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In a Weak Economy, Why Is CEO Pay on the Rise?Median executive compensation has more than quadrupled over the last four decades, even through the latest financial crisis. Margaret Warner explores how CEOs can still command such salaries and benefits in light of the recession with Michael Faulkender of the University of Maryland and James Stewart of The New York Times. 
 
Senate Considers Bill to Punish China Over Currency ValuationFor years, American lawmakers have targeted China's currency, saying it has been deliberately undervalued to give Chinese companies price advantages in international trade. Kwame Holman reports on a Senate bill under consideration that would allow countervailing duties on Chinese good for currency manipulation.
Global Markets Rally as Hope Emerges for Greek BailoutGlobal markets rallied on Monday on hopes that European leaders would take steps to rescue Greece from default. Ray Suarez reports.
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 How to Not Let Mistakes Define YouSkeptics of prison reform should take note of one Anthony Cardenales, a former inmate who did 17 years for homicide. He earned an associate's and then a bachelor's degree through the privately-funded Bard Behind Bars, and is working his way up the management ladder at an electronics recycling company -- and working up fast.
 Saving: Brought To You By the Letter 'S'How to get us to save, the importance of self-control. Weighty issues deserving of discussion in the light of last Friday's visit to Sesame Street. But what America wants to know, I'm guessing: What's it like to interview Grover? (Not the tax-axing Norquist, of course, but the non-political blue blur of fur whose first name alone suffices, in the manner of Madonna, Bono, or Snuffleupagus.)
 A Young Vet and His DogIn this web exclusive video, we profile 26 year old Chris Goehner, who deployed twice to Iraq as a hospital navy corpsman (which is similar to a paramedic, Goehner says). He's one of the 18 1/2 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan vets who have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression since coming home.
  
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Greece's Financial Problems Rattle Global ConfidenceGreece is facing bankruptcy, raising questions about whether other countries have hidden financial problems. LESSON PLANS In-depth lesson plans are created by teachers and matched to national standards.
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       Well, interestingly good news on the jobs front, it would appear. Again, the proviso: Don't take any given month's unemployment numbers too seriously. READ MORE >>>  We spent Tuesday at the Occupy Wall Street site in lower Manhattan, a stone's throw from ground zero. For those of us old enough to remember such gatherings in the so-called Sixties ('64-'74), the similarities were striking: spontaneity, solidarity, earnestness, and, of course, dissatisfaction with the status quo. READ MORE >>>  Paul Solman answers a viewers question about oil regulations, speculation and the price of gas. READ MORE >>>  Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query, about the housing crisis and letting banks fail. READ MORE >>>  Karl 'Chip' Case of the Case-Shiller Housing Index has long been among our most treasured sources. Today, he graces us with more of his music -- the muse of poetry having inspired him to write on the occasion of this month's Case-Shiller numbers, reported here earlier in the week. READ MORE >>>    Posting re Wilkinson recalls this stat: ppl laid off post-50 have 2X the odds of heart attack, stroke in next 10 yrs as those still working 5:49 PM Feb 9 
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