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  • A man walks along a street through debris and past destroyed buildings in Kamaishi town in Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan.
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    People are thinking more about disaster preparedness since the tsunami in Japan. Tess Vigeland talks to Candysse Miller of the Insurance Information Network of California about how to prepare a disaster financial plan.

  • Discussing the week in Wall Street with Lizzie O'Leary from Bloomberg News and John Carney from CNBC.

  • A money changer counts Japanese yen notes.
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    In its first joint action on a currency in over a decade, the Group of Seven nations sold yen to halt its rise and help spur Japanese exports.

  • The cabbies and owner of Smile Smile Taxi in Sendai try to fight through tears as they rebuild the business.

  • The crisis rating at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility has been raised from level 4 to level 5 on an international scale of 7 as emergency work crews continue to regain control of the reactors. In Sendai, just miles from Daiichi, citizens struggle to return to normal life.

  • The Japanese earthquake has rattled markets and companies hoping to raise capital. But many experts call it a pause, not the end of the rally.

  • The world is watching as emergency workers at Japan's Daiichi nuclear complex desperately try to regain control of the reactors.

  • Last week's earthquake and tsunami devastated Sendai in northeastern Japan. An informal barter economy has now replaced the official one.

  • Stephen Badger, operations director for the international express shipping company TNT, describes assessing the needs of the company's Japanese staff, and whether shipping is moving ahead after the earthquake and tsunami.

  • David Kelly, chief market strategist with JP Morgan Funds, explains how the disaster in Japan will impact global markets as the U.S. enters a "recovery mode."

Japan's quake