The massive recalls of eggs due to salmonella risks reveal how eggs produced by a few big companies get repackaged and sold under many brand names. California, a big market for Iowa eggs, has been hit particularly hard. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-big-market, a-few-big, big-market, del-icio-us, eggs-produced, hit-particularly, massive-recallsFrito Lay has been selling its Sun Chips in a new bag that can be composted. It spent years developing environmentally-friendly packaging. But there’s a problem: The bag is noisy. A Frito Lay spokesman says the loud crumple comes from a new polymer. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-new-bag, a-new-polymer-, chips, crumple-comes, del-icio-us, friendly-packaging, frito, loud, new-bag, new-polymer-, says-the-loud, selling-its, spent-yearsChina has overtaken Japan as the world’s second largest economy in the second quarter, according to new figures out Monday. Japan’s economic growth has been stagnant in recent months while China’s economy is growing about 10 percent a year. Japan held the No. 2 slot since 1968. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged china, economic-growth-, has-overtaken, held-the, img-alt, japan, japan-as-the, monday-japan, new-figures, second, second-largest, the-second, the-worldMany coastal residents are fighting for their economic survival, and expect BP to keep them afloat. For three months, BP has been promising to make “whole” anyone who has lost income due to the oil spill. Last week BP announced an expedited process, but claimants say the process has been anything but quick. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged and-expect, are-fighting, but-claimants, coastal-residents, del-icio-us, economic-survival, expedited-process, for-their, has-lost, process-has, say-the, three-months-Christina Romer, one of President Obama’s most pivotal economic advisers, is resigning. Romer has been head of the Council of Economic Advisers. She’ll return to her job as professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged california, christina-romer, council, del-icio-us, economic, economic-advisers-, her-job, most-pivotal, president, president-obama, romer, universityMassachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would give independent auto mechanics access to the same repair data as dealerships. This has been a recurring point of tension between the auto companies and companies that make parts and small repair shops. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged auto, auto-mechanics, companies-and, del-icio-us, img-alt, lawmakers-are, make-parts, npr, recurring-point, repair-data, repair-shops-, same, tension-betweenThe Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Google has been talking to companies that make social networking games. Games like Farmville, which is played within Facebook, draw tens of millions of players a month and are potentially lucrative for the sites that host them. Earlier this year, Google unveiled a networking service called Buzz, but critics complained about privacy concerns. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-month-and, are-potentially, but-critics, draw-tens, facebook-, farmville, lucrative-for, month-and, played-within, sites, street-journal, the-sites, wednesday, yearThe Concord Free Press has been publishing books and giving them away for the past two years. The Massachusetts-based publisher just asks readers to make a donation to a charity or a person in need and to chart the donation online. It also encourages readers to share the book with others. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged also-encourages, and-giving, asks-readers, chart-the-donation, concord, concord-free, need-and, past-two, pressThe CEO has been criticized for the way he’s handled the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill disaster. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged aftermath, ceo, criticized-for, del-icio-us, gulf, handled-the, handled-the-aftermath, oil-spill, the-wayRetired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says the cap that has been keeping the oil bottled up since last week may have to be reopened, allowing crude to gush into the sea again for days. Work on the relief well, reportedly just days from completion, has been suspended. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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