Apr 17, 2006

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Eastern Europe hit by floods

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 17, 2006

Thousands of people are being evacuated from rising waters in Romania, Hungary and the Balkans, as governments are dealing with some of the worst flooding in more than a century. Stefan Bos reports.

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Hu's first stop: The House of Gates

by Alisa Roth

Apr 17, 2006

Chinese President Hu Jintao visits the United States this week. He travels first to Seattle, where he'll visit Bill Gates. As Alisa Roth reports, the stop is a victory in Gates' ongoing battle against pirated software in China.

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Finding a loophole in the forest

by Scott Jagow

Apr 17, 2006

With today's deadline to file tax returns, Newsweek Wall Street editor Allan Sloan and host Scott Jagow look at the recent tax loophole windfall for International Paper.