>The Biotechnology Innovation Organization, which represents companies that sell genetically modified seeds, said it was “pleased” that the study found “that agricultural biotechnology has many demonstrated benefits to farmers, consumers and the environment.’’

>But Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union, which is critical of the crops, pointed to the lack of a significant increase in yield.

>“Despite industry claims, these crops are clearly not the answer...
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>A previous report by the groups, released in 2010, found that genetic engineering had provided environmental and economic benefits to American farmers.

>The new report was written by a committee of 20, almost all of them from academia. There was no one from crop biotechnology companies like Monsanto or DuPont on the committee, though some members have developed genetically engineered crops and might have been consultants to the companies.

>The committee examined more than 1,000...
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>The committee also looked at the incidence of certain diseases, in some cases comparing rates in North America, where genetically modified crops have been part of the diet since 1996, and Western Europe, where food from biotech crops is not eaten much. It said it found no evidence that the crops had contributed to an increase in the incidence of cancer, obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, autism, celiac disease or food allergies.

>The document also says the regulatory system should be tiered, with potentially riskier...
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Thank you based anon. I'm going to blame countless microaggresions on Jeremy and outright hate speech on Damien.

"There was a social gathering in the dorms and I overheard Jeremy mention that when he was over in India, it was difficult to find a public restroom. Damien said he had the same problem when he was an exchange student in China.

So what? Are they suggesting that people who defecate in private are somehow better than everyone else? This is Western privilege at its worst."

Oh look more /pol/ bait. That's so rare on /news/.

>>41443

R9K ?

Where do I get panda suit? Also why do panda bomber threads keep getting deleted?

What was on the drive?

>The sheer amount of stock market wealth erased by Apple is staggering as measured by:

>* Exceeding market losses at Enron. The Texas-based energy firm, which once was also a darling with many professional and individual investors, was worth $60 billion at the end of 2000 before it imploded following an accounting scandal and stock investors were wiped out, according to research from Harvard Business School professors Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu. That means Apple investors have lost four times more in paper losses...
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>* Ranking among biggest wealth destroyers. The $240 billion lost on Apple makes it the fourth largest market value loss among current members of the Standard & Poor's 500 from their all-time highs to now, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Global. Cisco Systems (CSCO)'s $419 billion loss from its dot-com bubble top on March 27, 2000 remains the largest amount lost. But Apple's loss even exceeds that on Exxon Mobil (XOM), which has taken a hit from the implosion of oil prices. Shares of Exxon are only down 13%, or $71 billion, from its all-time high in July 2014.

>* Depressing the Dow. Apple has been an unwelcome drag on the Dow Jones industrial average ever since it was added March 19, 2015. During that time, Apple has dropped 26% while the company it replaced, AT&T (T) has jumped 16%. Apple's anchor is a big reason why the Dow is down more than 2% since March 2015, with the stock accounting for about a fourth of the Dow's point loss since joining the average.

>* Recalling past bubbles. It's difficult to compare the Apple implosion with other manias since it's one company while the Internet bubble was characterized by hundreds. But the amount of money lost on Apple’s stock is 20% of the $1.4 trillion value of the Internet bubble near its peak, measured by the USA TODAY Internet 100 on March 2000 of the 83 members with valid historical data. It's important to note that unlike many Internet companies, Apple is highly profitable unlike many dot-coms which imploded. Apple reported a profit of more than $50 billion over the past 12 months.

>Investors can't deny the size of the losses, but many analysts insist it's an opportunity not the start of something worse. The average analyst thinks Apple's stock will be trading for $124 a share in 18 months, which is 31% potential upside. "Its not the first time (Apple stock has) been this inexpensive relative to near-term earnings," McCourt says. "When this last occurred, the optimists were duly rewarded."

>LARGEST MARKET VALUE DECLINES FROM ALL-TIME HIGHS*

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Flight from Paris to Cairo vanished over Mediterranean south of Turkey

>>45295

Disappearing over the ocean is never a good sign.

>>45297
Early reports suggests terrorism but could just be CNN scare bait

>>45368
Hmm working for me! Also it looks like spidrman fixed those few formerly broken RSS links.

All hail Lord Spidrman, The KING of /news/.

>>45370
Not for me. I just don't know what the issue is.
Are you in the US?

>>45371
Not the anon you replied to but it works for me and im on mobile in us

>>45443
Build

not giving free clicks.

>>45449
Breed

>>43869
You might ask spidr Anon what sites he uses

>>43869
this is really retarded and most things are biased on the site. it essentially youtube but for "news"

>>43869
Try this:
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Current+Affairs/War+&+Terrorism/Military+%28World%29

I know it's nonsense of my behalf but I truly hope the degenerates that do indulge transgenderism rape some girls.

They're proven degenerates. It's not a matter of opinion - go browse any MtF thread on /lgbt/, they're not sensible humans - hell, they're barely human.

I'm just glad I don't have a daughter.

Good
forcing men to go to the women's restroom was retarded as fuck

Obama doesn't give a shit about the country tbh. It's about how many times he can get into the history books

>/x/

kys

Wow, great story. Interesting stuff.

The Maroon reported that Mason has said the university is barred from considering “political questions when making institutional decisions” – such as a contractor’s prison ties – because of its Kalven Report, a nearly 50-year-old document that pledges the university to “free inquiry” and “a diversity of viewpoints.”

The university chose Bon Appetit last month after a competitive bidding process, but did not cite Aramark’s prison service as a reason for dumping that company just halfway through its 10-year contract, the Maroon reported.


The...
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"Prison slavery" is something I believe in that needs change, but college protesting puts such a bad taste in my mouth thanks to social media warping the idea of activism into attention whoring.

>>45179
They got dropped because Aramark is a shitty company. I mean think about it, the slop they serve at some prisons is laughable, so would you really want to risk OKing those same meals at a college? College is already a prison in some respects, so they should at least make the food above average.

My college food was great early on, then nosedived and you could see the effect it had on the students. Flunking (or even doing well on) a test and then eating a shitty meal kills morale, which young and emotional students...
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I don't know how this will strain small businesses, or corporations on the small side. Every small local business I worked for was willing to pay overtime. It is the corporate giants I've worked for that restrict hours and force salary managers to work 50-60 hours a week at no additional pay. As in zero pay, not even overtime.

>>45176
Yeah. Sadly I don't think this change will do much, but it might push people to work at smaller businesses. That's always a plus.

>>45201
>>45176
It probably won't affect the most-visible small businesses that you're thinking of because the workers in question are more-lucratively-paid anyway - they're lower middle class. We're not talking about a minimum wage errand boy at the doughnut shop.

I would suspect the most likely-to-be-affected small businesses are smalltime contractors that require skilled professionals, like a local land survey business which would make use of professional...
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Money, how does that work?

>>45068
it makes no sense that students and their parents pay higher interest rates for college than they pay for car loans or housing mortgages

>>45077
What does the borrower of a student loan offer the lender as collateral?

Auto loans and mortgages have a large capital good to be repossessed.

That's the most British insult I've ever heard.

I'd recommend the Chinese not be so rude next time. Honestly, I don't know why people are getting so worked up about it, the Queen is very politically savvy but making a small comment at a garden party is not going to destroy international relations.

>>44038
She said their state apointed diplomat was rude in a particular instance. She wasn't saying all Chinese are rude.

>>43327
i think it's okay to discriminate based off what people think. this is why some people are in prison. because they think wrong

>>43330

So you have to think a certain way?

>>43333
yes. what you think can be horribly wrong. thinking wrong is what enables people to murder, rape, and steal. We all have the ability to control our thoughts. The people who do not control their thoughts are controlled by their desires. They are not good people and can be discriminated against freely