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Brits won't take fees lying down
Mar 2, 2007
While the U.K.'s biggest banks are reporting record profits, consumer groups say hundreds of thousands of customers should get their money back. Stephen Beard reports.
A winning innovation for philanthropy
by
Jocelyn Ford
Mar 2, 2007
Scientists now have a new way to get motivated as more companies offer their philanthropy in the form of prizes. Pat Loeb reports on the X Prize Foundation.
ExxonMobil's not fighting the Chavez takeover
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Dan Grech
Mar 2, 2007
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said this week his government will take over control of four key oil projects, including one held by ExxonMobil. He's set an ambitious 60-day deadline for the handover. Dan Grech reports.
Mr. Black, about that missing $84 million . . .
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 14, 2007
Canadian media mogul Conrad Black went on trial for fraud in Chicago today. Kai Ryssdal talks about the case against Black with reporter James Langton of The Daily Telegraph in London.
Job cuts waiting in the wings
Feb 20, 2007
European plane maker Airbus was scheduled today to announce a major restructuring plan that involves slashing some 10,000 jobs, but the countries involved can't agree on which jobs to cut.
Pilots looking for payback
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Amy Scott
Jan 30, 2007
Pilots unions are fighting to gain back some of the billions of dollars they've lost to airlines' pay and benefit cuts. Amy Scott reports.
Mailbag for Friday, June 15, 2007
by
Tess Vigeland
and Chris Farrell
Jun 15, 2007
This week, we get advice from Chris Farrell on saving for graduate school, starting a retirement account and rolling over a 403b.
Day in the Work Life: Looking for love
Feb 9, 2007
On this week's 'A Day In the Work Life,' our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we make a date with a matchmaker.
A hundred years of smokes
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 12, 2007
Allan Brandt, professor of the history of medicine at Harvard University, talks about his new book, "The Cigarette Century," with Kai Ryssdal.
Gold is in again
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Scott Jagow
Jan 3, 2007
The price of gold has been going up thanks to private investors and up-and-coming world economies, and it could be poised to take off even higher. So what does that mean for the dollar?