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How to explain Santa's budget to your kids
Interview by
Dec 9, 2011
Learn tips on how to explain to children why they didn't get everything on their wish lists.
Making gifts people will like
Interview by
Dec 2, 2011
Crafting gifts is easier on the wallet, but often low on satisfaction. We talk to Meg Favreau of Wisebread.com about how to make presents that won't end up in the back of a closet.
'Tis the season to give
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Dec 2, 2011
Holiday giving is your last shot to slide in extra tax deductions for the year, but Marketplace's economics editor Chris Farrell says there are deeper motivations behind end-of-the-year donations.
Turkey (the country) gets a pardon
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Nov 23, 2011
Fitch said it's bumping Turkey's outlook to positive from stable. Something to be thankful for.
Poultry producers hit by rising corn prices
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Nov 21, 2011
Industry giant Tyson is expected to report losses today, and a number of other chicken producers are feeling the economic hurt, in large part because of rising feed costs.
Your Thanksgiving turkey is probably a product of artificial insemination
Interview with
Nov 16, 2011
Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner discusses why the turkey industry is built around artificial insemination.
Turkey tweets lead to housing
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Oct 24, 2011
Hours after yesterday's 7.2 magnitude quake struck eastern Turkey, Turkish TV journalist Erhan Çelik appealed to his 22,000+ Twitter followers to...
Miramax launches Facebook app for watching movies
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Aug 22, 2011
Which...okay. I guess I could watch Good Will Hunting on Facebook. Seems a little weird. Maybe I want to Like it or quote favorite lines to my...
Global climate change contributes to shrinking food supply
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Mar 4, 2011
A United Nations food agency said today that global food prices reached record highs in February, and warned that rising oil prices could prompt...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Global wheat supply, the Suez Canal, and Atlanta's grease goldmine
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Feb 1, 2011
As protests continue today in Egypt, the global business community focuses on spikes in oil and wheat prices. The World Bank says 30 million...









