by Gabriel Silverman | Nov 10, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – The use of pesticides added $1.88 billion to Arkansas crop value, spurred $3.74 billion in additional economic activity and generated 11,081 jobs within the state, according to an industry report released Tuesday. CropLife America, the organization...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 8, 2011 | Business & Tech, National Security
WASHINGTON — An investigation into the rise in the number of counterfeit products in the U.S. Department of Defense supply chain has U.S. officials pushing for an immediate change in defense manufacturing and trade. The Government Accountability Office, at a U.S...
by Whitney Wild | Nov 8, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced Monday several steps aimed at getting America’s veterans back to work, but analysts say the key component of the program – tax credits for hiring veterans – won’t work. The Returning Heroes and Wounded Warrior Tax...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 7, 2011 | Business & Tech, Environment
It’s called the low-hanging fruit of green energy: personal efficiency. Programming a thermostat, pre-heating an oven for only as long as necessary, and, of course — as every child has been told, repeatedly — turning off the lights. But, as every...
by Gabriel Silverman | Nov 7, 2011 | Business & Tech
WILSON, N.C. – For every bucket of sweet potatoes Pablo picks he gets 40 cents. At that rate he’ll need to pick and haul 3,750 buckets to eclipse the $1,500 he paid to a coyote – a term for someone who helps undocumented immigrants jump the U.S. border....
by Gabriel Silverman | Nov 7, 2011 | Business & Tech
ENGELHARD, N.C. – Few people in Engelhard, N.C., understand the effect of government bureaucracy better than vegetable farmer Debbie Daughtry. Nearly two feet of regulatory paperwork is stacked on her desk. Since participating in the H-2A visa program that...
