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May 11 marked the two-month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The 9.0 quake set off a devastating tsunami, taking the lives of more t...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 10:08
It’s hard to imagine a bright spot in this latest recession, but economists do point to one statistic: labor productivity.
It’s a measure of just h...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2011
- Length: 03:15
- Purchases: 1
They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...
- Added: Jan 24, 2011
- Length: 04:17
Rents have always been high in New York; but since 1994, so called ‘Quality of Life’ policing, and business friendly development strategies have de...
- Added: Dec 01, 2010
- Length: 17:01
New developments in the field of debt settlement this week and personal finance advice.
- Added: Oct 17, 2010
- Length: 28:30
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 09:03
The local food movement is beginning to threaten global agricultural brands like the iconic Idaho potato.
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 06:12
Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Fort Collins to underscore what he says is a startling statistic. Over the past three deca...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 01, 2010
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...
- Added: Jul 21, 2010
- Length: 04:47
When Wendy Kopp was a college senior she had an idea: what if some of America’s top college students chose teaching over higher-paying professional...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 09:49
Harry Markopolos tried for nearly ten years to expose Bernard Madoff and the world's largest Ponzi scheme, but it didn't do any good. Why didn’t a...
Bought by KPIK-LP, Remix Radio, KUT, KUOW, and EconomyBeat Podcast
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: 13:13
- Purchases: 5
News of foreclosure on the proposed site for Trump Towers in Midtown have revived fears that a second wave of the mortgage crisis is on the horizon...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 15, 2010
- Length: 03:03
- Purchases: 1
A look the epicenter of the recession, and how this downturn compares with previous ones.
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 2
Charlotte officials are touting the region's potential as a green energy hub. But so are hundreds of other cities. Is there any substance to the ...
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 04:03
Kansas State University professors have opened a research clinic aimed at merging techniques of financial planning with couples' therapy.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 1
A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...
Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 2
Thanksgiving weekend is usually a big one for tourist towns in the North Carolina mountains. But the rock slide that has shut down I-40 is hurting...
- Added: Nov 25, 2009
- Length: 01:55
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 05:13
- Purchases: 1
Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...
Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 1
A business model that creates worker-owned green businesses and healthy jobs for low-income women.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 1
One law firm in Nashville is training its younger, less expensive attorneys to take on trial work as clients look for ways to cut costs.
- Added: Oct 27, 2009
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 2
Duke Energy is now renting business rooftops to set up a distributed solar network. The project has timely benefits for several North Carolina bus...
- Added: Oct 23, 2009
- Length: 02:35
Affordable space is key for many arts organizations trying to make it through the economic recession. KUNC's Grace Hood reports on the efforts of o...
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio
- Added: Oct 21, 2009
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
A new business is trying to clean up the image of check cashers, one customer at a time.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Oct 15, 2009
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 1
