May 18, 2007

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Hoffa to China: A global union movement?

by Scott Tong

May 18, 2007

Compamines are global, capital is global... why not labor unions? The Teamsters boss visits China as the emerging economic giant considers a new law giving bite to China's mostly toothless labor protections.

Cycling in crisis

by Scott Jagow

May 18, 2007

With some 100 world-class cyclists accused of doping and longtime sponsors considering pulling their support from the Tour de France, the sport of cycling has truly reached a crisis point. Diana Nyad says science is its best hope for a cure.

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Your employer may know you're listening to this. . .</p>

by Marketplace Staff

May 18, 2007

Workplace monitoring is pretty much a fact of life these days. Most companies do it one way or another, as new technology makes it easier to spy on employees. So privacy advocates are pushing for some new ground rules. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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Britain's housing fever

by Stephen Beard

May 18, 2007

House-hunters in the U.K. — particularly would-be first-time buyers — are getting desperate as property prices there continue to rise higher and higher and higher. Stephen Beard has this story.

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Digital age puts the numbers upfront

by Lisa Napoli

May 18, 2007

We're still watching plenty of TV, but one of the big stories coming out of this year's upfronts is how to count all those Internet downloads when it comes to ratings and ad dollars says Variety's Mike Speier.

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Price of sleep

by Janet Babin

May 18, 2007

There's a lot of money to be made curing insomnia — about $6 billion last year alone, according to a new report. And that dollar amount is only expected to grow over the next decade. Janet Babin tells us why.

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Don't punish a country's progress

by Marketplace Staff

May 18, 2007

Four presidents, two prime ministers and a king are among the 11 members of a club addressing the problem of decreasing foreign aid to countries showing some progress. Orly Halpern reports.

Cloudy skies for British Airways

by Stephen Beard

May 18, 2007

British Airways has admitted to breaches of competition laws and set aside $700 million to pay for that mistake. And that's not the only trouble creating turbulence for the airline, Stephen Beard reports.

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