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Lisa Margonelli, director of the Energy Policy Initiative at the New American Foundation, on Exxon's purchase of natural gas company XTO Energy (http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/20... (article)
The Takeaway for Thursday, December 17, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
The average college undergrad leaves school with an astounding $23,186 in student loan debt; lawyers rack up $101,000 to get their degrees. And before a mother can brag about “my son ... (article)
The Takeaway for Thursday, December 17, 2009 (Early Edition) (article)
Pakistan's Strained Relationship with American Diplomats (episode)
Attitudes towards Americans and American diplomats in Pakistan have become so hostile they border on harassment, according to a new report from The New York Times. From refusing to a...
Washington Takeout: Todd Zwillich joins us to describe efforts by Congress to finish the year's work, including raising the nation's debt "ceiling" by a mere $300 billion. (To put t...
This week, Exxon acquired XTO Energy, one of the largest domestic producers of natural gas. Natural gas is considered a cheaper and greener form of energy due to its somewhat lower ca...
A decades-experienced elephant trainer with Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey's left a notarized letter and photos to be opened after he died, documenting long years of elephant treatmen...
Passwords were once the stuff of play, humor and childhood rites of passage. How did they become the rather boring key to protecting our bank accounts, intimate communications and id...
The UN's historic climate change conference in Copenhagen wraps up tomorrow. There are persistent fears that the end could come without a major, binding climate change agreement betwe...
Business Takeout: Louise Story tells us why the Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Intel, just as Europe has dropped their anti-trust suit against Microsoft. Su...
The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, also known as SCHIP, has been a very popular health care program for children since its inception back in the late '90s. The program ma...
Music producer and talent show host Simon Cowell is used to dominating the pop charts at Christmastime. His hit British television show, the X Factor, (roughly speaking, the U.K. vers...
All week we've been following the ways in which our lives have become inundated with fine print. For the fourth segment in our series, Takeaway contributor Beth Kobliner, author of "...