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Magic's one-on-one interview with Scott WapnerThis month on Business Nation: Why Magic's Best Quarters are Still to Come - In a Business Nation exclusive, go inside Magic Johnson Enterprises , a multi-million-dollar empire that's revitalizing inner-city neighborhoods and making magic.


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Slinky

TOY STORY

In our "Made in America" segment:  A toy so simple, so appealing, that even in our high-tech world it remains as popular as ever.  It's the Slinky! 

Jon Frankel has the story of an irresistible steel spring, and the strange odyssey of the family that created it.

More than 300 million Slinkys have been sold since it was invented over 60 years ago. Jon Frankel explains what goes into making this popular low-tech toy.
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FIELD OF DREAMS

The words “breadbasket to the world” used to refer to the United States.  Today, some farmers are finding a new field of dreams, and it's thousands of miles away from the nation's heartland.

David Faber reports on Americans raking in the cash, a long way from home.


Tyler Bruch left his family's Iowa farm in search of agricultural opportunities abroad. What he found has become a multi-million dollar business for himself and a field of dreams for investors.
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Before Tyler Bruch was farming tens-of-thousands of acres in Brazil, he was working the 2,500 acre family farm in Iowa.  We visited Don, Jane and Lance Bruch in Emmetsburg during the harvest.
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At age 22, Tyler Bruch came to Bahia, Brazil with an idea.  Today, his idea has grown into 52,000 acres of commodity crops.  He takes David Faber back to the farm that started it all. 
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Luis Eduardo Magalhaes.  The central Brazil town may have a Portuguese name hard to pronounce, but its American inhabitants just call it "home". 
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HOW I MADE MY MILLIONS

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"Rich and Sheri Schmelzer figured out what the holes in the Crocs shoes were for...  And their idea made them multi-millionaires!"

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"PARTING SHOT" COMMENTARY

  • CEO Pay

      Are CEO's paid too much?  Or not enough?  Dennis Kneale offers some unconventional wisdom on the controversy over executive compensation.




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