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Citrus growers cower as Irma advances on Florida coast

by Annie Baxter
Sep 7, 2017
With Hurricane Irma on the way, farmers from Florida on up the coast to the Carolinas are on alert. More cotton crops are threatened, and the price of orange juice futures is already up. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Property insurers report the worst first-quarter profits in more than 20 years

by Ryan Kailath
May 2, 2017
When you buy insurance for your car or your house, you and your insurance company hope you’ll never have to use it. Well, not so much in 2017. Property insurers are reporting the worst first-quarter profits in more than 20 years.  You can blame hailstorms, ice storms, tornadoes—the kind of severe weather that contributes to […]
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Climate change puts weather on fashion students' radar

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Feb 13, 2017
A warm December or chilly June can mean millions of dollars in lost sales of seasonal merchandise.
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Snowpack means hope for drought-ridden farms

by Jed Kim
Jan 4, 2017
California is the largest food producer in the U.S.
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Hurricane Hermine is already impacting Florida's economy

by Tony Wagner
Sep 1, 2016
Stores are struggling to keep supplies stocked, while restaurants feel the sting.
Murray Stokes , center, helps empty Shell Island Fish Camp of its stock ahead of the storm surge from tropical storm Hermine at the Shell Island Fish Camp on August 31, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. Saint Marks, south of Tallahassee, is under mandatory evacuations according to the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office.
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Economy ended 2015 stronger, recession danger recedes

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 25, 2016
GDP is revised upward for Q4 2015, and looks to gain momentum in 2016 from jobs, housing, and consumer spending.
GDP is seeing an uptick in the U.S.
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Temperature disparity meant big business in the 19th century

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 11, 2016
How harvesting ice became a business venture
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Snow-zilla could have been Job-zilla — but it wasn't.

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 5, 2016
Researchers from Johns Hopkins and the Fed report that bad weather had zero effect on the January Jobs Report.
A man jumps over a snow and puddle filled street two days after a massive snow storm covered the East Coast in snow on January 25, 2016 in New York City. 
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A blizzard in 1888 created the modern mayor

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 22, 2016
The role of mayors drastically changed after a storm in 1888
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Weather information is big business

by Sally Herships
Oct 28, 2015
IBM bids for data from Weather.com. Companies need this information, too.
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