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Pink boxes: the unsung icon of LA's doughnut scene

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 13, 2017
The containers were popularized by Cambodian immigrants in the 1970s.
“Good things come in pink boxes.”
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How a workplace's culture can begin with just one person

by David Brancaccio
Jun 8, 2017
Tech companies often have founder-centric structures.
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Using the lessons of hip-hop to start a business

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 6, 2017
A program in Philadelphia is teaching entrepreneurship through the successes and failures of the music business.
Students at the Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship are learning how to start a business.
Photo courtesy of the IHHE
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"Freaks and Geeks'" Linda Cardellini takes the Marketplace Quiz

by Hayley Hershman
Jun 5, 2017
And offers up some advice for college grads.
Linda Cardellini stars in the latest season of Netflix's "Bloodline."
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Educators in Navajo high school see coding as one way to end brain drain

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 5, 2017
In its first year, the computer class is becoming one of the campus' most popular offerings.
Students in computer science class at Shiprock High School are diving into concepts like basic HTML and CSS.
Carrie Jung
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Yayoi Kusama exhibit is an economic puzzle for museum

by Mark Garrison
Feb 24, 2017
The lines are long but entry is free. So how can the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn capitalize on its 'blockbuster'?
Yayoi Kusama's "Phalli’s Field," 1965, is one of the infinity mirror room installations at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
Cathy Carver
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People are already selling ‘bad hombre’ and ‘nasty woman’ merch? Yup.

by Donna Tam
Oct 20, 2016
The latest election memes are already making the rounds as products online.
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How did Shakespeare make his money?

by Stephen Beard
Apr 21, 2016
Did theater or wool-trading account for the playwright's wealth?
A Sotheby's employee handles a copy of William Shakespeare, The First Folio 1623 on July 7, 2006 in London, England. 
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Fred Armisen on bringing Latino voices to comedy

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Jan 12, 2016
Kai talks to actor and comedian Fred Armisen about new comedy studio, Más Mejor
Fred Armisen in the Marketplace studios on Monday, January 11, 2016.
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How the NFL made itself a year-round sport

by Gigi Douban
Sep 2, 2015
Scattering events over many months keeps fans buzzing on Facebook and Twitter.
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