Marketplace for Thursday, June 13, 2013

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• Caffeine withdrawal is officially a mental health disorder

  by Kai Ryssdal

  The new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual now lists caffeine withdrawal.

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• 100 years ago, a boom and bust fed by hope and greed

  by Sarah Gardner

  Railroads lured homesteaders to Montana with ads that made the dry plains look like lush English countryside. Banks offered easy money, the settlers loaded up with loans — and drought set in.

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• Report: To save for retirement, never stop working (no, this isn’t an Onion headline)

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Can we really save for retirement in this consumer economy? There's plenty of advice. Try to follow it.

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• Can my DNA be patented? No, say justices

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  The Supreme Court’s ruling appears to be a serious blow to the business model of bringing to market products derived from naturally occurring DNA.

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• By the Numbers: Consumed Day 4

  by Mary Dooe

  This is a Marketplace.org Reader

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• What do you ‘need’ today that you didn’t have five years ago?

  by Mary Dooe

  

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• Turkey’s economic growth cuts both ways for Erdogan

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Turkey's economy under prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has grown steadily, giving him the support of many businesses.

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• Father of modern 401(k) says it fails many Americans

  by Scott Tong

  Ted Benna was a pension consultant who noticed a new tax code provision, K, added to Section 401. He never intended the retirement plan that resulted to replace pensions or become so complicated.

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