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Where it pays to make it from scratch

Nov 24, 2009
Is it worth it to make your own butter? Jennifer Reese explores the most cost-effective approach to do-it-yourself food in her frugal-minded blog, The Tipsy Baker. Tess Vigeland paid her a visit and helped her make bagels.
Blogger Jennifer Reese boiling bagels in her kitchen. Reese explores the most cost-effective ways to make your own food in her blog, "The Tipsy Baker"
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News Corp may shun Google for Bing

Nov 23, 2009
There are reports that Microsoft has been talking to News Corp about a deal that would keep the media company's content on Bing and off Google. Joel Rose reports.

News Corp plans to move off Google

Nov 23, 2009
News Corp wants to remove its news content from Google and team up with Microsoft search engine Bing. Microsoft is considering paying News Corp to feature its content. Jennifer Collins reports.
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What's AOL doing now, anyway?

Nov 19, 2009
AOL is reducing its workforce by a third and spinning off from Time Warner. Is this a sign of the end? Bill Radke talks to Business Week media reporter Tom Lowry, who explains how AOL plans to carry on.

Companies get smart on digital data

Nov 18, 2009
The data trail we leave behind in the digital age keeps growing. Professor Andreas Weigend talks with Kai Ryssdal about how businesses are trying to figure out how to use that data effectively.

A slow media movement

Nov 17, 2009
Have Facebook friend requests, cell-phone messages, incessant emails and texts made it impossible to disconnect? Feel overwhelmed? Sally Herships reports on one solution.

YouTube redirects its news footage

Nov 17, 2009
A new YouTube platform called YouTube Direct allows news organizations to solicit and verify footage from individual users, connecting amateur journalists with professional news outlets. Jennifer Collins reports.

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Senate explores aggressive online sales

Nov 17, 2009
Post-transaction offers are becoming an increasingly popular way for online retailers to snag customers into hidden credit card charges. A Senate committee will be taking a deeper look, as Bob Moon reports.

FDA looks at online medicine regulation

Nov 12, 2009
The FDA is considering developing rules for how drug companies can advertise online. Reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer talks the details with Steve Chiotakis.

Bank robbers prefer laptops to guns

Nov 11, 2009
The Justice Department has indicted eight computer hackers who prosecutors say pulled off a global ATM heist last year. Jeremy Hobson explores the modern age of bank robbery and the more commonplace presence of digital financial fraud.