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Copper in Swaziland
Most of the world's phone lines are still made of good old copper wire. In southern Africa, copper is relatively cheap, easy to work with. And in the roadside markets of Swaziland — it's mostly stolen. Megan Williams reports.
iTunes looks forward
Apple launched its iTunes music service in Japan late last week. Just a couple of days later, it's sold a million songs. What's next? Marketplace's Stacey Vanek Smith reports.
Beachfront property — in Gaza
Israel has a plan to withdraw some Jewish settlers and soldiers from Gaza in the next couple of weeks. Many Palestinians are skeptical it will happen. Investors, on the other hand, are banking on it. Irris Makkler reports.
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Making way for real estate
In many older neighborhoods, there's lots of land but fewer houses than developers would like. To scrape a few acres together, developers can spend years dickering with individual homeowners. One neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina has come up with a solution — a new deal for high-end developers. Martha Woodroof reports.
The wrong prescription
Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, wants both the Justice Department and the SEC to look into whether doctors are selling insider information about drug trials to Wall Street. David Heath, reporter for the Seattle Times, talks to host Kai Ryssdal.
One for my baby and one more for the road
The federal highway bill, signed last week, is a 1,700-page monster with a huge price tag of $286 billion. Besides funding bridges and roads, it includes an obscure provision that will repeal an alcohol tax. Hillary Wicai explains.
Sleeping your way to the middle
Arthur Brief from Tulane University has researched how sex sells in the workplace. Not so well, apparently, unless women using their sexuality have given up shooting for the top in favor of landing in the middle.
Floods meet business in Bombay
India's Mumbai, better known as Bombay, is still picking up the pieces from two weeks of terrible floods. In addition to taking hundreds of lives, the floods have cost Bombay billions of dollars. Indian CEOs say Bombay's reputation as India's financial capital is at stake if the city's doesn't overhaul its infrastructure. Miranda Kennedy has more.
Between Iran and a hard place
As promised, Iranian officals restarted their uranium enrichment program today. And Stephen Beard reports from the European Desk in London on the contentious relationship between the EU, the US and Iran.
Balancing power with Iran
David Manasian, a senior editor with the Economist, shares his thoughts on how to deal with a tough counterpart like Iran.
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