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MID-DAY UPDATE: Corn prices hit a two-year high — what’s that mean for you and me?

Bill Radke Oct 12, 2010
News In Brief

MID-DAY UPDATE: Corn prices hit a two-year high — what’s that mean for you and me?

Bill Radke Oct 12, 2010

Corn futures have been climbing ever since the government predicted a light crop. You’ll feel that at the grocery store… and at the gas pump.

Google is investing in an estimated $5 billion power transmission system off the East Coast, with the goal of carrying energy from future offshore wind turbines to millions of Mid-Atlantic homes.

The pharmacy benefits company Express Scripts has rolled out a new program to predict who might stop taking their medicines, and contact them.

And, some Maryland voters are deciding whether to allow construction of a casino next to a mall.

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