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A program in southern Mississippi is training women to become construction workers. The goal is to help them take advantage of the many rebuilding jobs available after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Chrysler has come up with a promotion it hopes will revive sales of trucks and SUVs.
The House takes up several bills Wednesday aimed at easing the mortgage foreclosure crisis.
May 6, 2008 · A generation ago, there were no private restaurants in the Chinese capital and service was considered a form of exploitation. Today eating out is a national pastime, and celebrity foreign chefs are rushing to open high-end restaurants ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
May 6, 2008 · Las Vegas is changing again, trying to turn from a theme-park into a sophisticated metropolitan center. At $8 billion, City Center on the Strip is the most expensive private development in history. The development will include world-class casinos, hotels, condos, apartments, retail and restaurants.
May 6, 2008 · Since 2005, banking giant BB&T; has given several million dollars to different colleges and universities in an effort to promote the study of Ayn Rand's books and economic philosophy. But should a corporation have a role in establishing curricula?
May 6, 2008 · Millions of Americans who live in trailer parks are unable to take out traditional mortgages. To buy in a park or make improvements, they need to use other types of loans that carry much higher interest rates.
May 6, 2008 · Keith Taylor started ModestNeeds.org to help people with small, immediate needs and prevent a single overdue gas bill, for example, from leading to financial ruin. The foundation provides $100,000 dollars a month to help regular people stay afloat.
May 6, 2008 · Countrywide, the nation's largest home lender, used to specialize in the kind of risky loans that have gone sour in huge numbers recently. Countrywide and other lenders say they have cleaned up their act. But one homeowner says she was recently given the hard sell by a Countrywide loan officer who appeared to be breaking rules.
May 6, 2008 · Casino operator Tropicana Entertainment has filed for bankruptcy protection. And there are signs the economic downturn is spreading to the gambling industry.
May 6, 2008 · Expectations have the power to move the stock markets. Host Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, economics editor of the Wall Street Journal, about the psychology of expectations on Wall Street.
May 6, 2008 · Regional menu items — like fish, egg tarts and preserved egg porridge — are making KFC a huge hit in China as executives at the fast-food chicken giant look overseas for better revenues. Sales in China grew 12 percent in this first part of the year, compared with 3 percent in the U.S.
May 6, 2008 · The Federal Reserve chairman has urged mortgage lenders and the government to do more to prevent foreclosures. Ben Bernanke's comments Monday night come as home foreclosures continue to spread. His views differ from that of the Bush administration, which wants only the industry to deal with the problem.
May 5, 2008 · Yahoo shares fell sharply on Monday, the first day of trading after news that Microsoft had pulled its $44 billion offer for the company. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer refused Yahoo's demand for a better deal.
May 5, 2008 · Yahoo fended off the merger deal offered by Microsoft. But why? Robert Hof, the Silicon Valley bureau chief of BusinessWeek, gives a sense of Yahoo's corporate health.
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