Halloween candy sales have been flat over the last few years. And candy makers point to several reasons, including one I hadn’t thought of: bad weather.
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1 Nov
Halloween candy sales have been flat over the last few years. And candy makers point to several reasons, including one I hadn’t thought of: bad weather.
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1 Nov
He was boastful, he was brash and he came to represent a booming Brazil that was finally taking its place as an economic powerhouse on the world stage.
At his peak, he owned oil, mining, infrastructure and real estate companies worth, , some $34.5 billion in 2012.
But it’s all come crashing down: On Wednesday, Batista’s oil company, OGX, filed for bankruptcy, imploding his empire.
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1 Nov
Starbucks, which revolutionized the coffee industry, is now taking on tea. It has opened its first tea bar, and it’s creating mixed tea beverages, some even more complex and customized than the coffee beverages we all know.
11 Mar
March 09, 2012
U.S. car company General Motors has made some tough business decisions regarding its electric-powered Chevrolet Volt. Some analysts are wondering what this means for the future of electric cars in America.
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27 Feb
“I can’t believe that China is now the country that the EU is trying to seek help from,” Jiang says. “Twenty-two years ago China was a basket case — a very poor developing country. So I really feel quite proud.”
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27 Feb
Audits of working conditions are under way at Foxconn’s manufacturing plants in China, a key link in Apple’s supply chain of iPhones, iPads and other devices.
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27 Feb
Now that U.S. and European organic standards are equivalent, more American organic farmers will be able to export to Europe.
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10 Dec
Lynn Neary speaks with Stephen Hoch, professor of marketing at the Wharton School in Philadelphia, about the use of mobile technology in retail.
10 Dec
Like other suburban areas, Montgomery County, Md., is wondering what to do with aging shopping malls like White Flint. The solution may be a radical redesign that makes malls look like the things that suburbanites once ran away from: urban downtowns.
24 Feb
An article about women’s role in the workplace. Listen first, take notes , then check with the text.
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