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Hershey shares lose 10% on outlook, downgrade

marketwatch.com     Aug 18, 2008   4 related          

late Friday warned rising prices for cocoa and corn sweeteners is squeezing its profit. The maker of the Hershey's chocolate bars and Reese's Cups said it boosted prices by 10% on its U.S. line of chocolates to help offset the...                    

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Ethiopia's new famine: 'A ticking time bomb'

wbir.com     Aug 18, 2008   3 related          

By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY KONSO, Ethiopia - It all makes Ethiopia's hunger "a ticking time bomb," says Peter Walker, a Tufts University famine specialist. With his 4-year-old son Kusse strapped to his back, he walked three...                    

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Crops Looking Good On Western Slope

cbs4denver.com     Aug 18, 2008          

Robert Hutchins has about 180 acres in wheat, which is encouraging because he's looking to fetch about $8 a bushel. That's more than double what wheat pulled in five years ago and his fields look to offer a full crop of dry...                    

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Monsanto: Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch out positive on MON this Morning

istockanalyst.com     Aug 18, 2008          

We have several tier-1 firms out positive on Monsanto (NYSE:MON) this AM:- Merrill Lynch is raising their tgt to $165 from $155 (Reit Buy) noting that at its recent investor field event Monsanto indicated that fiscal 2009...                    

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The Incredible Shrinking Man has "Gone Fishin"

istockanalyst.com     Aug 18, 2008          

Last week’s performance in all stock markets was a bit of a let-down, following the week earlier advances – which proved fleeting. Commodity markets, meanwhile, continued to exhibit declining price trends…except that corn and...                    

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The Current Global Food Crisis and World Hunger

alternative-energy-news.info     Aug 19, 2008          

According to the United Nations, 25,000 people die of starvation everyday; 16,000 of them are children. That's one child every 5 seconds. Amidst these horrifying numbers, Oxfam warns that millions of people in Africa "are fast...                    

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What's Up, What's Down: Higher Dow Futures, Lower for the Nasdaq (TradingMarkets.com)

yahoo.com     Aug 18, 2008          

Monday August 18, 10:42 am ET By Rick Alexander Rick Alexander has been a broker and analyst in the futures business for over thirty years. He is a Vice-President for Sales and Trading at the Zaner Group (zaner.com) a...                    

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Philippine economy struggles with high birth rates

iht.com     Aug 19, 2008          

The influential Catholic Church does not allow for artificial birth control in this country, though everything from rice supplies to health care systems are groaning under the weight of children from unplanned pregnancies.                    

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MagIndustries confident of 'locked-in fundamentals'

theglobeandmail.com     Aug 18, 2008          

STEVE LADURANTAYE Globe and Mail Update There are hundreds of things to consider before spending $980-million on a potash mine, but the fluctuating price of corn is not one of them. “We're certainly not looking at crop futures...                    

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Cotton shrinks as farmers bale out

news.com.au     Aug 18, 2008   1 related          

Asa Wahlquist, Rural writer | August 19, 2008 THE landscape has changed for the Australian cotton industry. The drought, soaring grain prices and a severe spike on the cotton futures market in March have forced cotton growers...                    

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