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Are Dollar Stores Doomed?

You can still buy a chocolate bar for a buck. At a dollar store, anyway. That very same bar costs THREE TIMES as much at the grocery store down the

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Lead, Lies, and Protein Shakes

Lead in protein shakes. Heavy metals in dark chocolate. Cadmium in organic supplements. A new report reveals that 47% of protein powders contain potentially unsafe levels of toxic metals. Worse

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The Real Costs of Reshaping Trade

When Japanese auto import restrictions hit in the 1980s, Toyota started building plants in America. It wasn’t a factory invasion. Douglas Fraser, president of the United Automobile Workers at the

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The Curious Sober-Curious Revolution

Corona’s parent company just watched its stock drop 14% in one day. Not because of bad press, ambassador faux-pas or product issues. Young people aren’t drinking like they did back

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Old Games, New Tricks

Over the holidays, we spent a lot of time playing board games with our kids. The classics came out: Monopoly, Othello, Scrabble, Trouble, even chess. Most are older than I

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