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A nice story, for a change

Feb 18, 2010
Make sure you catch Marketplace tonight, so you can hear from 81-year-old Bob Moore. Moore owns Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods based in Oregon. ...

Maybe now you'll drink Merlot

Feb 18, 2010
If you've ever picked up a bottle of Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir, there are some things you should know. First of all, it likely wasn't Pinot Noir...

The unspoken Chapter

Feb 18, 2010
Talk all you want about Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Discuss the possibility of Chapter 13. Hold a meeting to debate the merits of Chapter 11. But...

Morning Reading

Feb 18, 2010
Good morning. The story we reported last week about Goldman Sachs helping to hide Greece's debt is really starting to blow up in Europe. That and...

Foreclosure on the slopes

Feb 17, 2010
There is seemingly no place to escape foreclosure in North America. The ski resort where the Olympic downhill skiing events are being held may be...

Lights, camera, tickets

Feb 17, 2010
The use of cameras to catch speeders and red light runners is a sore subject in many communities. I don't know if it's the desperate economic...

Banks: We'll make you pay for regulation

Feb 17, 2010
The banks are busy calculating how much financial regulation will cost them -- I mean, you. Today, JP Morgan came out with a 184-page report that...

For public good, not for profit.

Morning Reading

Feb 17, 2010
Good morning. A few things I've seen so far: A roadmap for killing Social Security, what Citigroup knows that you don't, the bee vs the car, and...

A free speech haven?

Feb 16, 2010
People in the news business are always talking about how to save investigative journalism. But a proposal offered in Reykjavik today has a...

Undercover Boss

Feb 16, 2010
I can't decide what to make of the new reality show, Undercover Boss, on CBS. It's like a lot of reality TV in that you don't know what to trust...