Dec 29th, 2008 · Even with the financial meltdown, technology companies have continued churning out gadgets or new advances of the devices we carry in our pockets, purses, or clip on our ears. Morning Edition tech guru Mario Armstrong selected one innovation as our technology pick of the year. He explains his decision to Renee Montagne.
Keywords: financial · companies · campaign · technology · Renee Montagne · innovation · 2008 · gadget · Tech · messaging · guru · Mario Armstrong
Dec 26th, 2008 · Renee Montagne has the Last Word in business.
Keywords: Business · Renee Montagne · Last Word
Dec 26th, 2008 · Reformed con man Mark Borovitz recently found out he'd been conned. Now a rabbi, Borovitz runs a synagogue and treatment center in Culver City, Calif. The endowment for his organization lost as much as $300,000 in the alleged Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff. Rabbi Borovitz talks with Renee Montagne about how much that loss will hurt his group.
Keywords: organization · Calif · Renee Montagne · Rabbi · Ponzi · synagogues · Culver City · Bernard Madoff · Borovitz · Rabbi Borovitz
Dec 25th, 2008 · This Christmas, there are roughly 175,000 U.S. troops serving overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. Renee Montagne talks with Marines at Al Asad Air Base in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar to see how they are spending Christmas.
Keywords: Afghanistan · Iraq · Marine · Renee Montagne · province · Christmas · Al Anbar · Al Asad Air Base
Dec 25th, 2008 · Author Judy Blume talks with Renee Montagne about how a suburban housewife in New Jersey turned into one of the country's most celebrated children's writers and how her own childhood inspired her fiction writing.
Keywords: children · country · fictional · Renee Montagne · childhood · Writer · suburban · New Jersey · Judy · Blume · Judy Blume · housewife
Dec 24th, 2008 · Renee Montagne has the Last Word in business.
Keywords: Business · Renee Montagne · Last Word
Dec 23rd, 2008 · Renee Montagne has the Last Word in business.
Keywords: Business · Renee Montagne · Last Word
Dec 22nd, 2008 · It's been a big numbers year in 2008 — for example, the $700 billion bailout. Economist Andrew Dilnot and journalist Michael Blastland try to make sense of all those numbers. They talk with Renee Montagne about their new book, The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life.
Keywords: politics · bailout · Renee Montagne · 2008 · Economist Andrew Dilnot · Michael Blastland · Numbers Game · Commonsense Guide · Understanding Numbers