04/29/05
Marketplace AM for April 29, 2005
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CEO buddies
CEOs of competing companies are supposed to be sworn enemies, right? Well, that might not be the best business strategy. New research finds that there are a lot of benefits for CEOs who befriend their rivals. Hillary Wicai reports on one such tandem.
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Matza moolah
Passover wraps up this weekend. Israel's matza industry makes most of its "dough" -- $22 million a year -- during this time. But the country has only one supplier of kosher flour left. Nancy Updike reports Israel wants to end the monopoly, but faces an uphill battle.
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Job Files: The Coat-Checker
It's time for another segment of The Job Files. This week, we meet Walter Smith, who's been checking coats for 45 years.
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