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Soil is ground zero in African farming debate

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Jori Lewis | Jun 4, 2012
Ghana's farmers face tough choices in search for fertility boost.
Posted In: Africa, farming, Ghana, soil, sustainability
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Race on your resume: An invitation for discrimination?

Interview by
Barbara Bogaev | Apr 5, 2013
From the organizations you're a member of to your educational background to something as simple as your name -- advertising your ethnicity, sexuality, religion or gender on your resume can affect the hiring process.
Posted In: diversity, Jobs, resume, Work
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Immigration reform worries E-Verify critics

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer | Apr 10, 2013
The system continues to thwart some eligible workers at a time lawmakers mull expanding it.
Posted In: e-verify, Immigration
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'Chained CPI' hurts seniors

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Robert Reich | Apr 10, 2013
Obama's proposal to recalculate the rate of inflation hurts seniors who spend more on health care than the rest of us.
Posted In: CPI, health care, senior citizen, Social Security
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So we've got three budgets, but is there any overlap?

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David Gura | Apr 10, 2013
Obama adds his budget to competing plans from the House and Senate. Is there any Venn diagram overlap?
Posted In: budget
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Maine lobster could get a marketing boost

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Shannon Mullen | Apr 10, 2013
The lobster industry in Maine has proposed higher fees in order to spend big bucks on advertising. Some lobstermen say that’s a waste of money, but others hope it will increase demand.
Posted In: Food, lobster, maine, marketing
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Margaret Thatcher's economic legacy

Interview with
Stephen Beard | Apr 8, 2013
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female Prime Minister, died Monday from a stroke at age 87.
Posted In: england, Margaret Thatcher
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Confused by taxes? You're not alone

Interviewed By
Mark Garrison | Jan 16, 2013
As tax season gets closer, Allan Sloan, senior editor-at-large at Fortune Magazine, laments the increasingly complex tax code.
Posted In: Personal Finance, Taxes
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Why a currency war could hurt you

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Paddy Hirsch | Mar 11, 2013
A currency war sounds weirdly abstract, like a game played by rival politicians -- but it can have devastating effects in the real world. And it’s not all that different from a rivalry of different kind – a hypothetical sibling rivalry.
Posted In: currency, Global Currency War
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Calling all personal finance poets

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Marketplace Money Staff | Apr 5, 2013
April is National Poetry Month -- and also the month when most of us are scrambling to get our taxes filed. Send us your poems about taxes and Uncle Sam for a chance to have them read on the air.
Posted In: poem, poetry

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