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PODCAST: A big split for Alcoa

David Brancaccio Sep 28, 2015
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: A big split for Alcoa

David Brancaccio Sep 28, 2015
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On today’s show, we’ll talk about Alcoa splitting into two companies; how copyright laws may have factored into VW’s emissions scandal; India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meetings with tech giants; and how financial assistance for poor families in Georgia is threatened by an accounting sleight-of-hand.

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