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Archive for December, 2008
Friday, December 5th, 2008

* Unemployment rises overseas
* Mumbai: Indian Security lapses, Pakistani denials
* Huge Robbery in Paris
* Breakdancers in Cambodia
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Friday, December 5th, 2008

The Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting recognize outstanding achievement in business & financial reporting telecast or webcast. Watch some of the Emmy-nominated programs, online now.

Friday, December 5th, 2008

The economy is officially in recession. The government has passed a bailout plan of unprecedented size and is considering bailouts for other industries and companies. Allan Sloan, Floyd Norris, & Chrystia Freeland analyze the US financial sectors during this crisis. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/20/2008).

Friday, December 5th, 2008

New York cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe became one of the leading furniture makers in 19th century by organizing the first large scale furniture business. Matthew A. Thurlow from The Metropolitan Museum discusses New York’s manufacturing heritage and history. Watch lecture.

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and writer for The New Yorker, explains why expertise in any field requires 10,000 hours of practice. In his new book, “Outliers”, he analyzes why people are successful. Watch.

Friday, December 5th, 2008

* Fear of terrorist attacks in Indian airports
* Pakistan pledges action after Mumbai attacks
* Automakers in Europe look for bailout
* Threat of a Muslim insurgency in Thailand
* Harry Potter Author JK Rowling releases more marketing magic
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Friday, December 5th, 2008

While America considers boosting troops in Afghanistan, one person throws her support behind the women of that country. Then, an examination of whether the strongest insurgent militia in Iraq has disintegrated, and how Obama will change US foreign policy on public health. Watch now.

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

The abundantly talented soprano, Renee Fleming, sings everything from Mozart and Verdi to jazz and has just released a recording of the music Richard Strauss. In this SundayArts profile, Fleming discusses the challenges of performing opera. Watch.

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

In May 2006, an imam academy in Morocco holds a graduation ceremony, but the class of 2006 is no ordinary group of students. Side by side with the male graduates are 50 women pioneers, among the first contemporary group of women to be officially trained as religious leaders in the Arab world. Watch. (Originally aired: [...]

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

They’re everywhere around you—the jagged repeating forms called fractals. If you know what to look for, you can find them in the clouds, in mountains, even inside the human body. A group of maverick mathematicians are determined to decipher the rules that govern fractal geometry. Watch now.

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