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Airline executives air their issues over breakfast with Trump

by Mark Garrison
Feb 9, 2017
Issues over a long-running competition are sure to come up.
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Will Trump's pipeline order really bring more U.S. steel jobs?

by Lewis Wallace
Jan 25, 2017
The executive order's actual economic effects on U.S. steel and iron production are unclear.
Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a North Dakota lot back in 2014.
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Big data is revolutionizing the restaurant industry

by Kai Ryssdal and Cerise Castle
Jan 24, 2017
Where some may see an odd coupling, one software company sees opportunity.
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Corn farmers looking ahead with 'nervous anticipation'

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Jan 23, 2017
Corn farmer Keith Alverson says he and his peers are cautiously optimistic.
A corn field in South Dakota.
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The chicken nugget: a classic American product.

by Hayley Hershman
Jan 20, 2017
The nugget is not bound by any income bracket.
When was the last time you had a good chicken nugget?
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How The Deck Is Stacked

How does a manufacturing town remake itself for a new economy?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 19, 2017
One union leader said he's not moved by Trump's promises to bring jobs like his back to Erie — workers are retraining instead.
A retired factory in Erie County, PA.
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How The Deck Is Stacked

If manufacturing jobs can't come back, what happens next?

by Marketplace Staff
Jan 19, 2017
We talk to Penn State economist Kenneth Louie about the future of a manufacturing county that flipped for Trump.
A factory in Erie County, PA. 
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A look at intelligence units, made just for airports

by Kai Ryssdal and Cerise Castle
Jan 12, 2017
Airports are at the intersection of infrastructure and geopolitics.
Outbound travelers wait to pass through a TSA security screening area at Reagan National Airport, on December 22, 2016 in Arlington, Virginia. 
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Are autonomous robots the future of mall security?

by Molly Wood
Jan 12, 2017
One company's plan to use robots to fight crime.
Knightscope robot security guards. 
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The real estate industry smells big money in marijuana

by Sam Harnett
Jan 10, 2017
Right now could be a very good time to own a big commercial space in California. Why? Marijuana.
An employee with medicinal marijuana plants in the flowering room at Tweed INC. in Smith Falls, Ontario, on December 5, 2016.   
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