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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

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When public good needs private cash

Genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter

Sometimes innovators have to turn to private funding to get things done. Kai Ryssdal talks with Craig Venter about how he funded research into the human genome.

Genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter during a speech in New York in March 2006. (Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

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Marketplace Confessional

"Of course everyone has their prerogative, but as for me the sounds of children are wonderful things. How dull and lonely it is without lively little ones running and jumping around. I believe this is another example of our culture's aversion to children and their vitality. Give them a pill and then they'll be quiet, or take a pill and then you won't have them, that's the philosophy. My wife and I have seven boys ages four months to 10 years. The days are filled with boisterous, and yes loud, thumping, bumping activity. However, without that, the silence would kill."

The Specials

INTERACTIVE: PAC Men

Leadership PACs are the main fund-raising tool for most lawmakers. Find out how they raise and spend all that money.

BLOG: Getting Personal

Marketplace Money answers your personal finance questions. Submit yours now.

GAME: Budget Hero

Think you could balance the federal budget? Play the game.

BLOG: The Greenwash Brigade

Environmental professionals scrutinize eco-friendly claims by businesses, governments and groups. Check out their reports.

ELECTION 2008: State your issues

Are the candidates addressing issues that matter to you? Help us report on the campaigns. Share your thoughts.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Middle East @ Work

No region outside the U.S. affects our pocketbooks, politics and portfolios more. See our special coverage from Cairo and Dubai.

Conversations from the Corner Office

Marketplace goes one-on-one with CEOs, company founders, head honchos...

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Intimate profiles of workers in the global economy.

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