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The killer cure for alcoholism in Russia

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Gregory Warner
Mar 3, 2011
Alcoholism is costing Russian society and the Russian economy billions in lost income and lost lives every year. From Moscow comes the tale of a tiny pill that's scaring Russians into giving up the alcohol that's killing them.
Posted In: Russia
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Need a Year's Supply of Soy Sauce? It'll Cost You

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Rob Schmitz
Jan 13, 2011
Sam's Club arrived in Shanghai a couple of weeks ago. It's the US retailer's fifth store in China--30,000 square meters of bulk-everything. My wi...
Posted In: China, Retail, sam's club
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Are cubicles going extinct?

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Stacey Vanek Smith
Dec 15, 2010
The cubicle was once the norm in an office setting, but times are changing. Not only are the workspaces getting smaller, but the whole idea of cubicles themselves -- closed off, with walls -- may be disappearing altogether.
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An unlisted phone number may cost you

Sep 1, 2010
Time Warner Cable has doubled the fee it charges customers for not listing their telephone number in a phone book. L.A. Times columnist David Lazarus talks with Bill Radke about why consumers are being charged for nothing.
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How China's one-child policy came to be

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Scott Tong
Jun 21, 2010
Some say it helped curb China's mushrooming population. For others, it's a human rights abuse enforced by heartless bureaucrats. Scott Tong takes a look at the history of China's one-child policy -- as its 30th anniversary approaches.
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BP returns to 'top hat', weighs unconventional methods

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Stephen Beard
Jun 3, 2010
BP is trying its 'top hat' method again and sussing through over 38,000 unconventional ideas for plugging the Gulf oil leak.
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China paranoid over currency question

Apr 28, 2010
Commentator David Frum recently returned from a State Department-sponsored tour of Chinese universities, and says many students expressed concern over U.S. pressure on China to "up value" its currency.
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A plan for building small homes in Haiti

Feb 24, 2010
Many Haitians are now living in temporary dwellings after last month's earthquake, but a group in Miami has proposed a solution. Architect Andres Duany of the firm DPZ talks with Bob Moon about the quick, easy homes he's designing with manufacturer InnoVida.
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Can't find work? Try looking for cash.

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Ashley Milne-Tyte
Sep 25, 2009
A lot of people are still searching for work and collecting unemployment. But that isn't stopping them from hunting for cash in unusual ways. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Germany facing economic woes, too

Interview with
Stephan Richter
Aug 27, 2008
Germans' confidence in their economy -- Europe's largest -- has plummeted with second-quarter performance actually shrinking. What could be the impact on Europe and the U.S.? Stephen Beard reports.
Posted In: Economy

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