President Obama's inauguration and what's ahead for his second term were the topics of “Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.” How does Obama's inaugural address stack up against those of the past? "He was speaking right over the heads of Congress, right to the people," said presidential historian and Temple Professor Emeritus James Hilty. "The fact is it was soaring rhetoric, but I think the political pragmatist in me has to ask, 'will it fly?'"

The Bank of Japan doubled its inflation target and took on an open-ended commitment to buy assets. Prime Minister Abe is hoping to spur growth in his second term in office, through heavy government spending on public works and other projects. "Everyone is worried about his ideological objectives, but it looks like he is putting that aside and focusing on the economy," said Jeff Kingston, the director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus. 

The idea of the 10-10-10 Project, led by Fox School of Business professor Jean Wilcox, is simple: Give 10 groups of Entrepreneurial Marketing students $10 each, challenge them to multiply that amount by 10, and donate the proceeds to charity. In six semesters, students have raised $212,000 in cash, in-kind goods and other donations. Most students say, “’We learned that we can make a difference; that you don’t have to be rich to give.’ That’s the most important thing to me.