With food prices on the rise, developing countries are stockpiling staples like wheat and rice in an attempt to stave off social unrest and panic buying—driving prices yet higher. Wheat hit a two-and-a-half-year high yesterday, after Algeria bought 800,000 tons of it and Saudi Arabia announced it was…
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Photos: Youtube screen grabs Good Start, But Don’t Stop There Procter & Gamble was founded in 1837, and since then it has grown to a market cap of over 180 billion dollars by making mostly consumer good, a lot of them of the disposable kind (paper towels, razor blades, diapers, etc). It’s certainly not the greenest company, but it’s not the worst either, and in this post, I want to take the “carrot” approach rather than the “stick”. Let’s look at a good thing that P&G just did and encourage them to go much further… … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The bodies of two women who were apparently shot to death, including stay-at-home Amy Henslee, mother of two missing since earlier this week, have been found buried in southwest Michigan, authorities say. (Jan. 28)
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As darkness fell in Cairo, fires were seen burning in the city. Egypt’s military deployed on the streets to enforce a nighttime curfew on a day of rioting and chaos. (Jan. 28)
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Jay Carney may have been working for Joe Biden the last two years, but his selection as White House press secretary is actually a “radical departure” from business as usual for the White House, writes Josh Gerstein at Politico . Unlike most in the Robert Gibbs operation—including the man passed…
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Taco Bell has launched an advertising campaign to fight back against a lawsuit charging its taco filling isn’t beef. (Jan. 28)
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