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  • At SXSW, Worries Can Wait
    A grim economy, with an even lousier forecast for the music industry, hasn't prevented more than 1,800 bands — and their potential fans — from flooding the clubs, bars and streets of Austin, Texas. It's all part of the 23rd annual South by Southwest music festival.
  • Stubb Stubblefield: Archangel Of Barbecue
    C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, namesake of the legendary club in Austin, Texas, had a mission to feed the world, especially the people who sang in it. When he started out in Lubbock, he generously fed and supported both black and white musicians, creating community and breaking barriers.
  • Bernanke Has A Hand In Setting Economy's Course
    Beside Treasury Secretary Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is another major player helping to shape the nation's financial rescue plans. David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal, talks with Steve Inskeep about how Bernanke is perceived, and what the Fed is doing to stimulate the economy.
  • Official Tries To End Doughnuts For Senior Citizens
    An official in Ashburnham, Mass., tried to stop bad eating habits. He wanted to stop spending money on doughnuts for the local Senior Center's morning coffee club. Seniors tell The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester that nobody can tell them what to eat.
  • Two NPR Programs Sign Off For Good On Friday
    NPR's "Day to Day" and "News and Notes" have their final broadcast Friday. NPR's audience is larger than ever, but funding is not. So dozens of producers, editors, reporters and engineers have lost their jobs this year.
  • Florida Debates Water Tax On Bottlers
    Each day more than five million gallons of spring water is bottled in Florida, and companies pay almost nothing for local water permits. Florida is considering joining other states that have imposed "severance fees" on commercially bottled spring water. It would charge six cents for every gallon taken from springs or aquifers.
  • Outdoor Apparel Retailer May Be Out In The Cold
    The parent company of Eddie Bauer has raised some questions about the outdoor apparel and accessory retailer's ability to survive during the economic downturn. In a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Eddie Bauer Holdings said recent financial events have raised questions about its ability to remain a "going concern." That's business speak for: We need to restructure our loans — or else.
  • House Passes Bill Taxing AIG Bonuses
    The Obama administration is talking about getting back those big bonuses paid to executives at the AIG insurance company. But Congress is already taking action. The House passed a measure that would impose a 90 percent surtax on those bonuses. The bill clearly targets AIG, but the measure could affect other companies as well.
  • Landlord, Car Dealer Offer Buyers Layoff Assistance
    A landlord with apartments in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina and Texas is offering a "layoff proof lease." Sign for a year, make three rent payments on time; and if you get laid off, he offers up to two months rent free. And in Florida, AutoNation is offering to cover six months of car payments for anyone who buys in these hard times, and then gets laid off.
  • Pope's Next Stop In Africa Tour: Angola
    Pope Benedict visits Angola on Friday. There are an estimated 10 million Catholics in the southern African country. Earlier this week when the pope arrived in Cameroon, he sparked some controversy when he spoke out against the use of condoms to prevent AIDS. The African continent has the world's fastest-growing Catholic population.
  • Deficit Will Hit $1.845 Trillion This Year, Agency Says
    The Congressional Budget Office figure is hundreds of billions of dollars more than the previous forecast, and it has the potential to change the political landscape for the Obama administration.
  • Auto Parts Manufacturers Grab Lifeline
    The Treasury department announced Thursday that it would provide up to $5 billion in financing to prevent a sudden collapse of the auto parts industry. FormTech Industries is one company that hopes to benefit from the relief.
  • Michigan Worries Economic Recovery Will Pass It By
    While big bonuses and Wall Street bailouts steal the headlines this week, Michigan waits to see what's in store for the auto industry. The state which has been struggling with a weak economy for years. People there worry about whether any national recovery will benefit them.
  • Not All Bad Assets Are Toxic Assets
    Since late last year, the biggest U.S. banks have been undermined by what have become known as "toxic assets" — investments in mortgages and other debts that are now worth much less than their original value. While those assets may be hard, or impossible to sell, some of them are not necessarily all that toxic.
  • Corporate Names: Emotions, Brands And Relationships
    When General Electric was born more than a century ago, there was no more logical name to give it than General Electric. Same with Standard Oil, General Motors and General Tire. But today's companies — like Exxon and Verizon — have names that are much less logical.

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