Feb 15, 2006

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Gulf Coast rebuilding

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 15, 2006

While a Senate committee prepares for hearings today into how to rebuild the Gulf Coast, commentator Robert Reich argues that the government needs to lend a helping hand, not a bailout.

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Markets to watch Bernanke testimony closely

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 15, 2006

The new Fed Chief comes before the House Financial Services Committee today for a report on the state of the Federal Reserve. Eric Niiler reports that the financial markets are going to hang on every word.

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Labor's new strategy

by Hillary Wicai

Feb 15, 2006

Today, breakaway AFL-CIO members will offer their new strategy for countering the erosion of the union movement. Hillary Wicai reports.

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FBI searches foreign cargo terminals

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Feb 15, 2006

Just a day after the World Trade Organization gave the European Union a green light to impose sanctions on some US exports, FBI agents searched the Chicago cargo terminals of two foreign airlines on grounds of possible "anti-competitive" behavior. Stacey Vanek-Smith has more.