Aug 9, 2007

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Lumps of coal worth more these days

by Sam Eaton

Aug 9, 2007

As Asian economies continue to develop at breakneck speeds, so grows their need for power. Coal exporters worldwide are scrambling to keep up with demand, and that's pushing coal prices to record highs, but not everywhere. Sam Eaton explains.

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Russia has eyes for Iraq's oil

by Lisa Napoli

Aug 9, 2007

Iraq might be ready to do some big-time oil trading with Russia to make good on old debts. But first the two nations would have to figure out the not-small issue of security in Iraq. Lisa Napoli reports.

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Johnson & Johnson seeing red

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 9, 2007

The American Red Cross and Johnson & Johnson have worked with the same symbol for over 100 years on a pact that the Red Cross not use it commercially. Now J&J is suing the relief organization for displaying the symbol on its retail products. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Fishing for ways to fight malaria

by Helen Palmer

Aug 9, 2007

The malaria parasite's become increasingly resistant to drugs, so researchers in Kenya have a new approach: Stock ponds with Nile Tilapia. The fish eat malaria-carrying mosquito larvae. People can eat the fish... if they want to. Helen Palmer has more.

Now Africa needs microsaving

by Gretchen Wilson

Aug 9, 2007

Women make up 80 percent of Africa's subsistence farmers and food traders, but most have nowhere to save what little money they earn. One group has an idea to help change that: an African women's bank. Gretchen Wilson has details.

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Inflation? No, it's the Bernanke Squeeze

by Scott Jagow

Aug 9, 2007

Chris Farrell suspects all that Fed talk about inflation is just a cover, an excuse to keep interest rates at current levels because it doesn't want to bail Wall Street investment banks out of the mess they created... and heavily profited from.

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Text 'til you drop

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 9, 2007

Text-messaging has leapt over the wall of teen obsession and into the hands of the general consumer public, so some retailers are taking advantage of the technology to lure consumers to their stores. Ambar Espinoza explains.

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Cutting Godiva from their diet

by Stephen Beard

Aug 9, 2007

Apparently the folks at Campbell's aren't buying into the whole "chocolate is good for you" theory. The company plans to sell off the Belgian chocolate maker because it doesn't fit its new wellness-focused image. Stephen Beard reports.

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