May 8, 2006

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Sloan Sessions: NYSE's second offering

by Scott Jagow

May 8, 2006

Newsweek Wall Street editor Allan Sloan looks at the impact of the New York Stock Exchange offering stock of its own.

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Is Boink the next Playboy?

by Marketplace Staff

May 8, 2006

Sean Cole reports on a new magazine by and for college students about one of their favorite topics: sex.

Quarterly earnings run

by Bob Moon

May 8, 2006

This corporate earnings season marks at least the 10th straight quarter of double-digit earnings growth. Bob Moon takes a look at what's behind the trend.

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Showtime and the Smithsonian

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

May 8, 2006

The Smithsonian Institute's board of regents today reviews a controversial contract that gives Showtime the right to block some independent filmmakers from accessing Smithsonian archives. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

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Rockin' in the free world

by Jeff Tyler

May 8, 2006

Warner Brothers is scheduled to release a CD of protest songs by Neil Young today, weeks earlier than originally planned, possibly because Young was giving the songs away on his Web site. Jeff Tyler reports.

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