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Aug 9, 2016

Marketplace for Tuesday, August 9, 2016

How technological advances, not globalization, caused the job decline in the U.S. steel industry; Kai talks to Niki Okuk, founder and owner of RCO Tires recycling plant in Compton, California, about starting her business and the company’s progressive hiring policies; and why sugar beet farmers in Minnesota are concerned about the backlash against GMOs

Hot steel slab being rolled. 
Hot steel slab being rolled. 
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How technological advances, not globalization, caused the job decline in the U.S. steel industry; Kai talks to Niki Okuk, founder and owner of RCO Tires recycling plant in Compton, California, about starting her business and the company’s progressive hiring policies; and why sugar beet farmers in Minnesota are concerned about the backlash against GMOs