A massive purchase of nearly 800,000 tonnes of wheat by India at record prices earlier this week has added to what agricultural experts are calling the great wheat panic of 2007. It s India s purchase of wheat in the international market that is attracting world attention besides domestic controversy. Wheat prices had already reached record levels ahead of the Indian move, thanks to falling or stagnating production in many countries blamed on poor weather and crop diversion and growing...

in rice production and rice research, and Lonoke County is where it began for the state. It seems that the Grand Prairie is ideally suited for rice, flat with a nearly impermeable hardpan not far below the surface. A large majority of the world's population survives with rice; its economic effect is far reaching, but it reaches right into the heart of Lonoke County. Miller said she is continuing work to find members of Moses' family in the hope they may have more information. John Morris...

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The trajectory of business over time might be undulating -- booms and busts, mergers and breakups, flotations and privatizations -- but is it really cyclical? Capitalism dictates growth, and the biggest companies have, in the telescopic view at least, grown bigger and more powerful and taken greater shares of their global markets. The trajectory of business over time might be undulating -- booms and busts, mergers and breakups, flotations and privatizations -- but is it really cyclical?...

Some said they would not allow family members to receive implants, and all urged further research before the glass-encased transponders are widely implanted in people. Leading cancer specialists reviewed the research for the Associated Press and, while cautioning that animal test results do not necessarily apply to humans, said the findings troubled them. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan...

He gets calls from a couple dozen contacts who tip him off when a scarce commodity - which nowadays in Zimbabwe includes all basic needs - is about to appear in a store. Shumba spends his days on a motorbike sniffing out almost-impossible-to-find items such as sugar, cooking oil, bread, margarine, or cellphone SIM cards, risking years in a dank prison if caught. But President Robert Mugabe's increasingly draconian efforts to control the lurching economy by imposing price controls was a...