No relief coming from high sugar prices
Bloomberg reports that sugar prices are not coming down anytime soon. The International Sugar Organization…
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Dr. Duru Venezuela looks to expand price controls
If inflation levels remain higher than you like, simply regulate inflation out of existence, right?…
Blue Nile hit by high diamond and metal prices
Diamond prices have been going up, and Blue Nile is feeling the pinch. The online…
DemandTec reports that shelf prices for food will rise “moderately”
DemandTec (DMAN) sells software to help companies optimize the pricing of their products. The company…
GE warns higher rare earth prices may impact pricing for lighting products
First Seagate warned that higher rare earth prices are squeezing margins on hard disks. Now,…
Seagate warns that its margins are being hit by a “bubble” in rare earth prices
Hard disk manufacturer Seagate Technology reported earnings last night (July 20) and indicated that margins…
Education at California’s public universities gets more expensive again – UC has doubled in six years
For the second time in a year, University of California (UC) Regents voted in a…
Bullard recommends targeting monetary policy at headline, not core, inflation
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis just published an article written by James Bullard,…
Changing the measure of inflation to generate more government revenue
I read a short article in Planet Money that reminded me why I tend not…
Bacon prices expected to soon hit $6/pound
Retail bacon prices were $4.77 per pound in May and are expected to hit $6…