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  • Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.

    President Obama

March 15, 2009 - March 21, 2009

March 20, 2009
20:01 China's hard landing: With exports shrinking and unemployment rising, China must find a way to recover. That will take longer than most think.
20:00 The end of paper? Someday you may be reading your newspaper on an e-paper device - a thin piece of plastic the size of a legal pad that can be taken to the beach or on the train. That day may be a lot closer than you think.
19:35 Will the banks survive? A wave of troubled loans threatens to send weak ones into the arms of Uncle Sam.
19:33 Wall Street on the Tundra: Fantastic article about Iceland's issues by the ever fantastic Michael Lewis
19:31 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now: What's Next - The global economy is being remade before our eyes. Here's what's on the horizon
19:30 How Google Decides to Pull the Plug
19:29 Mark Hurd's moment He's obsessed with numbers and execution. In other words, the HP CEO is the guy you want running a company in a recession. But is he a CEO for the ages?
19:29 The No-Stats All-Star Statistical Anomaly His greatness is not marked in box scores or at slam-dunk contests, but on the court Shane Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents worse, often much worse.
19:27 Can Meg Whitman save California? In a bad economy, this sorry state has the worst credit rating and the highest taxes. The former eBay chief wants to run it like a business. Is that a good thing?
19:25 Can You Pass a C.E.O. Test? Interesting conversation with Greg Brenneman
19:25 It’s the Economy, Girlfriend