Marketplace for Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Segments From This Episode

• Flush with cash, Freddie Mac keeps paying the Treasury

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The mortgage giant will pay the government another $3.9 billion in September.

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• One fossil fuel won’t lower its emissions: natural gas

  by Gigi Douban

  Natural gas produces only half the carbon-dioxide emissions as coal, but its emissions will grow as it continues to replace coal.

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• An oil-worker family vows to make North Dakota home

  by Todd Melby

  Kendra Hill saw only dust when she looked up her future home on Google Maps. Now there's a town there.

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• Sibling non-rivalry in the Emmys

  by Kai Ryssdal, Mukta Mohan and Tommy Andres

  Brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna cooperate to produce Emmy-nominated music.

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• Drug made with 3-D printer wins first FDA approval

  by Kimberly Adams

  Aprecia Pharmaceuticals got the OK for its epilepsy drug.

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• Airbus-patented jet able to fly more than 3,000 miles per hour

  by Kai Ryssdal

  You'll be able to get from London to New York in that hour.

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• The ‘bring your own billionaire’ election

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  If you're running for president, it helps to have someone wealthy by your side.

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• Food industry plays it both ways with GMO labels

  by Annie Baxter

  The food industry opposes mandatory labeling of food with GMO ingredients, but also sees a market for products with non-GMO labels.

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