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The Less is More Adventure: More For Less at Trader Joe's

2 hours ago ago from wine news

I know this sounds like a commercial, but I really don’t work at Trader Joe’s and they aren’t paying me to say this.  I discovered Trader Joe’s about a year ago and I can’t believe how much money I save by shopping there. We live near Springfield, Mo and the nearest Trader Joe’s that I know of is in St, Louis.  It’s about a three and a half hour drive and we go there once a month.  The main things we buy there are pasta and wine.  ...

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12 hours ago ago from LearnVest Blog

There's no reason to turn your party into an extravagant, wallet-busting affair. We'll help you create sophisticated events for under $50 bucks. Here are some tricks to get you there: 1. Cheese And Wine. Visit your local cheese shop to get fresh cheese from their sales bin—for sometimes as low as $1. These are smaller pieces of cheese left over from the larger blocks sold at the deli counter. Then head to Trader Joe’s for plenty of ...

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Top Ten Brands to Boycott this Christmas

16 hours ago ago from Do Unto Others

While there are many Israeli and multinational companies that benefit from apartheid, we put together this list to highlight ten specific companies to target. Many of these produce goods in such a way that directly harms Palestinians — exploiting labor, developing technology for military operations, or supplying equipment for illegal settlements. Many are also the targets of boycotts for other reasons, like harming the environment and labor ...

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7 hours ago ago from Brownfield

According to the Farm Labor Survey conducted during October, the number of workers on farms in the Eastern Corn Belt states of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio during the week of October 11-17 totaled 47,000, a 24 percent increase from October 2008. The average wage paid was $11.17 per hour, hours work per week averaged 33.6, compared to 37.2 last year. Nationally, there were 1.1 million hired workers on farms, which was a 2 percent decrease ...

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Falling productivity : Need to wean off Foreign Labor...

5 hours ago ago from Diary of A Singaporean Mind

Productivity has fallen by 6 straight quarters from the last quarter of 2007. In the 1st quarter of 2009, it fell a whopping 14.7 percent. "One is the slowdown in investment in innovation and productivity measures. When the economy grows very rapidly, companies have alot of opportunities to benefit from the growth and the expansion of the economy. So the focus on productivity may be lacking behind. So it is important to refocus attention of ...

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