decades later, London finds a bomb
Jun 9, 2008
A German World War II bomb was found near a subway station in London's financial sector. Renita Jablonski talks to underground mapping specialist Mike Sainsbury about how an unexploded device was discovered.
Iraqi refugees learn U.S. job style
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Janet Babin
Jun 9, 2008
Even with an impressive skill set, many Iraqi refugees have trouble finding jobs in the U.S. To help, a nonprofit group in Washington, D.C. is working to help bridge the communication gap. Janet Babin has more.
G-8 leaders say cut oil demand
Jun 9, 2008
Ministers from the group of eight industrialized nations met in Japan to discuss rising oil prices. Stephen Beard reports the leaders left the meeting emphasizing greater energy efficiency among the consuming nations.
Network TV still a place for ads
Jun 9, 2008
Between a writer's strike and a weak economy, you might expect the TV industry would be in trouble. But the medium is holding steady. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports network TV is still a big way to tap into a diverse audience.
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Banks aren't out of the woods yet
Jun 9, 2008
With banks reporting billions in new losses, is the financial sector really almost out of the woods? Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan tells Scott Jagow there's no reason to think the trouble has gone away yet.
One last try in Europe for Bush
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Bob Moon
Jun 9, 2008
President Bush is on his last official trip to Europe, where he's facing tough questions on the economy for the last time. But Bob Moon reports Europeans and Americans both know a lot probably won't change this year.
Questions answered on air for June 7-8
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Richard Core
Jun 7, 2008
In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about private mortgage insurance, 457s vs. 403(b)s, removing a co-signer and borrowing...