On today's podcast — we begin with a profile of the Nehemiah housing program in Washington DC, New York City and Baltimore. Plus, we take a look at CEO pay, preview a new PBS documentary on the trial of Saddam Hussein, learn about the ritual of 'smoking' in Afghanistan and end the show with a review of senate races.
Audio|Wed, 8 Oct 2008|More from PRI: Here and Now Podcast
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“…I -- You're back in 2003 when the government bailed out the airline industry. . The nine largest carriers were required to limit compensation to. The salary that have been played in the previous years so there …”
Will troubled investment bank Lehman Brothers find a buyer before it collapses? Joe Nocera of the New York Times joins us for a look at the economy, plus we have the latest on Hurricane Ike, the week in sports with Bill Littlefield, and a report from Alaska on the migration of humpback whales.
Audio|Fri, 12 Sep 2008|More from PRI: Here and Now Podcast
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“…situation there's a lot of people who lost their jobs in the airline industry in the auto industry and -- my -- Wall Street I think I think I read somewhere today that. 83000. Jobs have …”
We look back at seven years since 9/11 and ask some very basic questions.
Audio|Thu, 11 Sep 2008|More from Michael Graham, WTKK, Boston, MA
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“…blow to our economy. In the stock market has shut down the airline industry had to shut down I mean -- That the loss of life horrifying and then you have the other financial issues which …”
On the eve of the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, WBZ's Lisa Meyer talked with Congressman Ed Markey about whether Americans are any safer now than they were before the terrorist assault.
Audio|Wed, 10 Sep 2008|More from WBZ's More on This
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“…some resistance in the past by the Department of Homeland Security. The airline industry and the target industries say it's too expensive it's too difficult. But it is not a technological issue. It is a matter …”
A Baton Rouge, La., gets a visit from a 110-pound turtle. No one knows where the creature came from.
Video|Wed, 13 Aug 2008|More from bos
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“…That is the biggest biggest airline industry is -- turtle. …”
(NECN) - It has already been a brutal summer for the airline industry with fewer flights, higher fares and more fees. And now, just today, Delta announced it is doubling some baggage charges. By all indications, it is going to get worse. So, wh...
Video|Wed, 30 Jul 2008|More from Boston.com
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“…Aren't going to brutal summer for the airline industry not to mention travelers were seeing fewer flights higher fares northeast. Just today delta announced it will charge fifty dollars to check …”
US Airways is removing the in-flight movie systems on some of its planes, in order to save fuel. It's the latest cost-cutting maneuver in struggling airline industry . We speak with Micheline Maynard, Airline Industry Reporter for the New York Times. In a new book, Robert Levy presents 12 Supreme Court cases that changed the course of American history, he argues, for the worse. The book is "The Dirty Dozen: How 12 Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom." Levy is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute. Even by the most conservative estimates, Bangladesh will lose about 15 percent of its land to rising sea levels as a result of global warming. That's in a country the size of Iowa with 150 million people, most of them poor, and Muslim, with a growing Islamist and Jihadist movement. We'll speak with George Black who visited there recently and wrote about it in the magazine "OnEarth," published by the Natural Resources Defense Coun
Audio|Thu, 10 Jul 2008|More from WBUR: Here and Now Podcast
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“…the worse. But first the latest report on high oil prices and airline industry woes. Just when you were getting used to know more inflight meals the end of free drinks and paying for the privilege …”
“…places is coming to a man. Joining us now is Michelin Maynard airline industry reporter for the New York Times. And making no more movies on US Airways what's next remove the seats second. …”
WBZ's Anthony Silva talked with a noted airline analyst about the vanishing incentives in the airline industry .
Audio|Thu, 10 Jul 2008|More from WBZ's New England Business
In this Marketing Over Coffee: Dr. Allan Weiss, Marketing Profs CEO Listen now: Dr. Allan Weiss presents in this recording from the MarketingProfs June 2008 B2B Forum in Boston. From the conference notes: Most companies believe they should be building long term relationships with all their customers. They call these Value-Added relationships, [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Summer Vacation Special", url: "http://www.marketingovercoffee.com/2008/07/09/summer-vacation-special/" });
Audio|Wed, 9 Jul 2008|More from Marketing Over Coffee Marketing Podcast
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“…is the one that's been really overused you've seen this in the airline industry's faith. The originally started off by doing frequent flier miles since on the whole idea was okay you're gonna go up all …”
Airtran Airways is cutting 5.5 percent of its workforce this week due to rising fuel costs.
Video|Tue, 8 Jul 2008|More from bos
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“…that's rolling through the airline industry is claiming thousands of jobs -- skyrocketing aviation fuel prices for putting the airlines in the financial tailspin. Which is great fox …”