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Monsanto: The behemoth that controls 90 percent of soybean production

| 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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380 ways to make the government more efficient (Video)

| May 15, 2013
A Senate committee on governmental affairs looks at 380 ways “to make Washington more efficient.” What’s likely to be the fate of this cost-cutting initiative?
Posted In: efficiency, federal government
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Google speaks up on desktops and laptops

| May 15, 2013
Google unveiled the next step in voice recognition technology today at its developers' conference. The race is on for computers to really understand us.
Posted In: Google, siri
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Nike unearths the original waffle iron for shoes

| Mar 1, 2011
This final note today. I'm dating myself here, but I remember when running shoes didn't have much more than waffle prints on the soles. Nike's in...
Posted In: Nike
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The golden business of gold vaults

| 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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Smartphone wars: Two is company, but Microsoft, Apple, and Google is a crowd

| May 20, 2013
Windows phone beats out BlackBerry, iPhones shipments fall, while Android nearly doubles. Who will be the winners and losers in the new smartphone world order?
Posted In: mobile, smartphone
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Carbon storage makes for odd allies

| 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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The effect of colleges divesting from fossil fuels

| May 17, 2013
Fossil fuels, the new apartheid? University students want their schools to divest. One college calculates the cost.
Posted In: fossil fuels, university endowments
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Behind the photo: A bankruptcy lawyer who identifies with her clients

| May 13, 2013
Marketplace reporter Mitchell Hartman tells us the story behind one of the photos in "Beyond payday loans."
Posted In: installment loans, payday loans
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Meet the unusual suspects lobbying for immigration reform

| May 17, 2013
It's no surprise farmers and home builders want more immigrant labor, but horse breeders?
Posted In: Immigration, lobbying

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