Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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GMO: The Secret the Food Industry Is Spending Millions to Keep
Filed under: Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Hershey, Food, Money and Politics
Big Agriculture and food companies are shelling out gobs of cash ahead of November's election to convince Californians to vote against a proposed law that would require businesses to label products that contain genetically modified organisms.
Proponents of Proposition 37 applaud the strict labeling requirements and say it will help consumers make better purchasing decisions. Opponents say that the labels are misleading and overly burdensome to food producers. Not only that, they claim, but...
GMO: The Secret the Food Industry Is Spending Millions to Keep originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-08-28T13:36:00Z.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Chinese Company Sort-Of Buys Spyker, Will Build $250,000 Luxury SUV
Just a year ago, a group of investors headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, bought Spyker. Today, the Dutch company that once called itself an automaker—sales are in the low double-digits, if that—announced the start of a joint venture with a former suitor for Saab, a Chinese carmaker called Youngman. If you drill down through the companies’ statement, though, this looks more like a purchase than a joint venture. At least there are plans to build a quarter-million-dollar Spyker SUV. Read full story »