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Another case of pretexting

by Alisa Roth

Nov 8, 2006

Allied Capital is the latest company accused of having investigators impersonate its most vocal critics to access their phone records. Is this just the way companies do business these days? Alisa Roth reports.

Republicans misjudged the new morality

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 8, 2006

Commentator Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation magazine sees the GOP loss a little differently. She thinks the meaning of the phrase "moral values" is changing.

New vision for corporate accounting

by Stephen Beard

Nov 8, 2006

The world's biggest accounting firms are calling for a major shake-up in the ways companies report performance. They say more frequent and varied reports should be posted on the Internet. Stephen Beard reports.

New guy on government reform

by Kai Ryssdal

Nov 8, 2006

California Congressman Henry Waxman is in line to head the Government Reform Committee now that Democrats have won control of the House. Kai Ryssdal asks him what kinds of oversight we can expect.

L.A. billionaires bid on Tribune

by Sarah Gardner

Nov 8, 2006

Billionaire businessman Eli Broad and supermarket magnate Ron Burkle have teamed up to submit a bid for the Tribune Company. Sarah Gardner has details.

Will Wall Street behave without its sheriff?

by Amy Scott

Nov 8, 2006

New York's crusading Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has won that state's governorship. He made his name cracking down on abuses in the finance industry, so Wall Street may be all too happy to usher him out, Amy Scott reports.

Republicans seduced by power

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 8, 2006

Why did the Republicans lose so decisively? Commentator Steve Moore says it's because they've become the corrupt Washington insiders they promised to clear out.

A new economic day in Washington

by John Dimsdale and Kai Ryssdal

Nov 8, 2006

The leadership change in Congress will certainly affect economic policy. Host Kai Ryssdal talks to our Washington Bureau Chief John Dimsdale and reporter Hillary Wicai about the potential impact.

Anti-tax but not anti-spend

by Steve Tripoli

Nov 8, 2006

American voters tend to be strongly against taxes — but they're not necessarily against big government spending. They passed a record-setting bundle of bond and debt measures on Tuesday. Steve Tripoli reports.

Stem-cell research finds a home in Missouri

by Helen Palmer

Nov 8, 2006

<strong>WEB EXTRA:</strong> Missouri voters on Tuesday approved expanding stem-cell research. The Show Me State plans to show the world it can be a stem-cell center. Helen Palmer reports.

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