Iowa News
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Low interest rates and surging agricultural income have helped send U.S. farmland prices to a record, a government report showed.
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What follows are opening calls for U.S. grain and oilseed markets.
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President Barack Obama named 35 co- chairmen to his presidential campaign, tapping business leaders, elected officials, veterans and volunteers to advise the campaign and help it raise money.
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Novozymes A/S, the world’s biggest maker of enzymes for biofuels, has produced an additive that may lower the price of producing ethanol from natural waste products, a company vice president said.
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Proponents of California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling by two of its members that struck down the measure this month.
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A weak labor market, like the one we’ve experienced since the financial crisis in 2008, imposes enormous stress on people. Given the added anxiety created by a weak economy, you might think life expectancy would decline. Oddly, though, during recessions, exactly the opposite tends to happen: Life expectancy rises.
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The Freelancers Union, a nonprofit created to represent freelance workers and independent contractors, will receive $341 million in loans from the U.S. government to start health insurance plans in three states.
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Cancer-drug shortages that have plagued U.S. hospitals are being targeted by Food and Drug Administration decisions, announced today, giving generic-drug makers clearance to provide stopgap replacements.
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Bloomberg's Hans Nichols, Jeanne Cummings and Kristin Jensen report on the latest fundraising filing in the presidential race. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum more than doubled his fundraising after winning the Iowa caucuses last month. Romney still raised more money than all of his Republican challengers and continued to receive the most financial support from Wall Street. The speak on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Restore Our Future, a U.S. political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, started this month with about $16 million in cash - - 26 times more than its chief competitor’s camp.
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