As K-dramas take the world by storm, tourists in South Korea are donning the traditional robes for sightseeing.

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The limits of government intervention are evident in Zhengzhou, where home prices keep falling.

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Finding and onboarding new suppliers is a time-consuming process for procurement staff. Dun & Bradstreet has partnered with IBM to apply artificial intelligence to the process, enabling staff to query its databases in plain English to find suppliers who fit the criteria they need. The result is a simpler, faster process that is saving companies time and money. This episode is sponsored by IBM. 

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Chilis Are Losing Their Heat as the World Gets Warmer

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Citizenship Looks More Like a Privilege Than a Right

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Syrian Refugees Are Conflicted About Returning Home

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The human egg is a precious resource, exchanged in markets open, gray or black. To tell its story, we follow a teenage girl in India, lured into selling her eggs; a model in Argentina whose genetic makeup is prized; a mother in Greece, told by police that her eggs were stolen; and two “egg girls” from Taiwan who have put themselves at risk to earn money in the US. By Natalie Obiko Pearson, Jessica Brice, Susan Berfield, Vernon Silver, Kanoko Matsuyama, Cindy Wang, Sinduja Rangarajan and Fani Nikiforaki

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Before You Write a Wall Street Memoir, Listen to This

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‘I Don’t Want to Go Back’: When Ozempic Insurance Coverage Runs Out

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The Problem with the Portfolio Career

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