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The Takeaway for Tuesday, March 31, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Headlines; New auto industry terms (article)
From the frontlines of the auto shakeup: UAW workers weigh in (episode)
President Obama said it’s going to take sacrifices from all sides to successfully restructure the auto industry. Yesterday he unveiled his plan, which calls for replacing the leadersh...
President Obama gave Chrysler until the end of April to finalize a deal with the Italian car company, Fiat. While the partnership may seem an unlikely pairing, Fiat was facing similar...
As the G-20 meets in London, one of the main issues at hand are economic reforms. A piece, The Quiet Coup, in the May issue of The Atlantic paints an unhappy picture of the U.S. econ...
Delegates from more than 70 countries are in The Hague to discuss Afghan reconstruction. The big hope is that the 70 countries meeting there today will be able to breathe new life int...
Fifty years ago today the exiled Dalai Lama crossed the border from Tibet into India, leaving his homeland behind under Chinese annexation. Earlier this month the spiritual and politi...
Like the Big Mac or Budweiser beer, concrete is everywhere. But concrete comes with a cost: in creating the ubiquitous building material, tons upon tons of carbon dioxide are emitted ...
Yesterday's strike in Lahore, Pakistan was aimed at killing and terrorizing future law enforcers, and demonstrated once again the militants’ ability to reach deep into the Pakistani h...
It's special election day in New York State and some see this race as a barometer of how Americans regard President Obama's first few months in office. The special election is set to ...
Last week the Obama administration unveiled a comprehensive plan to rebuild Afghanistan. Using more troops to fight the insurgency in the region is one strategy, but so is widening th...
We asked you, our listeners, to come up with new slogans for the car industry. And, as usual, you answered with brilliant responses. Here are some of our favorites. Have one of your o...
Rick Wagoner, CEO of General Motors Corp., is stepping down. The move came at the request of President Obama, who is seeking to reform the U.S. car industry in a gloomy economic clim... (article)
The Takeaway for Monday, March 30, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)
Headlines; Obama's agenda this week (article)
The week ahead with Marcus Mabry and James Surowiecki (episode)
It's Monday, which means it is time to take a look at the week ahead. For their educated guesses as to what is on the agenda for the week is James Surowiecki, The Balance Sheet writer...
The Red River in Fargo, North Dakota broke a 112-year-old record last Friday morning when it rose past 40.33 feet — the highest level ever measured. Across the river the situation isn...
Last week, the U.S. lost a seminal historian of the African-American experience when John Hope Franklin passed away. His books, includingFrom Slavery to Freedom: A History of African ...
Today is the first day of the long-awaited first trial at Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal. The man best known as Comrade Duch faces charges of crimes against humanity for his role in ...
In a statement last Friday, the Obama administration said that there will a significant increase in U.S. and international support to Pakistan and Afghanistan, both for economic devel...
The Obama administration unveils its restructuring plan for the troubled auto industry today, and in a surprise move, GM's Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will be stepping down, too. For...
A rift is growing between the FBI and the leaders of prominent Muslim-American groups over allegations that the feds tried to infiltrate a mosque in Irvine, California using a paid in...
This past weekend, the richest horse-race in the world was run. It was the 14th Dubai World Cup and the prize money was worth six million dollars. (A Kentucky horse named Well Armed w...
Dozens of people are dead in Lahore, Pakistan this morning after gunmen attacked a police training center. Pakistani troops have now taken control of the academy after gunmen seized a...
The G-20, a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from around the world, is set to meet this week in London to tackle the global financial crisis. Dan Price, the White...
Later today President Obama is set to unveil his new plan to revive the flailing U.S. auto industry. As part of the administration's strategy, GM CEO Rick Wagoner was asked to step do...
Femi Oke introduced us to her "recession hero"--someone who resisted the temptation of a growing bubble. We're looking for more heroes out there. Do you have your own recession hero? ... (article)
Read a transcript of President Barack Obama's address on Pakistan and Afghanistan from March 27, 2009, and discuss the new policy in The Takeaway's "user-annotated" document viewer. ... (article)
The Takeaway for Friday, March 27, 2009 (Final Edition) (article)