| Butter under lock and key as prices soar
Australian bakeries are the latest in a long line of victims of increased global demand for dairy products and the country's long-running drought -- with the all-important ingredient butter becoming harder to find and more expensive. Nickl, who owns the Gumnut Patisserie in the Southern Highlands southwest of Sydney, said he orders butter every week from three different suppliers "and (we) just hope and take whatever arrives". "It's a commodity that's incredibly hard to get," he said. "You'll go for weeks and weeks with a specific supplier not being able to give me any." Nickl said he noticed the butter shortage begin to bite in June 2007, just as the country was praying for rain to end the worst drought in living memory. Nailed from every angleSince the beginning of last year, the price of butter has tripled, he said.
Brett Favre retires after 17 years
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Gold: Lies, Lies And More Lies
America once exported capital to Europe and Latin America, exercising its power by financial means with "dollar" diplomacy. The most famous example was the Marshall Plan, which rebuilt a war-devastated Europe. Under George W. Bush, things changed. The surpluses have become deficits. America has come to depend upon foreign investors and now needs a Marshall Plan for itself. What happens when all those dollar holders want to trade them for euros or gold? Too Much Red Ink Financial markets and policymakers are in a state of denial. Sadly for Americans, their assets and currency are being devalued every day. And for the two million homeowners who might lose their homes this year, the Great Depression has already arrived. This time, monetary policy has failed to work and Bush's $150 billion federal government stimulus plan will not fare any better.
Letter to the editor/South: Century III Mall, Route 51 need help
You have got to be kidding me. ["Marketing manager says all is well at Century III Mall," letters, Jan. 24.] This mall is dim, spotted with shops that are quite questionable, boarded up stores and a few of the originals. It has gone downhill before my very eyes. It is a shame to let something like this die. Some incentive needs to be put out there for fresh, new stores to want to come to Century III Mall. And as for the Route 51 stretch that is so run down, garbage stacked, we need to start caring about that area. I would be all for getting a group together to try to make some improvements there. DEBBIE MAIETTE Whitehall .
Kiplinger's Long-Term Care Consumer Video Sponsored by John Hancock ...
BOSTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- "Who Cares: Kiplinger's No- Nonsense Look at Long-Term Care," a consumer education video sponsored by the long-term care department of John Hancock Life Insurance Company, has won an Aegis Award for excellence in film and video. The Aegis Awards, one of the oldest and most respected video/film production contests in the United States, is the only competition that features true peer judging by professionals who work in the video/film industry every day. Written and produced by Kiplinger Washington Editors and Baney Media Inc., "Who Cares" is an educational personal finance video on long-term care that covers what it is, how it's delivered, how much it costs and how to pay for it. It is designed to be an informative, consumer-friendly review that encourages people to prepare for the possibility of someday needing this care.
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