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If you’re like us, you’ve got a lot of questions about the small, simple, ubiquitous things in the world of business. Let's find the answers.
What have you always wondered about the economy?

Are too many commercials bad for a company?
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Are too many commercials bad for a company?
Why aren’t all gas tanks on the same side of the car? 
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Why aren’t all gas tanks on the same side of the car? 
Who does the U.S. owe $31.4 trillion?
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Who does the U.S. owe $31.4 trillion?
Why are bananas so cheap?
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Why are bananas so cheap?

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by Marketplace Staff
Jun 17, 2014
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How do restaurants set their buffet prices?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 9, 2014
There's a careful science to pricing a buffet - and to getting your money's worth.
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How much would an all-American iPhone cost?

by Stacey Vanek Smith
May 20, 2014
A 100 percent U.S.-made iPhone would cost more than $2,000.
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Everything else you wanted to know about olives

by Dan Weissmann
May 8, 2014
We're here to answer olive your questions.
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Why green olives come in jars, but black ones come in cans

by Dan Weissmann
May 5, 2014
A tale of economics, dinner parties and death.
Olives from Eataly, which don't come in a can or a jar.
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Why it makes economic sense to send a letter for 49 cents

by David Weinberg
Apr 25, 2014
For less than the price of a cup of coffee, you can send a letter halfway across the globe. How?
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The cold truth about the ice business

by Tommy Andres
Mar 31, 2014
How many bags of ice do you buy a year? Enough to make it a $2.5 billion industry, that's how much.
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What do stores do with unsold merchandise?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 10, 2014
What is this "donate" you speak of?
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9 ways to save on rental cars

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 10, 2014
In sum: it never hurts to ask.
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How do rental car companies make money?

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 10, 2014
And seriously, what's with those key chains you can't take apart?
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