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Avocado lovers, rejoice! Prices are starting to stabilize
Some good news for avocado fans: After hitting record highs this year, the price of the creamy superfruit is beginning to stabilize. The news comes as U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visits with his counterpart today in Mexico, where most of the avocados consumed in the U.S. are grown. We explore avocado’s recent ups and […]
Goodbye, Flash
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Adobe will phase out the browser plugin by 2020.
More Americans are working through cancer
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Sen. McCain is one out of millions of Americans who return to work after cancer treatment or diagnosis.
Amazon to offer jobs on the spot to 50,000 workers; holding job fairs nationwide
Amazon said today it’s planning to hire 50,000 workers to pack and ship orders at its fulfillment centers around the country. It’s holding job fairs nationwide on August 2, which it’s calling “Amazon Jobs Day.” The company plans to make thousands of on the spot job offers next week at the locations holding events, which […]
How smart backpacks and other tech advances are reviving the textile industry
After decades of losing ground to overseas manufacturers using cheap labor, the U.S. textile industry is showing signs of revival. The resurgence is fueled in part by increased R&D into advanced fabrics — like fire-retardant material and smart garments filled with high-tech sensors. It’s meant a growing number of textile industry jobs — but jobs […]
Ford can’t seem to catch a break
Ford shares have been on a steady slide for the past three years now. That’s quite a remarkable place for Ford to be, especially given the company continues to put out the F-150 pickup, the hottest selling truck in the world. Shareholders don’t seem very impressed by Ford’s plans to transition into a future powered […]
In Nashville, a program connects refugee farmers to hipster tables
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A program called Growing Together encourages refugees living in Tennessee to get back into farming.
Would you let your boss microchip you?
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The vending machine firm sees radio-frequency identification chips inserted directly into the hands of their employees as the future.
Tax plan math: how middle class and corporate tax cuts square with deficit reduction goals
President Donald Trump wants the top U.S. corporate tax rate cut to 15 percent, as well as tax relief for middle-income Americans, he told the Wall Street Journal. The president also indicated a willingness to increase some taxes on rich Americans. But those cuts risk adding to the deficit over the next ten years. And […]
Cyber threats can pose significant risks to small businesses
The National Cyber Security Alliance, a public-private partnership supported by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Trade Commission, is holding workshops to help small businesses around the country defend against cyber threats. Hackers have launched successful data thefts against companies large and small in recent years, and the FBI reports that ransomware attacks […]