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Athletic budgets face tough travel costs

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Richard Core
Aug 6, 2008
Minor-league sports teams and smaller colleges are being hit especially hard by the rising costs of travel. And that means you could be paying more...
Posted In: colleges, minor leagues, travel costs
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Preparing for the downside of oil

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Melissa Kaplan
Aug 6, 2008
Crude oil prices hit a three-month low yesterday. At $119 a barrel, oil producers are scrambling to protect themselves against more downside. They...
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GM gives battered biofuels a push

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Richard Core
Aug 5, 2008
American farmers' move toward growing more corn for ethanol production has been one of the factors cited for rapidly rising food costs. The...
Posted In: biofuels, GM
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YouTube's going for broadcast gold

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Melissa Kaplan
Aug 5, 2008
YouTube will be showing three hours of exclusive content every day during the Olympic games, provided by the International Olympic Committee. ...
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Cablevision wins appeals court ruling on DVRs

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Richard Core
Aug 4, 2008
Cable television companies have won a significant court victory with a ruling that will allow them to provide subscribers with "network DVR"...
Posted In: Cablevision, DVR, tv
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Venture capital growing in green space

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Richard Core
Aug 4, 2008
Venture capitalists think there's green in green. Investments in U.S. clean-tech companies grew by 41% to $961.7 million in the second quarter of...
Posted In: clean technology, venture capital
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They must have meant 'Fee' Credit Report

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Melissa Kaplan
Aug 4, 2008
Given the true nature of the site the "R" in "Free" has got to be a typo. If you log on to the site and sign up, you're not going to get away with...
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Yahoo annual meeting a quiet affair

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Richard Core
Aug 1, 2008
After all the brouhaha over whether Microsoft and Yahoo would merge, and whether Carl Icahn would move in for a takeover, the company's annual...
Posted In: shareholders, Yahoo
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Prius on the high road

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Melissa Kaplan
Aug 1, 2008
Prius may be one of the few products in the auto industry that you could actually call "scarce." Many Toyota dealers are putting buyers on waiting...
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'Exercise in a pill' still needs a workout

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Richard Core
Jul 31, 2008
News that scientists have developed a drug that mimics the benefits of exercise -- in mice, anyway -- quickly rose to the top of numerous website...
Posted In: exercise, pill

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The safety payoff of the big business of gun training

Great story, but I didn't hear the two most important things in firearm safety. A gun is ALWAYS loaded, and don't point a gun at...

JerryCPP | May 22, 2013
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.

Annapolis57 | May 17, 2013
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld's interview on Marketplace today was absolutely unbelievable. Really. Is one of his rules not to believe your own spin? I...

jgrothues | May 16, 2013
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Ryssdal's interview with Rumsfeld was breathtakingly inappropriate. "Marketplace?" If Ryssdal wants to promote his obvious biases...

rcd43 | May 16, 2013

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