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| 1:10PM 4/17/2012
In an interview Monday with Mitt Romney, ABC New's Dianne Sawyer said what many of her viewers wanted to know was, 'Are you too rich to relate?" Was the ex-governor's answer on point, or a dodge?
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 1:06PM 2/23/2012
Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that probably assembled your new iPad, is on the hot seat again this week, reviving discussions about evils of offshoring. But if you think money is the only reason why Apple doesn't make its gadgets closer to home, you're missing the bigger picture.
| 12:30PM 12/19/2011
Usually, soda drinkers are more concerned about what's in their cans than what's on them, but Coca-Cola's seasonal white can design has created a fizzy uproar. Many customers are confusing them with Diet Coke, while others claim the cola in them tastes "funky."
| 11:00AM 9/22/2011
Last week, TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz took on apple juice, declaring that the classic drink may be slowly poisoning America's children with arsenic. But the FDA and the juice companies have credibly refuted his claims. So was Dr. Oz's announcement meant to be a legitimate health warning, or just a cynical attempt to boost ratings?
| 12:30PM 4/20/2011
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said today it's cracking down on 10 operations that allegedly used fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products.
The agency wants to shut down the sites posing as legitimate news sites and have titles like "News 6 News Alerts" and often feature...
| 9:20PM 12/15/2010
Gallup, Pew Center and Washington Post/ABC News surveys all showed that Americans, for the most part, support the tax package approved by the Senate on Wednesday.
| 9:15AM 9/07/2010
ABC News President David Westin is leaving his job after 14 years. A corporate mandate to increase his division's profitability apparently conflicted with his own commitment to high-prestige journalism.
| 12:45PM 8/25/2010
A federal court ruled to allow a defamation case against news man John Stossel to move forward. The case neatly parallels the tribulations endured by Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod earlier this summer and could provide a strong foundation for her to pursue a defamation suit of her own against blogger Andrew Breitbart.
| 11:46AM 12/22/2009
Diane Sawyer's first night as host of Disney Co.'s ABC World News Tonight was greeted by a lot of fanfare about how little fanfare greeted it. The critics seem to agree that ABC now has an "understated" and "smooth" anchor in the evening news chair.
| 1:30PM 12/10/2009
At some point on Thursday, ABC News will announce that George Stephanopoulos will replace Diane Sawyer as the co-host of Good Morning America when Sawyer becomes the anchor of World News Tonight. If you have trouble picturing the former Clinton aide and current host of This Week as a chatty, bubbly...