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• May 18, 2015

  As walnut prices rise, consumers look to pecans

  With years of drought in California affecting nut production, some farmers are looking at other places and other nuts to grow.

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• May 15, 2015

  After Hurricane Sandy, a redesign of flood protection

  Many east coast companies are investing in the AquaFence.

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• May 8, 2015

  PODCAST: Got jobs?

  Airing on Friday, May 8, 2015: There’s fresh-out-the-oven jobs number today. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 223,000 new jobs in April. And the employment rate hit a seven year low at 5.4 percent. Next, we check in with our partner at the BBC on the re-election of British Prime Minister […]

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• May 8, 2015

  Are music festivals a bubble waiting to burst?

  They've grown from just a handful across the country to hundreds.

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• May 7, 2015

  PODCAST: Big merger in the pharmaceutical industry

  Drug company acquisition and inequality in the British election

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• May 6, 2015

  PODCAST: The battle of movie studios and theater owners

  Oil prices fluctuate, Hollywood banks, and burial goes "green"

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• May 4, 2015

  The Avengers’ best superpower might be merchandising

  …and it's more than toys: Got room in your house for an "Avengers" waffle iron?

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• May 1, 2015

  New battle erupts over future of the Alamo

  The Daughters of the Republic of Texas were removed as caretakers of the Alamo.

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• Apr 24, 2015

  Nursing home care is changing, and it may save money

  A program sends doctors into nursing homes, instead of patients into hospitals.

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• Apr 23, 2015

  Pine Beetle timber boom could soon bust

  The beetle has eaten almost all the host trees, leaving less dead wood to harvest.

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