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In commodity pricing, silence and secrecy not limited to oil
Reuters* Cash commodity markets are subject to little regulation * Lack of transparency in iron ore trading draws China's ire * Steel body Eurofer thinks index prices can be manipulated * Potash is one of most secretive, opaque commodity markets By Manolo...Tags: Mining, Services and Shopping, Economy, Business and Finance, China, Home and Garden Products
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Target: Stores now sell EcoScraps organic potting soil for lawn and garden use and nutrition
EcoScraps, a provider of organic, chemical- and manure-free lawn and garden products, recently announced that its sustainable, 100 percent organic, potting soil is now available at more than 1,700 Target stores nationwide, according to a news release....
Tags: Services and Shopping, Agriculture, Global Warming, Home and Garden Products, Target
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Making your garden grow
Chicago ShoppingTackling your landscape can be quite the undertaking and, whether a novice dirt pusher or a professional perennial sculptor, you need a plan. Not to mention, a quality retailer nearby that houses a wide variety of supplies to help accomplish your...Tags: Hobbies, Plant Openings, Services and Shopping, Gardening, Agriculture
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Pre-tax planning: Earlier is always better
This week I am going to talk a little about pre-tax planning. I will cover what you will need to prepare as well as discuss some questions to ask your own tax advisor. As in most cases of management decisions, earlier is always better. I have heard...Tags: Services and Shopping, Home and Garden Products, Fertilizer, Farms, Chemical Industry
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Autumn can be time for gardening too
My last couple of gardens have been such epic fails that this year, I didn't even try. The decision to take a gardening sabbatical was not an easy on. My youngest children enjoy turning the soil, sowing the seeds, monitoring the growth and — most...Tags: Hobbies, Gardening, Services and Shopping, Pumpkin, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Trim back spent blooms on roses, peonies
After my peonies and roses bloom, should I cut off the spent blooms?
In both cases, after flowers fade they proceed to the next step in reproduction: seeds. Peony seed pods are not very attractive or useful, so cut off the old flowers and stems to...Tags: Services and Shopping, Home and Garden Products
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Garden hoses often contain phthalates and lead, study says
L.A. at HomeHealthyStuff.org tests 90 garden hoses, 53 gloves and other gardening equipment and finds that many contained phthalates or lead.... -
Mulch: Bagged mulch is our preferred method because it's easy for us to handle it
Husband Ken and I are in mulching mode. We prefer to purchase our cypress mulch in easy-to-handle 2-cubic-foot bags. We watch the sale flyers from Home Depot and Lowe's, planning to get it on sale, down from the $2.35 per bag price this year. Luckily,...
Tags: Plant Openings, Services and Shopping, The Home Depot, Blacksburg, Home and Garden Products
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Lynchburg woman admits to stealing $150,000 from Dominion Power
A Lynchburg woman has admitted to credit card fraud in excess of $150,000.
45-year-old Dianna Mobley pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to the charge.
Mobley was an administrative assistant at Dominion Power's Altavista Power Station when prosecutors...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Justice System, U.S. Secret Service, Defendants, Services and Shopping
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NDSU and UND partner on flare gas/fertilizer initiative
The Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota's Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) are partnering to study the possibility of utilizing flare gas from the Bakken...Tags: Services and Shopping, Home and Garden Products, Fertilizer, Petroleum Industry, Chemical Industry
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Glorious Gardens: 4th place
Tribune reporterWhen Ron Karlic and Dale Barz got married and moved into their new Orland Park home, the backyard, she says, "was a blank landscape, except for some trees." In the 10 1/2 years since, they have turned that yard into an oasis of serenity, with trees,...Tags: Gardening, Lakes and Ponds, Japan, Home and Garden Products
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Organic fertilizer maker accused of using synthetic chemicals
LOS ANGELES - To organic farmers, Kenneth Noel Nelson Jr. was the man with the golden manure: It was rich with Mother Nature's finest waste, robust for the soil and cheap in price. But to federal prosecutors in California, Nelson's organic fertilizer...Tags: Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Agriculture, Corporate Crime, Agricultural Research and Technology
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