Dec 28, 2006

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Stories You Might Like How much money do you have tied up in gift cards? Your Southwest flight got canceled. What can you do? Where will this economy be in December 2022? Corporations halt donations to some politicians Airlines (and omicron) bring an unwanted holiday offering: Flight cancellations The unemployed are often locked out of […]

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Clone chops, anyone? Anyone?

by Dan Grech

Dec 28, 2006

Today the FDA will recommend that meat and milk from cloned pigs and cows be allowed into the food supply — <i>without</i> a label indicating the food is cloned. Dan Grech reports.

Break out the bubbly index

by Marketplace Staff

Dec 28, 2006

More champagne equals happier consumers? Economists look at all kinds of indicators to measure consumer sentiment. Alex Goldmark introduces us to the high-end liquor benchmark.

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Big Three gear down in '06

by Alisa Roth

Dec 28, 2006

It was another tough year for GM, Ford and Chrysler. The U.S. automakers are working to turn things around — will they fare better in 2007?

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Democrats will play to stay

by John Dimsdale

Dec 28, 2006

2007 will see the Democrats return to power in both houses of Congress. John Dimsdale gives us a glimpse of what they have in store for fiscal policy.

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A new brand of labor talks

by Steve Tripoli

Dec 28, 2006

Striking Goodyear workers vote on a new labor contract today — one that was painstakingly negotiated between management and the labor union and retirees and ... Steve Tripoli has the rest.

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Book publishing on demand

by Janet Babin

Dec 28, 2006

A new way to distribute books will be unveiled at a dozen bookstores and libraries across the country in 2007. Think of it as a vending machine for books. Janet Babin reports.

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Save the polar bears

by Sam Eaton

Dec 28, 2006

The Bush administration has proposed listing polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. And it's not just the Arctic that will feel the consequences. Sam Eaton explains.

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Medicare Plan D gets more confusing

by Helen Palmer

Dec 28, 2006

As the Medicare drug plan reenrollment deadline fast approaches, a new glitch is causing problems for many seniors. Helen Palmer reports.

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Britain pays off WWII debt

by Stephen Beard

Dec 28, 2006

Tomorrow Britain will pay the U.S. its final installment on a 61-year-old loan. But the Brits aren't thrilled about it, Stephen Beard reports.

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