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Interest rate guessing game is back

Oct 24, 2006
The folks who pull the strings at the Federal Reserve meet today to consider interest rates. That means Wall Street investors will be getting back to one of their least-favorite pastimes. Bob Moon reports.

Small business, big downside

Oct 13, 2006
Small businesses are behind the job boom in the United States, but the workforce driving it faces an unhealthy dilemma. Bob Moon reports.

Chalk up one for corporate cost-cutting

Oct 5, 2006
Los Angeles Times publisher Jeff Johnson was fired this afternoon after standing up to the Tribune bosses in Chicago a month ago by refusing to cut staff at the paper. Host Bob Moon talks to media blogger and former Times staffer Kevin Roderick.

Mexico's tomato shortage spikes prices

Oct 4, 2006
Damaging storms have sent tomato prices in Mexico skyrocketing. The rise is hurting shoppers' pockets, stoking inflation fears and upsetting economic forecasts. Host Bob Moon speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Marla Dickerson.

Oil-price conspiracy theories flow

Sep 25, 2006
As Republican candidates talk up falling gas prices, a USA Today poll finds 42% of respondents believe the Bush administration "deliberately manipulated the price of gasoline" heading into fall elections. Bob Moon reports.

Battle for viewers begins

Sep 22, 2006
Host Bob Moon and Daily Variety's Stuart Levine look at the network ratings drama behind this year's fall TV lineup.

Why do we make bad money decisions?

Sep 14, 2006
A new breed of economist is studying brain scans to figure that out. Think of it as an academic mashup between neuroscience and economics. Host Bob Moon talks to The New Yorker's John Cassidy who's been looking into the trend of Neuroeconomics.

Legal troubles ahead for HP?

Sep 13, 2006
California's Attorney General says insiders at Hewlett Packard could face criminal charges stemming from the company's probe into information leaked to the media. Bob Moon reports.

CEO headache for drugmaker

Sep 12, 2006
Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO Peter Dolan stepped down today effective immediately. The maker of Excedrin and Plavix was feeling some pressure from the Justice Department, Bob Moon reports.

Price of news in China just went up

Sep 11, 2006
The government of China announced yesterday that foreign news services will have to seek approval from the state news agency before reaching Chinese media outlets. Bob Moon reports.