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Expanding Livestock Production Could Add Value to Corn, Says Purdue Economist

2013-11-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - An expanding livestock production sector could add value to corn in coming months - welcome news for growers who saw corn and soybean prices fall in the wake of an EPA-proposed decrease in the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2014, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says.

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Canada: Oil sands not a major source of climate change, says IEA economist

2013-11-18 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: Alberta's oil sands producers have received some timely support from the International Energy Agency, with the industry - and indeed the Canadian government - facing increasing condemnation over the failure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. As the United Nations climate summit continues in Warsaw this week, the IEA chief economist Fatih Birol played down the oil sands' contribution to global warming, and said the long-term challenge is to access the energy-hungry markets of Asia while slowing...

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VIDEO: McGowan imitates economist Schumacher

2013-11-08 15:00:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Impressionist Alistair McGowan headed to the allotments to explain why his favourite thinker is the green economist E F Schumacher, best known for his 1973 book Small Is Beautiful.

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Realtors' economist expects Charlotte inventory shortage to persist

2013-10-25 03:08:51| Real Estate - Topix.net

Shortages in the supply of existing and newly built homes is driving up home prices nationwide, a trend expected to run into 2014, a real estate expert said.

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