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Marketplace: Friday, August 27, 2004
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A look at today's markets (closing numbers)
DOW 21.60 (0.21%) ;
NASDAQ 9.17 (0.49%) ;
S&P 500 2.68 (0.24%)
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Newscast
Alan Greenspan warned baby-boomers today that further cuts in Social Security and other programs might be necessary to keep the government in the black.
A group of California pharmacies are suing the major drug-makers. They're claiming that the drug-makers high prices are hurting pharmacies' business.
We preview Hewlett Packard's launch of the iPod. Will the PC distributor hurt the image or devalue the beloved Mac product -- and what about HP itself?
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Pheromone Shirt
Supposedly, these are chemicals that help make you more attractive to the opposite sex -- it's certainly true in nature, where pheromones sometimes dictate which animals do and don't get nookie. If you're wondering if any humans buy this stuff, though, try this on for size: A fashion company in Italy now markets a line of pheromone-infused clothing. One shirt: $200. In the interest of science, we had to investigate.
Reporter: Megan Williams
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 Music Bridge: I See You Baby - Groove Armada
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The week that was on Wall Street
Time to check the week on Wall Street with stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson in Dallas.
Q + A: David Brown with David Johnson
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The 'Right' Reason to Protest: GOP Slide
Many armchair observers might be inclined to think all the protests come from the left of American politics. That would be a mistake -- the right has a right to be upset, too. Some say their party has been co-opted, by moderates diluting the party's conservative position.
Commentator: Bruce Bartlett
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Music Bridge: Exit to Slide - Meep
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Harlem Hotels
Grand-old-partygoers will be shown the sites of New York by volunteer guides, who lead them on a ferry to the Statue of Liberty, a visit to the galleries at the Met... mostly the stuff of tourist pamphlets. Sticking to that map, however, visitors might miss out on a place some are betting to become the city's next big tourist magnet. Two major hotels -- Marriott and the chic W chain -- have big plans to move into Harlem. The next challenge will be to convince visitors to travel uptown.
Reporter: Ashley Milne-Tyte
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Music Bridge: Harlem Nocturne - Spike Jones' New Band
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Coming up on Marketplace...
One of the world's wealthiest men, Warren Buffett, has a birthday next week. His son is being groomed as a possible successor -- but can anyone take over the reigns of Berkshire Hathaway?
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