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☆ Trump, Harris and the end of Roe all collide in closely divided battle for white women
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ali-Vitali-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Ali Vitali | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

White women are a huge voting bloc, and since 2000, the GOP presidential ticket has won a majority of them. In Galvanize Action’s June poll, when President Joe Biden was still the presumptive Democratic nominee, he and Trump were in a dead heat among white women. “What we hear from [moderate white women] is, even if I would never choose to have an abortion, this is a freedom that women that I love deserve and should be protected,” Payne said. The trend has been especially pronounced among younger white women ages 18-34. White women 35 to 54 years old remain in the GOP column, per this data, and at 55 and older, the trend line shows a toss-up between both parties.

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☆ New tech will trap CO2 from cargo ships and store it in the ocean
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The dissolved calcium carbonate then reacts with the CO2 in the water to form bicarbonate salts, locking the CO2 away. Adkins says that with a full-scale reactor, he aims to capture and store about half of a ship’s CO2 emissions. BAR Technologies/Cargill French company Airseas has developed the Seawing, which it says could help ships cut their carbon emissions by an average of 20%. A British company called Seabound, for example, makes a device that captures between 25% and 95% of a ship’s CO2 emissions. “We think that ships are actually going to be able to compete with underground CO2 storage,” he said.

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☆ Alito says he's sure Congress wanted to ban a rapid-fire gun device, but overturns the rule anyway
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThere's "little doubt," Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote, that Congress would have considered bump stocks akin to a machine gun. AdvertisementThe Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule that classified bump stocks as "machine guns." He argued it had been too broad in interpreting firearms law and that Congress never explicitly meant to ban bump stocks, challenging the law on statutory grounds, not Second Amendment protections. "A bump stock does not convert a semi-automatic rifle into a machinegun any more than a shooter with a lightning-fast trigger finger does," Thomas wrote. AdvertisementBut Alito said Congress needs to be explicit that it wants to ban bump stocks, too, by amending the law or passing a new one.

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☆ Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( John Fritze | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Bump stocks allow a shooter to convert a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire at a rate of hundreds of rounds a minute. The federal rule made possession of a bump stock a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Both the Trump and Biden administrations, as well as gun control groups, said the way bump stocks work mean they qualify as machine guns. Trump described bump stocks at the time as converting “legal weapons into illegal machines.”ATF estimated that as many as 520,000 bump stocks were sold between 2010 and 2018. “Without this ongoing manual input, a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock will not fire multiple shots.

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☆ Montana Has More Cows Than People. Why Are Locals Eating Beef From Brazil?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Susan Shain | Rebecca Stumpf | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Making It Work” is a series is about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. While many people can conjure up romantic visions of a Montana ranch — vast valleys, cold streams, snow-capped mountains — few understand what happens when the cattle leave those pastures. Even here, in a state with nearly twice as many cows as people, only around 1 percent of the beef purchased by Montana households is raised and processed locally, according to estimates from Highland Economics, a consulting firm. As is true in the rest of the country, many Montanans instead eat beef from as far away as Brazil. Any ranchers who want to break out from this system — and, say, sell their beef locally, instead of as anonymous commodities crisscrossing the country — are Davids in a swarm of Goliaths.

Persons: don’t, JBS, Tyson, Davids Organizations: Highland Economics, Tyson Foods, Cargill, Foods, Walmart, Costco Locations: Montana, Brazil

☆ Why the price of chocolate's key ingredient skyrocketed in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Christian Nunley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Chocolate's key ingredient has soared in commodities markets throughout 2024. Factors such as crop disease, El Niño, farm-gate prices and market speculation all played big roles in cocoa's historic price run-up. As the chocolate industry grapples with higher input costs, consumers are feeling the pinch, and chocolate providers are beginning to consider alternatives. The food and beverage company partnered with Voyage Foods in April to produce the alternatives. Watch the video above to learn more about the causes of this prolonged price rise, and what's next for the industry.

Persons: El, Paul, Cargill, Adam Maxwell, what's Organizations: Rabobank, Voyage Foods, Foods

☆ I ranked 12 fast-food double cheeseburgers from worst to best, and my favorite was also one of the cheapest
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I ranked double cheeseburgers from 12 different fast-food chains. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA classic double cheeseburger is a fast-food staple, but which chain has the best one? This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ 20 easy ways to make your burgers even better using things you already have in your kitchen
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Many, if not all, of these ingredients can already be found in your kitchen and pantry. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . According to a 2023 report by Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, 79% of Americans order burgers at restaurants at least once a month. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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The Major Supreme Court Cases of 2024No Supreme Court term in recent memory has featured so many cases with the potential to transform American society. In 2015, the Supreme Court limited the sweep of the statute at issue in the case, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In 2023, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked efforts to severely curb access to the pill, mifepristone, as an appeal moved forward. A series of Supreme Court decisions say that making race the predominant factor in drawing voting districts violates the Constitution. The difference matters because the Supreme Court has said that only racial gerrymandering may be challenged in federal court under the Constitution.

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☆ Eight tons of ground beef sold at Walmart locations nationwide recalled for possible E. coli contamination
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —More than 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef products were recalled by the US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday on concerns the meat may be contaminated with E. coli. The meat items, produced by Cargill Meat Solutions, were sold at Walmart retail locations across the United States. According to a recall notice from the USDA, the potentially contaminated beef was produced on April 26 and April 27. “At Walmart, the health and safety of our customers is always a top priority,” a Walmart spokesperson told CNN in a statement. Walmart customers who have purchased any affected products should throw them away or return them to the place where they were purchased, according to the agency.

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☆ The GOP's got a growing beef with lab-made meat
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I know the legislature is doing a bill to try to protect our meat — You need meat, OK? "There's nothing about cultivated meat that is a conservative or a liberal thing," said Josh Tetrick, CEO of GOOD Meat — a cultivated meat company with the largest market share of the global industry so far. Other red-state politicians are also responding to the threat to their red meat, including Alabama State Sen. Jack Williams and Tennessee State Rep. Bud Hulsey, who have supported or proposed legislation to ban cultivated meat in their states. A nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat is seen during a media presentation in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of meat created without slaughtering any animals.

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☆ Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over bump stocks and machine guns
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( John Fritze | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The Supreme Court’s conservatives pressed the Biden administration Wednesday to justify a federal ban on bump stocks, a device that can convert a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire far more rapidly. The ATF reclassified the devices as machine guns in 2018. “And through many administrations, the government took the position that these bump stocks are not machine guns.”The court’s liberals seemed more certain the devices fell within what Congress intended when it banned machine guns. “That’s exactly what bump stocks do, as the Las Vegas shooting, vividly illustrated.”Justice Samuel Alito asked the attorney representing the ban’s challenger, Michael Cargill, if he could imagine the reasons why a lawmaker might ban machine guns but not bump stocks. “Bump stocks can help people who have disabilities, who have problems with finger dexterity, people who have arthritis in their fingers.

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☆ In Fight Over Bump Stock Ban, Lawyers Take Aim at Administrative State
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Abbie Vansickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A simple device that speeds up a semiautomatic weapon’s rate of fire is at the center of a case that could cast a shadow over a government agency’s ability to regulate firearms. For Michael Cargill, a fierce defender of gun rights who sells firearms in Austin, the accessory, a bump stock, was until 2017 a niche item on the shelves of his store, Central Texas Gun Works. It mainly appealed to people who were injured or disabled, like veterans who needed support firing a gun or by “people who just wanted to have fun,” he said. But that year, a high-stakes gambler stationed on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel opened fire on a country music festival, killing 60 people and injuring hundreds. Government officials swiftly called for a ban, eliciting alarm among gun store owners like Mr. Cargill, 54, a gregarious Army veteran who said that the mugging and assault of his grandmother had shaped his views on gun control.

Persons: Michael Cargill, ”, Cargill Organizations: Central Texas Gun, Government, Army Locations: Austin, Las Vegas

☆ Supreme Court hears challenge to Trump-era ban on bump stocks in a major gun control case
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —For Michael Cargill, the thorny dispute over bump stocks is only partly about the controversial devices themselves. Responding to grisly crimes in which machine guns were used to rob banks or ambush police, lawmakers stepped in and initially required owners to register the weapons. The agency estimated that as many as 520,000 bump stocks were sold between 2010 and 2018. Bump stocks replace a semi-automatic rifle’s regular stock, the part of a gun that rests against the shoulder. “We’ll never forget the sound of the machine gun firing into the crowd that night,” Marano said.

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Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works in Austin, opposes the ban on bump stock sales. “During the Trump administration, the bump stock ban cropped up as a rather glaring example of unlawful administrative power,” Philip Hamburger, a founder of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, said in an email. Image A bump stock attaches to a semiautomatic rifle and enables it to fire at a much higher rate. In response, the Justice Department promised to review the legality of bump stocks, but A.T.F. Eventually, the full court agreed with Mr. Cargill by vote of 13 to 3, split along ideological lines.

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☆ Norfolk Southern proxy fight draws heavyweight politicians and regulatory scrutiny a year after derailment
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Norfolk Southern' has underperformed both its peers and the broader market over the last year. Norfolk Southern responded on Monday, rejecting that slate and announcing it would nominate former Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson and former U.S. For Ancora, which has a successful track record as an activist investor, the proxy fight at Norfolk Southern would be its largest ever. EdgePoint controlled 3.4 million Norfolk Southern shares as of Dec. 31, or about 1.5% of shares outstanding. Norfolk Southern has yet to set a date for the annual shareholder meeting.

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☆ 45 American families are worth more than $10 billion — and the wealthiest one is even richer than Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Forbes found that there are 45 American families with fortunes exceeding $10 billion. The Walmart founder Sam Walton's heirs are richer than Elon Musk, with a $267 billion fortune. AdvertisementThere are 45 American families worth at least $10 billion, and the richest one is wealthier than Elon Musk, Forbes says. Forbes estimates the 45 superrich families are collectively worth about $1.3 trillion, or roughly 10 times Warren Buffett's personal fortune. The descendants of John D. Rockefeller — the nation's richest man in his prime — barely made Forbes' list, with a $10.3 billion fortune.

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☆ Cultivated Meat’s Empty Promise of Revolution - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Joe Fassler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is a gleaming vision of a world just beyond the present: a world in which meat is abundant and affordable with almost no cost to the environment. Meat without killing is the central promise of what’s come to be known as cultivated meat. Between 2016 and 2022, investors poured almost $3 billion into cultivated meat and seafood companies. Two of the leading companies — Eat Just and Upside Foods, both startups — reportedly achieved billion-dollar valuations. And today, a few products that include cultivated cells have been approved for sale in Singapore, the United States and Israel.

Persons: what’s, —, Qatar Investment Authority —, Tyson, Cargill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, Richard Branson . Organizations: Qatar Investment Authority, JBS, Foods Locations: Temasek, Singapore, United States, Israel

Some are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work – or face punishment – and are sometimes paid pennies an hour or nothing at all. While prison labor seeps into the supply chains of some companies through third-party suppliers without them knowing, others buy direct. The AP reached out for comment to the companies it identified as having connections to prison labor, but most did not respond. Corrections officials and other proponents note that not all work is forced and that prison jobs save taxpayers money. They also aren’t learning skills that will help them when they are released,” said law professor Andrea Armstrong, an expert on prison labor at Loyola University New Orleans.

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For instance, the U.S. has blocked shipments of cotton coming from China, a top manufacturer of popular clothing brands, because it was produced by forced or prison labor. While prison labor seeps into the supply chains of some companies through third-party suppliers without them knowing, others buy direct. Cargill acknowledged buying goods from prison farms in Tennessee, Arkansas and Ohio, saying they constituted only a small fraction of the company’s overall volume. For instance, about a dozen state prison farms, including operations in Texas, Virginia, Kentucky and Montana, have sold more than $60 million worth of cattle since 2018. “What for?”FOLLOWING THE MONEYThe business of prison labor is so vast and convoluted that tracing the money can be challenging.

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☆ Opinion | What America’s Eating Affects Its Water Supply
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “America’s Diet Is Feeding a Groundwater Crisis” (“Uncharted Waters” series, front page, Dec. 30):The world has been making meat basically the same way for about 10,000 years, by feeding crops to animals, so that humans can eat animals. This method of meat production is inefficient, requiring vast quantities of land and water, and shifting crop production to lower-value crops for animal feed from high-value crops for human consumption. Plant-based and cultivated meat use far less land and water, and they have a host of other benefits. The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report in May documenting how these “alternative proteins” can create opportunities for farmers, jobs in the heartland, more choices for consumers and robust export markets. Like any more efficient production method, these new ways of making meat are a win-win for industry, which is why we’re seeing leadership in these sectors from major meat and food companies including ADM (Archer-Daniels-Midland), Cargill, Tyson, Nestle and JBS.

Persons: Cargill, Tyson Organizations: Strategic, International, ADM, Archer, Daniels, Nestle, JBS Locations: Midland

☆ Photographs show the dramatic transformation of San Francisco’s salt ponds
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But these shades are not mixed on a palette, they are unfiltered snapshots of San Francisco Bay’s salt ponds. Barbara BoissevainAlthough perhaps less photogenic, the shift is a positive sign, says Dave Halsing, executive project manager of the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project. Today, Cargill still operates 12,000 acres of salt ponds, capable of crystallizing half a million tons of sea salt each year. She remembers visiting the salt ponds for the first time during a science class in third grade. She started by going up in the air once a year to photograph the salt ponds.

Persons: CNN — Barbara Boissevain’s, Mark Rothko, Dunaliella, Barbara Boissevain, Dave Halsing, ”, Boissevain, “, David Maisel Organizations: CNN, Cargill, Menlo Park, Meta, Facebook, Kehrer Verlag, San Jose State University Locations: Francisco, Salt, Manhattan, Dunaliella salina, Silicon, Menlo, Ravenswood Ponds

☆ Mars, accused of using child labor in its supply chain, says it aims to end the practice
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For more than two decades, the world's largest chocolate makers have been pledging to eliminate — or at least reduce their reliance on — child labor. For its part, Mars' latest deadline to end child labor in its supply chain is 2025. The company said more than 65% of its West African cocoa supply chain has already achieved compliance. Read the full statement from Mars below:Mars unequivocally condemns the use of child labor. It has no place in our supply chain, and we are fully committed to helping to eradicate it.

Persons: Mars, Cargill Organizations: CBS News, CNBC, CBS, of Washington, Cargill, U.S, Supreme, Nestle USA, Labor, Cocoa Initiative, ICI, Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, CNBC PRO Locations: Ghana, Superior, West Africa

WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST ONEThe world has gotten hotter since last year’s conference in Egypt. Burning fossil fuels that sends carbon into the atmosphere remains the main cause of global warming, and production continues to grow. Climate campaigners say efforts to develop wind, solar and other alternative energies are not going fast enough. Global warming has vast implications: It can upend local economies, worsen weather patterns, drive people to migrate, and cause havoc for Indigenous peoples who want to retain their traditional cultures, among many other impacts. Many want to know if oil-rich Gulf states will pony up more money to help developing countries adapt to climate change and switch to greener technologies.

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☆ Exclusive: Argentina grains trade 'paralyzed' as farmers eye FX adjustment, bean shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Maximilian Heath | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

That hurts exporters who often have to bring most of their overseas sales back into the country at the official rate, getting fewer pesos for each dollar. While the government has rolled out exchange rate sweeteners for farmers, giving them a better rate, many producers are waiting to see what Milei does when he takes office. Idigoras said the lack of beans for the huge crushing plants that turn soybeans into oil and meal along the Parana River meant the facilities were operating at greatly reduced capacity. "Today we are at 73% average idle capacity in the crushing plants and 75% idle capacity in the grain ports," he said. He added that the crushing plants were bringing forward stoppages for technical maintenance due to the "impossibility" of being able to keep operating.

Persons: Marcos Brindicci, Javier Milei, CIARA, Gustavo Idigoras, Idigoras, Maximilian Heath, Adam Jourdan, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Cargill, Bunge, Thomson Locations: Rafaela, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, Parana

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