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Was Bank Of America Too Bold?

NPR

Published September 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM EDT

Bank of America will buy the ailing brokerage house Merrill Lynch for $50 billion. Marketplace's Janet Babin talks with Alex Cohen about whether Bank of America is overextending itself.

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's authority to set vehicle emissions standards

Nina Totenberg

Ohio and 16 other Republican-dominated states have sued, asserting that a waiver granted to California to set its own rules violates the basic design of the U.S. Constitution, which they assert should treat states as equals.
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Jubilant Syrians gather for Friday prayers for the 1st time since Assad's ouster

Hadeel Al-Shalchi

In Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's holiest sites, the Umayyad Mosque, in the first Friday prayers since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown less than a week ago.
Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump's inauguration fund

Juliana Kim

The donations are seen as the latest example of tech moguls' changing stance toward the incoming president. During his first administration, Trump clashed with Bezos and Zuckerberg.

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