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Agribusiness alliance sharpens food-versus-fuel debate
Dow Jones NewswiresA group of U.S. agribusiness companies led by Archer Daniels Midland Co. launched a new front in the intensifying food-versus-fuel debate Thursday, maintaining that technology can ease global supply shortages. Decatur, Ill.-based ADM, backed by Deere...Tags: Economic Policy, National Government, Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Tyson Foods Incorporated, Dupont E I Nemours & Company
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Bailing out the middle class
Today's question: Have the Federal Reserve and government regulators gotten themselves into the position of trying to prop up the comfortable lifestyle of the middle class? Click here to read the week's entire exchange between Landsburg and Henwood....Tags: Alan Greenspan, Prices, Stocks, Microsoft Corp., Fannie Mae
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Biofuels lobby is formed
Of The Associated PressThe argument over using crops to make biofuels is about to get a little louder, courtesy of a new group formed by some of the biggest agribusiness companies in the world. The new group -- formed by Monsanto Co., Archer Daniels Midland, Deere & Co. and...Tags: Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Renewable Energy, Monsanto Company, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Ethanol
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Economic growth predicted to slow
U.S. economic growth will likely slow in the second half of the year as unemployment rises and stock-market declines erode household wealth, according to an index of leading economic indicators. The Conference Board's measure, designed to predict the...Tags: Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence
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Raising minimum wage can help stimulate our unsound economy
Minimum-wage workers have been stuck in a losing game of "Mother May I" with the federal government. Workers step forward when the government says yes to raising the minimum wage. Workers step backward when the cost of living increases, but the minimum...Tags: Prices, Petroleum Industry, Wages and Pensions, Employees, Inflation and Deflation
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Profit Falls 10% At Parent Of Anthem Blue Cross And Blue Shield
Rising medical costs helped knock down the second-quarter profit for health insurer WellPoint Inc., but investors lifted the company's stock on Wednesday after it beat Wall Street expectations in a tough market. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plan...Tags: General Dynamics Corporation, McDonald's Corp., PepsiCo Incorporated, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Earnings Forecasts
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Delays hurt Boeing's 2Q profit, which falls 19 pct
AP Business WriterDelays hurt Boeing Co.'s second-quarter profit, which fell 19 percent because of late delivery of military aircraft and rising costs from the postponed introduction of its 787 jetliner. But the Chicago-based company, the world's second-largest...Tags: Boeing Co., Aerospace Manufacturing, Earnings
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Max Planck deal could create 1,800 jobs, boost area's economy
South Florida Sun-SentinelPalm Beach County's $190 million partnership with the state to lure the biomedical research giant Max Planck Society will drive the county deeper in debt for the next 20 years but could broaden the area's economy and provide a financial boost to schools....Tags: Jupiter, Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Research, Contracts
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Wells Fargo report pays dividend on Wall Street
Of The Associated PressWall Street -- at least for the moment -- shrugged off some of its many concerns Wednesday and bounded higher thanks to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 276 points, or 2.5 percent, posting its best daily gain since April. The...Tags: Energy KD, Energy Saving, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Fannie Mae, Money and Monetary Policy
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Layoff survivors face guilt, uncertainty about future
It's hard to say goodbye to colleagues. Especially under stressful circumstances such as layoffs that are becoming more frequent in the slumping economy. While the focus is on the plight of unemployed friends and co-workers – and rightly so – there's...Tags: University of Maryland, Unemployment, Employees, Layoffs and Downsizing, Robert H Smith
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