Mar 20th, 2005 · NPR's Greg Allen has a profile of H&R Block, the Kansas City-based company that 50 years ago founded the tax preparation industry. The company is now branching out into other financial services.
Mar 11th, 2005 · On Saturday, more than 300,000 teenagers will sit down to take the new SAT test -- longer and more difficult than its predecessors, and for the first including a mandatory essay. The changes are making students more anxious than ever, and creating a boom for the test-preparation business.
Feb 3rd, 2005 · As the Super Bowl approaches, advertisers are wrapping up months of preparation for the broadcast of 30-second spots during Sunday's game. After last year's ads -- and half-time show -- drew fire for being tasteless, Anheuser-Busch and others pledged to clean up their act. But one potentially inflammatory ad has already been removed from this year's roster. Ford Motor Company has decided not to air an ad for a new pickup that featured a priest, a small child, and the word "lust."