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Call-In Program to Discuss the Economy
Monday May 12 at Noon
In the last year the price of milk has increased 80 cents, while the cost of a gallon of gasoline has increased $1.10. Yet according to UTEP economics professor Dr. Tom Fullerton, pay raises have occurred only in higher income households. That is not good news for the more than 200,000 people who lived in poverty last year.
Join us Monday at noon as we visit with Dr. Fullerton and Congressman Sylvestre Reyes to discuss the economy and its impact on El Paso.
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Living On Earth
Sunday 8pm
Living On Earth delves into the leading issues affecting the world we inhabit. Each week, the program presents features and commentary on culture, economics, health, medicine, environment, politics, and society, among others.
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Car Talk
Saturday 10am and Friday Noon
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 National News
Groups Scrambling to Get Aid to Myanmar Survivors
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:00 -0400
Despite troubles with Myanmar's military rulers, U.N. World Food Program spokesman Paul Riley says the agency has 240 staffers on the ground hurriedly working with government ministries to get aid to survivors of the cyclone. The agency fears running out of time.
Citigroup, AIG Dampen Wall Street's Optimism
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:02:00 -0400
Investors have been growing cautiously optimistic in recent days that the worst of the credit crisis is over. But now, there's fresh evidence that there's still trouble looming. The insurance giant AIG announced a huge loss related to bad mortgage debt, and Citigroup, the nation's largest bank, is going to sell off some $400 billion in assets as it seeks to become more efficient.
Raul Castro's Reforms Raise Expectations in Cuba
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:01:00 -0400
The big question in Cuba is how far the new president, Raul Castro, is willing to go in changing the country. Many elements of his brother Fidel's rigid system of state socialism are still in place, such as food rationing.
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