Takeouts: Time Square bomb attempt, the biggest airline in the world

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TIMES SQUARE BOMB TAKEOUT: WNYC reporter, Arun Venugopal, spoke with tourists and street vendors in Times Square to find out the impact of the attempted bombing this weekend. He catches us up on the reactions, the resilience and on the fast moving police investigation.

MONEY TAKEOUT: United and Continental Airlines are merging to become the biggest single airline in the world. Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, explains how this might affect the ticket price wars, and why it’s likely to pass anti-trust tests.

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