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The abundance of grain leftover from last year's crop and 2015's anticipated harvest of the third-largest corn crop and second-largest soybean crop on record have kept prices below the cost of production, while the cost of seed, fertilizer and land has dropped only slightly. "A lot of the cash reserves that we've built up over the past few years, that's what we're burning through right now to offset this lost income," said Chad Hart, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University. Government payments including crop insurance... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — General Mills is recalling about 60,000 packages of its Cascadian Farm frozen green beans after one package tested positive for listeria. General Mills Inc. says customers should throw out the recalled product and contact the company for a replacement.

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is the latest technology company to offer users a virtual assistant service. David Marcus, the head of messaging products at the Menlo Park, California company, says in a Facebook post that M can do things like buy items for you, get gifts delivered and book restaurant reservations or appointments.

Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump, fresh off a news conference confrontation with an Hispanic journalist, opened a new front in his battle with “political correctness” Tuesday night by imitating the speech of Asian trade negotiators. Trump Trump has argued on the campaign trail that China has bested the U.S. in economic negotiations, and Tweeted that the U.S. is “so tied in with China and Asia that their markets are taking the U.S. market down.  Get Smart U.S.A. Trump explained how he would do this at an Iowa rally. Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Athletic apparel giant Nike Inc. is fighting subpoenas for financial documents and witness depositions in the federal government's lawsuit against former cyclist Lance Armstrong, arguing they are irrelevant to the case and could compromise trade secrets. In court filings this week in Portland, Oregon, the company asked a federal judge to modify the subpoenas to sharply limit evidence and keep any documents or testimony provided secret under a protective order. Armstrong wants... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank said Wednesday he's less inclined to support a Fed rate hike in September amid recent global turmoil, including falling oil prices and a slowdown in China. [...] the case for the Fed to hike interest rates in September for the first time in nearly a decade is "less compelling to me than it was a few weeks ago," Dudley said. Dudley said that international developments had exacerbated the strains faced by many emerging market economies... Читать дальше...

The teen retailer, which has been tinkering with its image, posted second-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates. Monsanto ended its $47 billion takeover bid for Syngenta after the Swiss chemical producer rejected its latest offer. The oil rig drilling company said it wants to cancel two quarterly dividend payments because of plunging oil prices.

The Dow Jones industrial average broke a six-day losing streak in a big way Wednesday, rising 619 points. The biggest one-day gains for the Dow: DATECLOSEChangePercentOct. 13, 20089,387.61936.411.08%Oct. 28, 20089,065.12889.310.88Aug. 26, 201516,285.41619.13.95Nov. 13, 20088,835.25552.06.67March 16, 200010,630.61499.14.93March 23, 20097,775.86497.56.84Nov. 21, 20088,046.42494.16.54Nov. 30, 201112,045.68490.14.24July 24, 20028,191.29489.06.35Sept. 30, 200810,850.66485.24.68Source: S&P Dow Jones... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow surges more than 600 points, 3rd-biggest point gain ever, as market breaks losing streak.

The company is negotiating with the United Auto Workers about making the truck at a factory in the Detroit suburb of Wayne, Michigan, a person briefed on the matter said Wednesday. A new small SUV that may be called the Bronco also is under discussion, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the talks are part of national contract negotiations and no agreement has been reached. In the 1990s, Americans bought more than 1 million small pickups every year, attracted by their lower prices... Читать дальше...

Apparently Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson doesn’t need the NFL’s revamped concussion protocols. He just needs some miracle water. Seahawks QB Russell Wilson said ‘Reliant Recovery Water’ helped him after he suffered a head injury in the NFC championship game. (Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) In a lengthy profile by Stephen Rodrick in “Rolling Stone,” Wilson touted the virtues of Reliant Recovery Water — a product in which he invests — as a kind of miracle cure following workouts and after injury. Читать дальше...

[...] while the governor has yet to make any specific funding proposals, some GOP leaders in the General Assembly have been quick to rule out a gas tax hike in 2016. Corker declined to weigh in on specific solutions on the state level, but criticized a series of last-minute temporary extensions of the federal highway program for failing to address underlying funding needs. Yet Corker has so far found little traction in Congress for his proposal to increase the federal gas tax, or for an alternative... Читать дальше...

King Felix vs. Chris Bassitt, 12:40pm Happy Felix Day. The M’s and A’s played a game in which both bullpens logged a lot of innings without giving up a run. That’s kind of incredible, given their track records. The M’s face right-hander Chris B...

Moogalian was shot and seriously wounded trying to stop a gunman armed with an assault rifle from moving through the train on Friday. Telling his wife to get to safety, Moogalian rushed at the gunman and wrenched an AKM assault rifle from his grip. The 51-year-old American musician and teacher, who has lived in France for more than two decades, was seated across from his wife in Wagon 12 on the high-speed train that had pulled out of Amsterdam's main station just over two hours earlier. Moogalian... Читать дальше...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii County is making its transit system compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act as part of a lawsuit settlement. The lawsuit filed by Maui resident Ed Muegge and his attorney said the county denied him equal access to public transportation, West Hawaii Today reported (http://bit.ly/1LBae3I). Other riders who use similar scooters have said the mobility devices are difficult to fit in certain bus aisles. Puna Councilman Dan Paleka chairs the county's Public Safety and Mass Transit Committee... Читать дальше...

Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. Story by Kendall Jones, via Washington Beer Blog. If you’d like to see your new brew featured here, email me with details. From the brewery: NINKASI BREWING COMPANY announces NEW fall Special Release and Rare & Delicious Beers Noir Coffee Milk Stout and Imperial Pumpkin Sleigh’r, In Bottles and On Draft This September EUGENE, Ore.—Aug.... The post Beer Release – 2 Fall Seasonals from Ninkasi Brewing appeared first on Beer News.

The consumer protection agency said that Vemma told recruits that they could make as much as $50,000 per week selling its nutritional beverage Vemma, energy drink Verge or protein shake Bod-e. In the complaint, the FTC said Vemma employees visited college campuses and told students that selling the beverages was an alternative to a regular job. Chris and Heidi Powell, two married stars from ABC's reality show "Extreme Weight Loss," appear in promotional videos and packaging of weight-loss drink Bod-e.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul brought his 2016 presidential campaign to Seattle on Wednesday, with scathing references to “fake conservatives” and “fake Republicans,” calls for a non-interventionist U.S. foreign policy and hits on Republican rival Donald Trump as a candidate who is “for higher taxes” and “against property rights.” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican candidate for president, speaks at Town Hall. (Joshua Trujillo, seattlepi.com) The rare public event in Seattle for a GOP hopeful drew 400 to 500 people to Town Hall Seattle. Читать дальше...

Tips for finding cheap airline fares Sites like ITA Software and Cheapair.com let travelers pull up a calendar with the cheapest days to fly between two airports. — Look for routes flown by Frontier, Southwest and Spirit.

More than a dozen hiking trails wind their way up the mountain, many of them converging near the summit and several start near the park headquarters. Pumpelly is among the longest trails, almost 4 miles (6 kilometers) each way from the start point near the town of Dublin, and rated among the easiest because it's a more gradual climb — but none of the options is a cinch. All routes begin as windy paths, many covered in gnarled tree branches, through fragrant forests of spruce and hemlock, along with oak... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Robert Redford first acquired the film rights to Bill Bryson's memoir "A Walk in the Woods," he knew exactly who he wanted to play his Appalachian Trail hiking comrade: Newman, whose health was in decline, was afraid he wouldn't be up for the physical challenges of the role. [...] The Sundance Kid met Nick Nolte. Redford cast Nolte in his 2012 political thriller "The Company You Keep," they hit it off, and "A Walk in the Woods," out next Wednesday, came off the shelf again. Читать дальше...

(AP) — With their appealing slides and wave pools, waterparks are increasingly popular places to spend a summer day. The American Red Cross, a leading trainer of lifeguards, has taken note and added training for extreme shallow water rescues. While no figures are available for overall waterpark injuries, the Red Cross cited U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates. Two of the near-drownings involved children in Missouri and California at municipal-run waterparks — a growing segment of... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Uber is partnering with the University of Arizona to develop mapping technology as the ride-hailing company expands its research of driverless car technology. The Republican governor stopped state regulators from enforcing regulations that required Uber drivers to have commercial insurance and licenses, saying the policy wasn't working and was hampering job creation. The company partnered with Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh in February on a driverless car research lab. In March... Читать дальше...

The Airport Commission approved the pickup plan last month but the City Council asserted its authority and placed the process on hold while it looked into passenger safety issues. The council on Tuesday voted to ask the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates ride-hailing firms, to require driver fingerprinting as part of its background checks and told the city attorney to look into whether Los Angeles could also require prints. The false advertising suit said the company can't... Читать дальше...