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• Apr 14, 2006

  Job Files: Coffee broker

  If you're going to be a coffee broker, you have to have a passion for what you're doing.

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• Apr 14, 2006

  First Massachusetts, now Texas?

  The Lone Star State is home to the nation's largest percentage of full-time workers without health insurance. As part of efforts to change that, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed offering businesses an incentive to provide employees with health coverage. Ben Philpott has more.

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• Apr 13, 2006

  One dollar portrait

  Ever wonder where the portrait of George Washington that adorns the dollar bill comes from? Reporter Sean Cole visits a Boston Museum to get the answer.

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• Apr 12, 2006

  A model health care plan

  Commentator Robert Reich argues that Massachusetts' plan requiring people who can afford health insurance to buy it is no different than requiring drivers to carry auto insurance.

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• Apr 11, 2006

  Prodi appears to be likely winner in Italy

  If Italian opposition candidate Romano Prodi is able to pull out a victory over incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, he'll have a difficult time getting the country's economy back on track. Megan Williams reports.

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• Apr 6, 2006

  A new dust-up at The Masters

  Exxon-Mobil shareholders have asked the company to explain why it's sponsoring this year's Master's golf tournament, when the Augusta National Golf Club continues to bar women members. Cheryl Glaser reports.

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• Apr 5, 2006

  Tax return goofs common at chain outlets

  A new report by the Government Accountability Office says chain-store tax preparers often make serious mistakes on returns. Eric Niiler reports.

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• Apr 5, 2006

  Online betting ban considered

  Congress is considering legislation that would outlaw the placing of bets online. But professional gamblers have a different idea in mind. Bente Birkeland reports.

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• Apr 4, 2006

  Google, Yahoo act like stock exchanges

  Commentator Andreas Kluth says Internet companies like Google and Yahoo are starting to act like a stock exchange for Web content.

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• Apr 4, 2006

  Ethanol comes of age

  The corn-based alternative fuel is increasingly moving from the purview of farm cooperatives to the focus of IPOs and shareholders. Curt Nickisch looks at ethanola€™s economic rite of passage.

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