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In a lawsuit filed in February, plaintiffs have challenged a Minnesota grant program for women and minority farmers, seats set aside for minorities on a Louisiana medical board and an Alabama real estate board. Advertisement The Oregon attorney general’s office, which is defending the rebate program, did not respond to a request for comment. In the past, courts typically upheld government affirmative action programs on the grounds that society has an interest in remedying past and ongoing discrimination.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

A Pentagon report denies government cover-up of extraterrestrial activity. The report refutes claims of UFO sightings and supposed knowledge of alien existence. You can opt-out at any time.
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2 years ago Read more at Business Insider

In this article, we define cash burn as its annual (negative) free cash flow, which is the amount of money a company spends each year to fund its growth. In our view, Onconova Therapeutics doesn't yet produce significant amounts of operating revenue, since it reported just US$226k in the last twelve months. We think shareholders should be extremely attentive to how the company is using its cash, as the cash burn makes us uncomfortable.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

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2 years ago Read more at Independent Record

Mexico’s Chamber of Business Owners (Coparmex) shows more than half of its members in the region were victims of crime last year. Fifty-four percent of them said they’ve suffered losses due to stolen merchandise, lost shipments or extortion. Coparmex says its survey shows a 4.3% increase in attempts to stay in business without reprisals.
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2 years ago Read more at WWTI - InformNNY.com

Carolina Hurricanes have made the playoffs for five straight springs and finished first in their division in each of the last three seasons. In fact, though the Hurricanes made the Eastern Conference finals twice in the most recent half-decade they were swept out each time in four straight games. That was surely playing into GM Don Waddell's decision to make two significant deals for imminent unrestricted free agents.
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2 years ago Read more at Bleacher Report

Natalie Yahr writes about challenges facing workers, entrepreneurs and job seekers. Before moving to Madison in 2018, she trained as a Spanish-English interpreter.
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2 years ago Read more at The Capital Times

EN Donuts, located at 1692 Knox Ave., has been a labor of love for Tina Kea and Nat Lim. The shop, named for their two kids — the “E” and the “N” being their first initials — is rooted in family. Kea, originally from Cambodia, said she wanted the shop for her parents.
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2 years ago Read more at The Post and Courier

For corn, the spring price used in revenue protection guarantees is $4.66 per bushel. For spring wheat, it's $6.85. You can read more on what that means for risk management plans here: https://www.dtnpf.com/.
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2 years ago Read more at DTN The Progressive Farmer

Simple Stitches, 112 N. Second St., in downtown Rockford. It marks its grand opening on Saturday, March 9, 2024. The family-owned business is growing into its first brick-and-mortar storefront after Paige and Eric Haefke operated it from home for the past six years.
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2 years ago Read more at Rock River Current