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Farmers begin ‘mass slaughter’ of animals as food prices spike
Over the short term, meat prices will drop as the supply spikes. But early next year, prices of staples and meat will rise.
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Meet the only person who made money off the drought
Renee Haugerud is a farmer's daughter, but she's also the founder of a fancy New York hedge fund. These two attributes have made her basically the only person in the country to have come out ahead from this summer's terrible drought.
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Junk-food manufacturers explore a new realm of advertising: Apps
The FTC's efforts to limit advertising to kids have hit a new stumbling block: iPhone games.
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These wind turbines were modeled after stegosauri
Generally, gigantic engineering companies don’t truck with whimsy. But Siemens, which makes many of the wind turbines popping up on horizons around the world, has created a suite of new products that makes turbines more powerful and is inspired by dinosaurs. It’s like something a 5-year-old thought up, but better.
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Need a job? Skip Harvard. Try the South Dakota School of Mines.
Grads from the South Dakota school's mining program will earn a higher salary than Harvard grads -- at first.
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Have you seen this radioactive fracking tool that Halliburton lost?
There's probably a reward, if you have.
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Manufacturers of pink slime sue ABC for reporting on pink slime
A lawsuit filed by Beef Products, Inc., seeks $1.2 billion in damages, blaming its business problems on ABC's reporting.
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Energy democracy: Three ways to bring solar to the masses
More Americans are getting their hands on solar, thanks to innovative new financing and ownership models that do away with high upfront costs.
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By 2015, you could own an electric Batmobile
Rigid fuel efficiency standards and a willing auto industry offer promise that the electric Model T -- a car that will change the way the world drives -- is coming. But it'll probably look like the superhero car of the future.
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Big-box stores go big on solar
While not nearly making up for the other ways in which big-box stores degrade the environment, the focus on rooftop solar is an important step.