The Story

Analysts say Bank of America could lay off as many as 30,000 employees in their merger with Merrill Lynch. Ned grew up helping his dad with the family real estate business. He studied finance at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, and was recruited by Bank of America before he'd even graduated. As soon as he started his job in Charlotte it was clear that times were changing. He watched people cleaning out their desks only months after they started. Less than a year after he was hired, it was Ned's turn. Now he's one of the tens of thousands of highly educated bankers out of work. Also in this show, our series "Tough Jobs", this one, a teleprompter operator.

Derek Mossman runs a small winery in the hills near Santiago called the Garage Wine Company. As he tells Dick Gordon, when he made his way to the vineyard after the earthquake, the spilled wine on the floor looked like blood. He and his wife Pilar Miranda lost four barrels, a fortune for a small business like theirs. Also in this show: The Original Wasps

Terri Thompson was embarrassed as a child when her mother dragged her to thrift stores to try on clothes. She still remembers going to school in one particularly hideous outfit: a secondhand skirt altered to make bell bottoms. But as an adult, Terri soon realized she liked shopping in thrift stores. She could find everything she wanted - at affordable prices that often go to support charities.

Dick speaks with journalist Pat O’Brien, who researched the congressional hearings held just days after the Titanic went down. O’Brien wrote a novel, “The Dressmaker,” based on the hearings.