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We've been following the latest news about Manny Ramirez and his 50 game suspension. After the steroid controversy between him and A-Rod, we want to know, how are you handling the new... (article)
The Takeaway for Friday, May 8, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Headlines; Stress test results (article)
Bud Selig woke up at 4 a.m. again last night, screaming and bathed in sweat. “What’s bothering you, Bud?” his wife says, distracted as she tries to remember if she signed a pre-nup. ... (article)
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Is the Stress-Test Good Economics or Just Good PR? (episode)
The Federal Reserve yesterday released the long-awaited results of the “stress tests”. The report gave nine of the nation's largest banks a clean bill of health, and told ten others t...
As part of The Takeaway's ShovelWatch project, Correspondent Andrea Bernstein is in banking capitol, Charlotte, North Carolina. Despite Wachovia's announcement that is was laying off ...
Tens of thousands of Pakistanis are fleeing clashes between Taliban militants and the army, adding a humanitarian crisis to the list of daunting challenges facing the nation. While th...
It's a bad week for the biggest names in baseball. A-Rod returns to the struggling Yankees -- and while they could use his help on the field, they probably don't welcome all the contr...
Takeaway correspondent Andrea Bernstein is in Charlotte, North Carolina, looking at how the stimulus is affecting people's lives. She spoke with the mayor, employees of the big banks ...
Get ready to start hearing about Rule IV. An arcane regulation among the rules of the Senate Judiciary Committee has emerged as the best, and probably only, hope for the GOP to block ...
Justice David Souter's retirement gives President Obama the chance to start reshaping the Supreme Court. Who's on Obama's short list? And what are the quialities that make someone a h...
Big explosions, big laughs, and big buckets of popcorn: that's what we expect when we hit the movie theaters in the summer. This year’s blockbuster season has officially started, wi...
The Federal Reserve yesterday released the long-awaited results of the “stress tests”. The tests found that ten of the nation's 19 largest banks need a total of about $75 billion in n...
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez shocked the sporting world yesterday when it was reported that he tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance. The result? I...
Unemployment numbers for April come out today. Dan Gross, Columnist for Newsweek and Slate and author of Dumb Money, joins The Takeaway from East Lansing, Michigan, to help us make se...
In yet another indicator of an economic upswing, the price of oil has risen to just over $58 a barrel. That's a 70% gain from its lows of about $34 in February. For more we turn to Ba...
The new employment numbers for the month of April are out and employers cut 539,000 jobs. While still a lot of job loss, that's the smallest number we've seen in six months. It's also...