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USDA Shows High Oil Prices, Other Factors Drive up Food Prices Affirms Wisdom of U.S. Biofuels Policy WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- During a briefing on the case for food and fuel yesterday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer pointed to the fact that oil prices have broken through a...
A top World Bank official warned Tuesday that global poverty levels could surge over the next three years due to rising food costs and predicted no letdown in the price of rice. Already, rising food and fuel prices over the past two years have pushed some 100 million people back into poverty,...
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP ECONOMICS WRITER Dante Wadley shops for apples at the Union Square green market on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in New York. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that consumer prices edged up 0.2 percent last month, compared to a 0.3 percent rise in March. Inflation at the...
This year's poor rains have nearly killed Bizunesh. Bizunesh — whose name, sadly, means "plentiful" — is one of untold numbers of children hit by this year's double blow of a countrywide drought and skyrocketing global food prices that has brought famine, once again, to Ethiopia. Today in Africa...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --(Business Wire)-- FoodlogiQ and Smart Online, the companies that developed the National Food Safety System to help reduce the number of food recalls and to pinpoint the exact source in the event of food contamination, want to help limit additional beef recalls due...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. --(Business Wire)-- After a year of stalling and falling, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reverses course and registers its first gain in a year. In the first quarter ACSI measures customer satisfaction with the quality of products and services in utilities,...
LOS ANGELES, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--May 20, 2008 -- SuperVision Entertainment Inc.: (Other OTC:SVET.PK - News The company is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with one of the worlds largest and most reputable sugar companies with an annual multi-billion...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baywood International, Inc. (OTCBB: BAYW - News ) (“Baywood” or the “Company”), a leading nutraceutical company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. The increase in net sales for the quarter and year is attributable to...
SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Hydroelectric power plant development in North America has increased dramatically in the last few years, as venture capital and Fortune 500 companies have jumped into this potentially profitable arena....
Tuesday May 20, 11:57 am ET Industry Leader Takes Action on Climate Change WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- News ) has become a Founding Reporter of The Climate Registry by being among the first to join the organization. The Climate Registry is a non-profit organization established to...
