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Starting a new business isn't easy, but this artist is ready for the challenge

by Sofia Terenzio
Apr 8, 2024
Iranian-born artist, professor and now studio owner Sara Rastegar talks about what it's like to open a new business.
Point Studio Art offers classes for hand-printing on fabric made products.
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Manufacturing sector shows more signs of cooling

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 24, 2023
Monthly data from the Federal Reserve shows a slowdown in shipments, new orders and employment in the sector.
The manufacturing sector added only 8,000 jobs per month in November and December — well below the average of 32,000.
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How are booksellers doing after last year's supply chain snags?

by Savannah Peters
Sep 23, 2022
Backlogs hurt the holiday sales season in 2021. In some cases, shops still have to tell customers to wait for their favorite reads.
Last year, some books pegged to the holiday season didn't make it to the shelves in time for the shopping rush.
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How much paper would it take to print the Internet?

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 24, 2015
U.K. college students calculated how much paper it would take to print the Internet.
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Why are there so few $2 bills?

by Tommy Andres
Jan 9, 2015
The saga of America's most misunderstood currency note.
A sheet of $2 bills.
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The end of Kodak moments?

by Sarah McCammon
Sep 3, 2013
Kodak is emerging from bankruptcy – with a new focus on commercial printing.
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On-demand printing helps sustain the printed page

by Blake Farmer
Apr 13, 2012
Technology allows old books to stay "in print" indefinitely.
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Beyond the book

by Marc Sanchez
Sep 23, 2011
Book publisher HarperCollins announced yesterday that it will make around 5000 of its books available for on-demand printing. The Espresso Book...
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We live in the future: they're printing bikinis now.

by John Moe
Jun 9, 2011
And apparently they're comfortable, you can swim in them, and they seem to look okay. The N12 bikini is created without any sewing involved. It's...
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Bioprinting in action

by John Moe
Mar 4, 2011
On Monday's show we talk about advances in bioprinting. It's the technique of printing new skin cells using a regular old ink jet cartridge. Or of...
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