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Lizzie O'Leary

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Will H&M make good on its "living wage" promise?

Nov 28, 2013
Clothing-retailer H&M has said it's drafting a plan to pay its textile worker a "living wage" by 2018.

Elmo's two-decade reign as toy king

Nov 27, 2013
Quartz reporter Roberto Ferdman talks about the fuzzy beloved character that has made kids go crazy and parents go crazier since 1996.

Judge orders Sriracha plant to partially shut down

Nov 27, 2013
Sriracha's southern California factory has been partially shut down under a judge's order.

The surprising source of all that pumpkin pie

Nov 26, 2013
A lot of the canned pumpkins that go into a lot of Americans' pumpkin pie is branded with the red-and-white logo of Libby's.

World's most expensive book to be auctioned?

Nov 26, 2013
The Bay Psalm book, one of the world's rarest books, is being auctioned tonight.

Kiribati: Island nation deals with the consequences of climate change

Nov 26, 2013
Bloomberg's Jeffrey Goldberg speaks about his visit to the island nation threatened by rising sea levels.

Spit, genes and the FDA

Nov 25, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on the nation's biggest at-home DNA test kit company

Heaven in Rwanda

Nov 25, 2013
Josh Roxin and his wife Alissa moved to Rwanda for health and development, but opened a restaurant instead.

It's not the turkey's fault

Nov 25, 2013
Turkey isn't the source of your sleepiness.

Pushing patients to seek value, whatever that is

Nov 19, 2013
Changes in the insurance system are leading more consumers to consider what they expect in their health care and how much it is worth to them.