Aug 4, 2015

Marketplace for Tuesday, August 4, 2015

If you're a government enterprise, what's the surest way to get Congress to leave you alone? Make lots and lots of money. Plus, in environmental news, there's one loser in the Obama Administration’s rules for limiting carbon-dioxide emissions: natural gas.

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Flush with cash, Freddie Mac keeps paying the Treasury

by Mitchell Hartman

Aug 4, 2015

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

Aug 4, 2015

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

Aug 4, 2015

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

Aug 4, 2015

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

Aug 4, 2015

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals got the OK for its epilepsy drug.

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Final Note

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

by Kai Ryssdal

Aug 4, 2015

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

Aug 4, 2015

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

Aug 4, 2015

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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If you’re a government enterprise, what’s the surest way to get Congress to leave you alone? Make lots and lots of money. Plus, in environmental news, there’s one loser in the Obama Administration’s rules for limiting carbon-dioxide emissions: natural gas.