Thursday, October 1, 2009

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-10-01/credit-rating-agencies-and-financial-crisis

Credit Rating Agencies and the Financial Crisis

10 a.m. (ET)

Congress turns up the heat on the nation's credit rating agencies. A House committee investigates how inaccurate credit ratings contributed to last year's financial meltdown and whether new regulations are needed.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-10-01/william-kamkwamba-bryan-mealer-boy-who-harnessed-wind-william-morrow

William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer: "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (William Morrow)

11 a.m. (ET)

William Kamkwamba describes dreaming of bringing light to his village in Africa and how he taught himself physics and used spare parts to build a windmill that produced electricity.

[William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer answered some of...

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