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Putting a price on your pet's health
Feb 17, 2012
The price of looking after your pet is rising as far and fast as the cost of human healthcare. Gregory Warner reports on why we are willing to pay so much for our animals.
MID-DAY UPDATE: Egypt offers supplies to fellow protesters, White House works to settle mortgage breakdowns
Feb 24, 2011
As protests and violence continues to escalate in Libya, Egyptian citizens are offering more than just moral support. As Mitchell Hartman reports...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Ben Bernanke, health care law, Energy Star
Feb 3, 2011
In a rare press conference, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will answer questions from reporters today at the National Press Club in...
Less than half of U.S. students are proficient in science
Jan 25, 2011
Science is a tough subject for most U.S. students -- so tough that they aren't meeting average proficiency levels in the subject, according to re...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Corn prices hit a two-year high -- what's that mean for you and me?
by
Bill Radke
Oct 12, 2010
Corn futures have been climbing ever since the government predicted a light crop. You'll feel that at the grocery store... and at the gas pump....
For public good, not for profit.
Big business reacts to the health care overhaul...
by
Bill Radke
Oct 4, 2010
This morning's Wall Street Journal reports, the big manufacturer 3M says it will stop offering some kinds of health insurance because of the...
MID-DAY UPDATE -- Geithner: Fannie & Freddie can never be the same...
by
Bill Radke
Aug 17, 2010
... So what SHOULD the government's role in housing be?
Less defaulting, late pay on credit cards
Americans cut back on routine medical care
Cot...
Which booth at the job fair?
by
Scott Jagow
Mar 11, 2009
There's an interesting debate going on at Michael Mandel's Businessweek blog. In a column last week, Mandel said the government should pour tons...