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Chocolate prices soar ahead of Valentine’s Day
The sweetest holiday of the year is just days away and grocery stores shelves are full of love. But the price of valentine’s ...
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Scientists Say They’ve Found the Perfect Way to Boil an Egg. It Takes 32 Minutes and Lots of Attention
The team used computer models of computational fluid dynamics, then tested out the painstaking—yet reportedly ...
US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing
Egg prices have reached a record high in the U.S. The consumer price index released on Wednesday confirmed what consumers, bakers and food companies already knew: an ongoing bird flu outbreak that beg ...
Did prices jump in January? Inflation report will provide latest update on consumer costs
On Wednesday the Labor Department is expected to report that in January the consumer price index rose 2.9% from a year ago, ...
Frozen funding, federal uncertainty leave St. Paul nonprofits reeling
When the U.S. State Department recently froze nearly all foreign aid, the Center for Victims of Torture was forced to inform more than 430 staffers across Ethiopia, Jordan and Uganda that their jobs ...
The egg-scuse for inflation
How restaurants and grocery stores are using media coverage about egg prices to charge you more for an omelet.
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Locals turn to village savings groups as banks lose appeal
VSLAs are part of informal financial services, where members pool money regularly—daily, weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly—and later lend it at low interest rates to support businesses and improve ...