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Tobacco can be used as a natural pesticide which is good news for farmers who have seen sales drop due to public health concerns. (Photo credit: The Goldsboro News-Argus)

California Tobacco Tax Measure Risks Going Up In Smoke

Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers.
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US Stocks - Time To 'Sell In May And Go Away'?

You can't blame investors for feeling a bit squeamish regarding deploying new money in the U.S. stock market these days, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average?s (DJIA) recent slide from 13,300 to 12,450 unnerving even the most experienced institutional investors. Where?s the market headed in the next six months?
A Ecuadorean Cleans Up The Amazon

NY Comptroller To Chevron: Time To Pay $18 Billion Ecuador Fine

New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli renewed his call on Friday that Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), the second-largest oil company in the U.S., settle its legal battle against a multibillion-dollar judgment in Ecuador, to avoid further damaging its reputation and shareholder value.
New York Stock Exchange

US Stocks Close Mostly Up Week With Mostly Down Day: Daily Markets Wrap

U.S. equities closed a moderately green week with a moderately red day on Friday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 74.92 points, or 0.60 percent, to 12,454.83, the S&P 500 index dropped 2.86 points, or 0.22 percent, to 1,317.82, and the Nasdaq Composite index dipped 1.85 points, or 0.07 percent, to 2,837.53.
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Tasha Reign Says ?Super Hot? Bill Clinton Wanted To Meet Her and Brooklyn Lee, ?Sympathetic? For Viral Photo

A picture says 1000 words, but porn stars talk even more. Tasha Reign and Brooklyn Lee, the two starlets who posed for a photo with Bill Clinton at a gala fundraiser in Monaco on Wednesday, said the former president wanted to meet them both, despite the secret service's attempt to block their meeting. Reign even went as far as calling Bubba super hot, adding she feels sympathetic for how quickly the photo went viral.
Photos of yuan and U.S. dollar banknotes are displayed at a money exchange in Hong Kong

Solutions to Managing Foreign Cash Flows

The hard reality is that companies involved in global trade are almost always exposed to exchange rate risk. Using very simple tools, uncertainty can be effectively stripped out of a transaction.
Francois Hollande

What's Next For France In Afghanistan?

France's new president Francois Hollande made an unannounced first visit to Kabul on Friday, where he declared that it's time for a sovereign Afghanistan.

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