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NEWS ABOUT: banana

banana stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Wary of being associated with fast food, Disney and others are leaving Happy Meals behind and targeting young buyers—well, their parents—by branding everything from eggs to apples, the Big Money reports. Disney properties like Mickey Mouse, Miley Cyrus, and Zac Efron appear on packaging as well as the... More »

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food • entertainment • nutrition • eggs • Mickey Mouse • Disney • banana • supermarket • Zac Efron • branding • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • apple • fruit and vegetables

OPINION

Yellow, Popular, and Not Long
for Our Shelves

Ripening prices, disease will make bananas exotic again

Jun 18, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - With prices pushing the $1-per-pound mark, the banana's days as an American staple fruit are numbered, Dan Koeppel writes in the New York Times. “That bananas have long been the cheapest fruit at the grocery store is astonishing,” he notes of the exotic, quick-to-rot fruit, which is cheaper... More »

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Latin America • farming • banana • workers' rights • banana republics

Zimbabwe Arrests Dozens in Price Wars

Businesses flout strict cost-control
laws as inflation passes 3,700%

Jul 9, 07 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Zimbabwe have arrested 1,328 businesspeople, including 33 top executives, for violating official price controls installed to curb uncontrollable currency devaluation. The new regulations demand that many goods' prices be cut in half in response to inflation that has now risen to more than 3,700%. More »

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inflation • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • police • business • world economy • South Africa • consumer goods • banana • US economy • price control

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