Thursday, 21 August 2008
NEW YORK - As prices for crude oil and other commodities ease, consumers have gotten a small dose of relief at the gas pump. But don't expect less pain at the grocery counter. Food inflation is here to stay and will probably get worse for some things. That's because retail prices for cereal, eggs, cheese and meat generally lag by several months or longer world prices for wheat, corn and soybeans the raw ingredients of so much of our food. Some food items may come down modestly as commodities prices cool off; others might not budge a cent and some may actually increase. "Food prices tend to...
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Stage still a thrill for master provocateur
The Australian
The Australian
AT low tide on the River Thames, which runs beside Steven Berkoff's place in London's East End, foxes can be seen at night, sniffing and scavenging along the rocks and sand....
New plan may save Island's wildlife
Independent online (SA)
Independent online (SA)
Conservationists are now hoping to have all the exotic fallow deer off Robben Island by the end of September. If this happens, it will bring forward capture plans so as to remove...
A busy month for Bolivian witches
International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
: Huddled near one stall selling more than a dozen llama fetuses, another hawking porcupine tails and yet another offering bottles of homemade singani, the dangerously potent...
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