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In Texas, a private intelligence company has apparently been hacked by the loosely organized activist group Anonymous.

Some members claim they obtained personal information about Stratfor's clients, as well as thousands of credit cards numbers which were then used to make donations to charities.

But other members have disavowed the hacking job. Freelance journalist Quinn Norton, who has profiled Anonymous for Wired Magazine, talks to Linda Wertheimer about the breach.

Mobile phone giant AT&T has announced plans to buy major rival T-Mobile. If the deal goes through, AT&T would dominate U.S. telecommunications.

It's reminiscent of when Ma Bell had a monopoly over the industry. Bloomberg New technology columnist Rich Jaroslovsky talks to Linda Wertheimer about the concerns of a monopoly.

Linda Wertheimer speaks to computer security expert Joshua Wright about developments in online privacy in 2010.

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Linda Wertheimer has the Last Word in business.

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The floods in Pakistan have been nothing short of devastating. Images of whole villages washed away, people waiting to be rescued and the number of dead is beyond counting at this point.

And yet the international community is not reacting in the same way it did after disasters in Haiti or the Indian Ocean tsunami several years ago.

Moeed Yusuf, who works on South Asian issues for the U.S. Institute of Peace, talks to Linda Wertheimer about why the relief effort seems so slow.

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David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, talks to Linda Wertheimer about the financial regulation bill introduced Monday by Senator Chris Dodd.

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Linda Wertheimer has the business news.

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Former President Bill Clinton is in New York for the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative. The gathering brings together government officials, corporate leaders and celebrities to generate large commitments to fight some of the world's most pressing problems.

Clinton talks with Linda Wertheimer about some of the current administration's largest concerns: climate change, health care and Afghanistan.

Congress is considering bills that would help provide health insurance to millions of Americans who don't have it.

If this happens, one of the big beneficiaries would be Hispanics. One third of all Hispanics in the U.S. are uninsured.

Dr. Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association, tells Linda Wertheimer that millions are uninsured because of cultural reasons as well as economic ones.