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More Businesses Trying Out Barter System

A small but growing number of businesses think trading goods and services rather than paying in cash cuts costs and increases commerce. Barter has grown into a multi-billion-dollar international industry. Bellamy Pailthorp reports from member station KPLU in Seattle.

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