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Your Thanksgiving turkey is probably a product of artificial insemination

Interview with
Stephen Dubner | Nov 16, 2011
Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses why the turkey industry is built around artificial insemination.
Posted In: Thanksgiving, turkey
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Drought helps DuPont rake in profits

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Noel King | Apr 23, 2013
DuPont Chemical is primarily known for products like paint pigment, but the sale of drought-resistant seeds is boosting the company's earnings.
Posted In: drought, genetically modified food, Monsanto
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Monsanto: The behemoth that controls 90 percent of soybean production

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Scott Tong | May 13, 2013
The Supreme Court ruling protects a company that controls 90 percent of the expanding soybean production in the U.S. and Latin America; what has followed from Monsanto’s dominance?
Posted In: Agriculture, genetically modified food, GMOS, Monsanto, soybeans
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Miami’s condo king on the luxury real estate comeback

Interview by
Jeremy Hobson | Jan 22, 2013
Luxury real estate developer Jorge Perez talks about the highs and lows of selling ritzy condos to the rich and famous.
Posted In: real estate
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The golden business of gold vaults

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Mark Garrison | Jan 10, 2013
Gold’s popularity has created growing demand for storage. Gold vaults are spreading from Switzerland to Singapore, as investors want their holdings closer to home.
Posted In: gold
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Carbon storage makes for odd allies

by
Sarah Gardner | May 21, 2010
This week, Sarah Gardner has been reporting on a controversy surrounding carbon sequestration -- the idea of burying global warming emissions deep underground to keep them out of the atmosphere. Now she reports on how the debate over the technology is making for strange bedfellows.
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Are 501(c)4 nonprofit groups too partisan?

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Stacey Vanek Smith | May 13, 2013
They’re called social-welfare organizations, but 501(c)4 nonprofit groups are increasingly partisan lobbying machines on both the left and right. Who can get this tax-exempt status?
Posted In: lobbying, non-profit, nonprofits
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Why is my bank offering me more cash back rewards?

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Sally Herships | May 13, 2013
Banks are desperate to get new business from stable, responsible borrowers. So they're amping up the credit card perks.
Posted In: Credit card, reward cards
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New ways to cut wasteful spending at the Pentagon

by
Nancy Marshall-Genzer | May 13, 2013
The Air Force turns to rank and file to ferret out waste, following the example of the private sector.
Posted In: air force, budget cuts, management, Pentagon, sequestration
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Dove hires a forensic artist to show how wrong a woman's self-perceptions can be (Video)

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer | Apr 17, 2013
The video shows women describing themselves as they see themselves and then pairs that drawing with how others perceive them.
Posted In: Dove, marketing, video, women

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