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Omaha steakhouse owner on what Warren Buffett does for business
Friday, May 4, 2012
People are arriving in Omaha now for that "Woodstock of Capitalism," the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, billionaire Warren Buffett's conglomerate. The official materials recommend two steakhouses for visiting shareholders.
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Energy drinks a fast-growing beverage sector
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
So-called 'energy drinks' are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the drinks business. And now the Wall Street Journal reports that Coca-Cola toyed with spending $14 billion for one brand -- Monster Energy. Coke denies any deal.
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Whole Foods bans red-rated fish from its stores
Thursday, April 19, 2012
On Sunday -- Earth Day -- Whole Foods will stop selling wild seafood that's either overfished or caught in a harmful way, according to ratings from the Blue Ocean Institute and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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California court rules lunch optional for workers
Friday, April 13, 2012
The California Supreme Court has ruled that while employers have to offer workers a lunch break, they don't have to make sure employees actually take a lunch break.
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Gov. Terry Branstad: The case for 'pink slime'
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Republican governor of Iowa defends lean finely textured beef -- otherwise known as pink slime -- and worries about what all the negative press could do to the beef industry.
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Red Lobster building huge aquafarm in Malaysia
Monday, April 9, 2012
The parent company of Red Lobster will create a 35-square-mile aquafarm to help keep its restaurants from running out of lobster.
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Dutch winemaker saves old French vineyard
Friday, April 6, 2012
In France, land for development is at a premium, and vineyards are threatened, but Dutch winemaker Cornelius Kamerbeek saved one in the city of Nice.
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Stores target matzo in Passover price war
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Supermarkets regularly take losses on matzo sales to bring in Passover shoppers, and often turn to cheaper Israeli manufacturers to minimize those losses. While American matzo producers are hurting, shoppers don't seem to mind where their matzo came from.
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How Cuties marketed Mandarin oranges from fruit to brand
Monday, April 2, 2012
Smithsonian.com blogger Sarah Rich talks about how those little, seedless Mandarin oranges became a ubiquitous brand.
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Would you spend $15 for a burger?
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A Los Angeles high-end burger chain is looking to expand east.
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Freakonomics: A thirsty economist walks into an A&W Root Beer joint...
Friday, October 8, 2010
What would you do if you walked into an A&W Root Beer -- and they said they were out of root beer? Or, if you stopped by a KFC that was out of chicken? Well, we know one economist who recently experienced both. Host Tess Vigeland talks to Freakonomics correspondent Stephen Dubner about the economic theory behind bad customer service.
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NYC's underground grilled cheese
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
An entrepreneur named "Ronnie" in New York City's Lower East Side has found an intriguing way to do business: hungry customers get his number from a friend or a friend's friend, text him for a grilled cheese sandwich, and voila -- melted cheddar on Rye bread 15 minutes later. Brendan Francis Newnam gave it a try.
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Dutch winemaker saves old French vineyard
Friday, April 6, 2012
In France, land for development is at a premium, and vineyards are threatened, but Dutch winemaker Cornelius Kamerbeek saved one in the city of Nice.
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All food prices are not created equal
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Wheat up! Corn up! Onions up! Why the price of food commodities does not always translate to the price of food.
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