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Hedge Fund Manager Apologizes For Comments On Female Traders
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones says he’s sorry for his comments at a university symposium that motherhood causes women to lose the focus needed to be good traders.
 

Amanda Marsalis
LA Bluejeans Makers Fear Their Business Will Fade Away
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Los Angeles is home to a large slice of the world’s bluejeans trade. But as the U.S. apparel industry continues to shrink, the city’s high-end bluejeans business faces a threat. The European Union has imposed a nearly 40 percent tariff, which could cripple the city’s jean business.
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Battered Jersey Shore Pins Recovery Hopes On Summer Season
May 24, 2013 | NJN · Seven months after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park is still waiting for insurance and federal aid money. In the meantime, it borrowed $10 million to repair the waterfront in time for the critical Memorial Day weekend.
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Google Reportedly Faces FTC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads
May 24, 2013 | NPR · The Federal Trade Commission is in the early stages of opening an antitrust probe into how Google runs its online display advertising business, according to a report by Bloomberg News, citing sources who want to remain anonymous because the FTC has not announced the probe.
 

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News Corp. Board Approves Company Split
May 24, 2013 | NPR · The plan, first announced last year, would break up the company’s publishing and entertainment arms, and satisfy investors who are put off by the slow growth of its newspapers.
 

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Health Insurance At ‘Good Prices’ Coming To Calif. Exchange
May 24, 2013 | KHN · It’s the first disclosure of prices in the nation’s most populous state for individual health insurance that complies with the Affordable Care Act. The menu of affordable options surprised some consumer advocates and analysts who had been expecting premiums to be much higher.
 

Irish Central Bank
James Joyce Coin-troversy Reportedly Could Have Been Averted
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Irish banking officials should have known there were problems with the controversial 10-euro coin commemorating James Joyce, according to Ireland’s RTE News. The coin misquotes the author’s Ulysses, and bears an image of Joyce that his estate did not approve.
 

Former CEO To Resume His Post At Procter & Gamble
May 24, 2013 | NPR · A.G. Lafley will replace Bob McDonald immediately. Procter & Gamble is behind names like Crest toothpaste and Tide laundry detergent. The 175-year-old company has been struggling to grow in emerging markets.
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Insurers Picked For California Health Exchange
May 24, 2013 | NPR · In a key test of the federal health law’s ability to draw competitive bids from health insurance companies, California has unveiled plans and prices that will be available next year to millions of residents shopping for individual coverage on its new insurance marketplace.
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What Has Been Driving Stock Prices Up?
May 24, 2013 | NPR · The U.S. stock market indices are up 15 percent so far this year. Renee Montagne talks to David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, about the week in stocks. What’s behind the broader rally this year, and why did things get rocky this week?
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‘Please, No More Clothes’: Okla. Asks For Monetary Donations
May 25, 2013 | NPR · As residents of Moore work toward recovery after Monday’s deadly tornado, supplies are pouring in from across the country. Volunteers and relief organizations are sifting through everything from diapers to food and teddy bears. But the groups say what’s really needed is the flexibility of money.
 

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War Of Words: France Debates Teaching Courses In English
May 25, 2013 | NPR · The French Parliament is at odds over a measure that would allow French universities to teach in English. Those in favor say it will help attract more international students, while opponents fear it will marginalize the French language.
 

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Gnomes Crash Distinguished Garden Show In England
May 25, 2013 | NPR · The contentious little creatures were allowed in the Chelsea Flower Show for the first time in its 100-year history. Their presence has been hotly debated, but celebrity-decorated gnomes will be sold for a cause.
 

Arts & Life

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Three-Minute Fiction Readings: ‘Geometry’ And ‘Snowflake’
May 25, 2013 | NPR · NPR’s Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.
 

Sony Pictures Classics
More Time Together, Though ‘Midnight’ Looms
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke return for the third in Richard Linklater’s loosely peerless Before series, and they’ve never been more persuasive — nor has the storytelling. (Recommended)
 

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NFL Sideline Reporter Michele Tafoya Plays Not My Job
May 25, 2013 | NPR · As one of the first female reporters to be allowed inside the NFL locker room, Tafoya has been a pioneer in her field. But there are still places out there where they believe in cooties, so Tafoya will answer three questions about men’s-only clubs.
 

Music

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Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky’s ‘Rite’
May 25, 2013 | NPR · The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance.
 

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Clairy Browne’s Rock ‘N’ Soul Bus Rolls To The U.S.
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Browne and her band, The Bangin’ Rackettes, are a flamboyant retro ensemble from Australia. The group’s new album is called Baby Caught the Bus.
 

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Leonard Bernstein’s ‘Rite of Spring’ Thrill Ride
May 25, 2013 | NPR · Watch the energetic conductor take flight conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky’s iconic score. A recently released DVD of a 1966 performance includes an interview with Bernstein, in which he says the famously brutal music “makes a marvelous kind of savage sound.”
 

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