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• Mar 31, 2006

  Job Files: Putting it all in your hands

  Imagine a sandwich with meat, cheese, french fries and cole slaw — inside. Meet Toni Haggerty, the Pittsburgh woman who makes it.

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• Mar 29, 2006

  Helping the folks back home

  Reporter Dan Grech tells the story of one immigrant family that has turned the practice of sending money back home into a half-million-dollar venture.

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• Mar 29, 2006

  TiVo takes Echostar to court

  TiVo, the digital video recording company, goes to court in Texas today to take on satellite company Echostar.TiVo claims Echostar stole its technology. Alex Cohen has more.

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• Mar 27, 2006

  China keeps gas prices low

  The Chinese have been enjoying cheap gasoline because the government controls the price. Over the weekend, China bumped up prices 3% to 5%. But as Jocelyn Ford reports, that's not much.

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• Mar 21, 2006

  No one wins with the executive drop-in

  Lucy Kellaway, management columnist for the Financial Times of London, says it can be pretty unnerving when the higher-ups in your company pay a visit to your office.

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• Mar 21, 2006

  Disturbing bird flu news

  The Bush Administration predicts birds with the avian flu disease will be found in the United States this year.Meanwhile, the virus has evolved into two different human strains. Curt Nickisch reports.

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• Mar 20, 2006

  The Sloan Sessions: Knight-Ridder’s fall

  Allan Sloan, Wall Street editor for Newsweek magazine, talks with host Scott Jagow about the end of a great newspaper empire.

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• Mar 18, 2006

  We Talked to Chuck…

  Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal talks with Charles Schwab about his start in the brokerage industry, how the business has changed, and teaching kids the basics of investing.

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• Mar 17, 2006

  Where has the money gone in Iraq?

  Three years ago this weekend the US invaded Iraq. Beyond military spending, the US government has allocated $21 billion to rebuild the country. Pratap Chatterjee, director the non-profit group Corpwatch, spoke with Scott Jagow about where the money has gone.

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• Mar 17, 2006

  The Job Files: Image consultant

  In this week's installment we meet image consultant Samantha von Sperling, who teaches etiquette, interview skills and social skills. Did you know asparagus is to be eaten with the fingers?

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