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August 12, 2018 5:30 PM

For some Facebook employees, free food is coming to an end

Some cities in the Bay Area want to stop tech companies from offering free or discounted food in their cafeterias. The idea is to make employees go to local businesses for their meals.

by Tonya Mosley

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August 12, 2018 5:11 PM

Berry growers using lasers to stave off thieving birds

Laser beams that sweep erratically across crops have shown promise in protecting harvests from loss caused by birds. But researchers are still studying whether the beams may harm the animals' retinas.

by Tom Banse

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August 12, 2018 8:00 AM

For Wisconsin's dairy farmers, tariffs could reshape the race for the Senate

Retaliatory tariffs on dairy may put dairy farmers in Wisconsin, a state won by Donald Trump in 2016, up for political grabs in this year's midterm elections.

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Denise Guerra

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August 11, 2018 4:40 PM

From mills to manufacturers, steel tariffs produce winners and losers

President Donald Trump boasts that his trade policies are bringing back the steel industry, but corporate earnings reports suggest they're also hurting the bottom line at some manufacturing companies.

by Jim Zarroli

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August 11, 2018 2:00 PM

Jury awards terminally ill man $289 million in lawsuit against Monsanto

After three days of deliberation, the San Francisco jury sided with Dewayne Johnson, a former school groundskeeper who regularly used the popular herbicide Roundup.

by Vanessa Romo

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August 11, 2018 8:35 AM

Rural America faces a crisis in 'adequate housing'

Small towns have their own version of the housing crisis: not enough homes being built, plus a lack of move-in ready homes. Local leaders say it's hard to expand the tax base without more homes.

by Kirk Siegler

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August 10, 2018 4:49 PM

Grain prices tumble after new crop report predicts another big harvest

Near record harvests are predicted as corn and soybean markets are at or below break even prices for most farmers.

by Mark Steil

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August 10, 2018 10:04 AM

Trump doubles tariffs on steel, aluminum from Turkey

President Trump called for a doubling in the tariff on imported steel and aluminum from Turkey, escalating a diplomatic spat with a key NATO ally.

by Scott Horsley

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August 9, 2018 4:53 PM

They charged what? Price of surgical procedures vary widely by hospital, patient

New state research indicates there are wide variations in what hospitals charge for surgical procedures and there are even wide swings in the prices individual hospitals charge for the same operations.

by Dan Kraker