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Sep 7, 2015

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Molly Wood sits in for Kai: why e-book sales are falling, a shortage of warehouse workers just in time for the holidays and how military cuisine shapes the way you eat.

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Converting a phosphate mine to golf course resort

by Robin Sussingham
Sep 2, 2015
There was certainly once a hole in one golf course.
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E-book sales are falling, but paperbacks are up

by Nova Safo
Sep 7, 2015
The publishing world has seen a drop in e-book sales. High prices are one reason.
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Warehouse worker shortage spells problems for retail

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Sep 7, 2015
Stores can't hire enough people to move their stuff.
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Austria and Germany allowing refugees and migrants in

by Molly Wood
Sep 7, 2015
Austria said it planned to end emergency measures, such as random border checks, that have left thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary.
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What's the military doing in our food?

by Molly Wood , Bridget Bodnar and Hayley Hershman
Sep 7, 2015
A new book investigates how the military influences the way we eat.
A meal made by the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center.
David Kamm/NSRDEC Photographer/flickr
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Federal contractors now mandated to receive sick leave

by Molly Wood
Sep 7, 2015
President Obama signed an executive order providing sick days to about 300,000 workers.
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An upstart in the certification of doctors

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 7, 2015
Board certification of physicians has become a multi-million dollar — and time consuming — industry.
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Molly Wood sits in for Kai: why e-book sales are falling, a shortage of warehouse workers just in time for the holidays and how military cuisine shapes the way you eat.

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