March 30th, 2011
A New York-based group representing 60 farmers and seed businesses is suing Monsanto Co., challenging the biotech giant’s patents on gene-altered seeds.
The Public Patent Foundation […]
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March 29th, 2011
Treasuries rose as Japan’s nuclear crisis worsened, the U.S. and its allies prepared to attack Muammar Qaddafi’s ground forces in Libya, and speculation intensified that […]
Filed under: economics, term by TheDoor
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March 22nd, 2011
Bank of England policy maker Andrew Sentance said the world economy will withstand the shock from the earthquake in Japan and political unrest in the […]
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March 20th, 2011
Libyan military officials on Sunday boarded an Italian tugboat docked at Tripoli’s port and threatened to suspend its communications in an apparent seizure, ship owner […]
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March 18th, 2011
Unemployment rose in nearly all large U.S. cities in January compared to the previous month, mostly because of seasonal changes such as the layoff of […]
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March 17th, 2011
Fixed mortgage rates tumbled this week and the 15-year loan dipped below 4 percent for the first time in three months. Rates followed the yield […]
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March 15th, 2011
South Korea’s unemployment rate rose to a one-year high in February as jobs in farms, hotels, restaurants, and the retail and wholesale sectors declined.
The […]
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March 14th, 2011
China’s premier ruled out allowing a faster rise in its tightly controlled currency to cool surging inflation, saying Monday that Beijing has to consider the […]
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March 12th, 2011
Japan’s central bank pledged to ensure financial stability after the nation’s strongest earthquake on record forced Toyota Motor Corp. to shut some plants, shut down […]
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March 10th, 2011
New Zealand’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low, reducing the attractiveness of the nation’s assets as officials from Beijing […]
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