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The New Business Lingo
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:00 am

Are you a multi-slacker? A matador? A frazz master? We’ll look at the weird new vocabulary of today’s business world.

 
Russia, Riches, and the Law
Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 10:00 am

Oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was once the richest man in Russia. Now he’s in prison and desperate to get out. We talk with the Bronx attorney who’s his lead legal strategist about power and the law in oil-rich Russia.

 
America on the Selling Block
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 10:00 am

The United States is for sale. Budweiser’s Belgian now. A lot more is on the block. We ask what it means for Americans as the world buys us up.

 
On Point Today
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Pirates and Power at Sea
Monday, October 6, 2008 Somalia Ukraine Hijacked Ship

U.S. warships, Russian warships, and the bold pirates of the Somali coast. We look at high stakes piracy on the high seas.

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Bailouts, Then and Now
Monday, October 6, 2008 FDR

We look at the long-checkered history of financial rescues and bailouts — and what they’ve meant for the U.S. economy.

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Recent Shows
Peggy Noonan
Friday, October 3, 2008 081903noonan225

Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan takes the long view of this American moment, with a call for unity and what she calls “Patriotic Grace.”

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Week in the News
Friday, October 3, 2008 APTOPIX Wall Street

Bailout maneuvers, market swings. Palin versus Biden. And Obama inches up in the polls. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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On Point Blog
On the issues
By Wen Stephenson

A note here, and a question or two for listeners, about On Point’s campaign coverage. You may have noticed recent shows with the phrase “Issues ‘08″ in the title.

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Comments on Comments…
By Wen Stephenson

So, dear web souls, long time no see… Yes, our “presence” in this space has been somewhat lacking of late. All I can say is, we’ve been plenty busy producing a radio show.

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Denver to St. Paul…
By Tom Ashbrook

Hurricane Gustav makes a heck of a segue from Democratic to Republican conventions, but even through the roar of the storm the shift in political cultures hits you like a balloon drop…

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