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Bill to end sequester's air travel delays flies through Congress
WASHINGTON — Congress approved a quick fix Friday to end the flight delays snarling the nation's airports, and President Obama will sign the bill when it reaches the White House, showing how swiftly compromise can be found when powerful interests...
Tags: Barack Obama, Hugo Martin, Politics, Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersApril 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** Private equity firms Cinven and Warburg Pincus and co-investors completed their exit from Dutch cable firm Ziggo in a placement of their...Tags: France, Petroleum Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Australia
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Niles Salvation Army desperate for food donations
South Bend TribuneNILES — Normally, says Jan Nowak, the director of caring ministries and social services at the Salvation Army in Niles, she’d have no problem waiting for the annual postal carrier food drive on May 11 to restock the organization’s food...Tags: The Salvation Army, Human Interest
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USDA starts new program to track farm animals
MILWAUKEE - The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. It is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's second attempt at implementing such a system,...Tags: Scabies , Tuberculosis, Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brucellosis
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Wheat quality specialist at NDSU receives international research award
The American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI) has awarded the 2013 AACCI Young Scientist Award to Senay Simsek, assistant professor in hard red spring wheat end quality at North Dakota State University. The award is presented...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Research, Purdue University, Science, Science and Technology
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Alice Waters, school officials talk teaching with food
Fast food begets a fast-food culture that has seeped into pretty much everything going on in the world today, the chef Alice Waters told a crowd gathered at UCLA for a presentation about edible education. Fast food, Waters said, affects our laws,...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Students, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Los Angeles
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Bird flu more difficult to detect this time around
China has suffered outbreaks of bird flu before, but the virus that has now infected more than 100 people across eastern China and Taiwan is different in several important ways, according to scientists and researchers. The new virus is H7N9, a different...
Tags: Health Organizations, Diseases and Illnesses, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Health, Bird Flu
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Monsanto Stock Keeps Rising, But So Do Chances For GMO Label Bill in Connecticut
Check out this Mother Jones story about how Monsanto has managed to boost its stock prices by selling more genetically modified corn seed and the pesticide that kills everything but that particular type of crop. The fascinating part is the fact that...Tags: Genetic Engineering
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Executives' immigration dilemma: 'We can't find the workers'
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Aslam Khan, owner of 165 Church’s Chicken eateries, still has the text message — a plea from a general manager at one of his restaurants in Indiana: “Please don’t fire me. If I lose my job, I lose...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Corporate Officers
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U.S. GMO food labeling drive has biotech industry biting back
Reuters* Bipartisan bill on Wednesday seeks U.S. GMO labeling * Biotech companies say consumers are confused * Companies say opposition slows regulatory approvals * GMO crop critics say safety concerns persist By Carey Gillam CHICAGO April 25 (Reuters) -...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Consumer Goods Industries, Washington, DC, Monsanto Company, Biotechnology
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LIVE: George W. Bush, misty-eyed, reaffirms faith in U.S. at library dedication
DALLAS -- Wiping away a tear, former President George W. Bush on Thursday dedicated the library, museum and policy center that bear his name. “Oh, happy day,” Bush told the crowd of about 8,000 in the bright Texas sunshine at the...Tags: NATO, Barack Obama, Museums, Government, Condoleezza Rice
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Fighting for $15 an hour
Wednesday was a day I will never forget. I stood up with hundreds of Chicago retail and fast-food workers, marching through the Loop and Magnificent Mile, chanting "You can't survive on $8.25." As exciting and empowering as that was, I never imagined...
Tags: Health Insurance, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Chicago Loop, Chicago Restaurants, Magnificent Mile
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