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The problem with McFlurry machines
Listener Brian Stieler had this question: Why is the ice cream machine at McDonald's always broken? Full story, . #Consumers #Retail #Food
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Sally Herships
- Oct 26, 2017
- 1 min
Why female entrepreneurs get less funding than men
When entrepreneur Kim Taylor began pitching her online education startup to investors, just like the fictional character Alice, she felt...
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Sally Herships
- Jun 24, 2017
- 1 min
You've heard of co-working; now there's co-retailing
Shopping in Soho is full of mysteries. Like blanket or unusually large scarf? Heaped on a table in a Wooster Street store is a pile of...
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Sally Herships
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
Employers struggle to make H-1B visas work
here #Government #Labor #H1B #Immigration
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Sally Herships
- Jan 26, 2017
- 1 min
Indians worry about U.S. degree prospects under Trump
#India #Education #Law #Immigration #H1B #Politics
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Sally Herships
- Jan 10, 2017
- 1 min
The resale market for sneakers is red hot
Chris Burns used to be a college English professor. Then, in 2011 he opened his Amazon store, Arch-USA, selling limited edition sneakers....
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Sally Herships
- Dec 16, 2016
- 1 min
Inside the booming collectible market for sneakers
When twenty eight year old Robbie Williams of the Bronx talks about sneakers, his face gets a soft, besotted look, like he’s talking...
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Sally Herships
- Aug 29, 2016
- 1 min
There are more adult diapers sold in Japan than baby diapers
Read the full story here... #Aging #Japan
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Sally Herships
- May 8, 2016
- 1 min
The cost of stress in the police force
When it comes to what stresses police officers out, it's not the car chases, or the threat of getting shot at, or even killed. Ask Cherie...
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Sally Herships
- Apr 20, 2016
- 1 min
Japan's population is plunging, so where are the babies?
If you think you work long hours, meet Kumi Matsumoto. “It’s very normal for us to stay until midnight,” said Matsumoto, who works for...
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Sally Herships
- Mar 8, 2016
- 1 min
Japan's long-term care dilemma: Immigrants or robots?
#Healthcare #Japan #Aging #Immigration
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Sally Herships
- Sep 21, 2015
- 5 min
Come on Japan, get with the program
Founding a startup today has become the stuff of TV and movies around the world. There's even a startup podcast about, you guessed it,...
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Sally Herships
- Aug 11, 2015
- 5 min
Etiquette and rituals rule in Japan's business culture
At a dinner meeting in Tokyo recently, where a lot of business happens over meals, two Japanese professors, Ryo Sahashi, an associate...
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Sally Herships
- Jun 29, 2015
- 1 min
A toilet for all technies
There's really no other way to describe them: The toilets of Japan are fabulous. "Let's say you don't want to lift up the lid yourself...
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Sally Herships
- Feb 13, 2015
- 1 min
'Fifty Shades' of merchandising
For a movie about a salacious, secretive, and to some, potentially shameful subject such as S&M, it sure feels like "Fifty Shades of...
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Sally Herships
- Aug 17, 2012
- 1 min
Office fun is serious business
Here's an idea. Work doesn't have to suck. Read more... Here's an idea. Work doesn't have to suck. #Workplace
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Sally Herships
- Jul 20, 2012
- 2 min
Watches thrive even in the smartphone age
Sally Herships: I’m about to play a joke on someone. Benjamin Clymer. Here’s what you need to know -- he’s editor of an upscale watch...
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Sally Herships
- Jul 13, 2011
- 1 min
Military tobacco - a follow up to our investigation
Last month on Marketplace, I published a report from my year-long investigation about how Army, Air Force and Coast Guard bases in more...
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Sally Herships
- Jul 2, 2011
- 5 min
Military underprices tobacco more than law allows
Tess Vigeland: Brown tobacco leaves are costing the military a lot of green. The Department of Defense spends over $1.5 billion a year of...
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