Dec 27, 2007

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Bhutto slaying ratchets up instability

by Amy Scott

Dec 27, 2007

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has sent Pakistan spiraling into increased turmoil. Host Amy Scott talks with professor Sumit Ganguly of Indiana University about the tragedy's impact on the nation's democracy movement and economy.

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Employers let off one health-care hook

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Dec 27, 2007

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that companies can cut their retirees' health-care benefits once they turn 65, when Medicare kicks in. The ruling means employers can shift the burden of insuring retirees to the federal government. Nancy Marshall-Genzer reports.

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Click-and-print replacing clip-and-save

by Sam Eaton

Dec 27, 2007

If pinching pennies is one of your New Year's resolutions, take note: Coupons are going digital. Next week Valassis Communications plans to launch a website it hopes will reinvent the lowly paper coupon for the Internet age. Marketplace's Sam Eaton reports.

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Credit crunch will be felt into New Year

by Bob Moon

Dec 27, 2007

Credit was the big story on Wall Street this year. With 2008 just a few days away, our Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon takes a look back with host Amy Scott at the crunch that still has a tight grip on deal-making.

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'Wombs for rent' grows in India

by Marketplace Staff

Dec 27, 2007

Wannabe parents from the United States, Taiwan and Britain are traveling to India in increasing numbers, seeking babies from surrogate mothers. Is it exploitation or opportunity for the mothers, who are highly paid? Sunita Thakur reports.

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Finding a bone to pick -- and keeping it!

by Marketplace Staff

Dec 27, 2007

Remember the woman who 15 years ago sued McDonald's for burns she suffered when she spilled their hot coffee on herself? Commentator Karl Meyer certainly did when he bit into some canned tuna.

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Putting stocks in his art

by Amy Scott

Dec 27, 2007

A lot of stock traders might have a drink or hit the gym when they lose money. Tom Moran paints. And his trades are his inspiration. Amy Scott visited his studio for this report.

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