“Today, they have sold their first commercial machine to a farmer in France. The three-row version can replace 70 to 80 human pickers.”
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43813284
“A Colorado woman is facing a $500 fine from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for saving a free apple she received as a snack from Delta Air Lines on her way back to the United States from Paris, France.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/04/22/woman-fined-500-for-saving-free-delta-air-lines-snack.html
“The legions of do-gooders who want to compel you and others to eat just what they think you should eat are—despite their persistence—failing miserably at their jobs.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/17/people-will-eat-what-they-want-not-what
“Companies such as Constellation Brands — owners of the beers Corona and Modelo — have decided to invest millions in the legal marijuana industry rather considering it a risk to their business.”
“This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/a-beer-war-is-brewing-in-maryland/
“At least 13 companies, most recently 7-Eleven, have settled with the Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) after its 2010 lawsuit, and promised to add warnings to served coffee, CNN reports. The suit asks for the warning to say this is a ‘chemical known to cause cancer’ or ‘chemical that causes cancer’ in a label at least 10 inches by 10 inches in the establishment.”
“A kind and loving local chef woke up Tuesday morning to a dozen cops and health department officials raiding his home. Khemuel ‘Chef’ Sanders had his business shut down, all of his equipment stolen by the state, and his life ruined because he made food in his home to give to the homeless.”
“Earning a small wage is better than earning nothing at all due to unemployment. It’s easy to vilify restaurants and other companies when they respond to higher costs with layoffs. But it’s important to place the blame where it belongs. In this case, it’s bad policy.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/guess-why-hundreds-of-bus-boys-just-lost-their-jobs/
“In August 2013, men with bulldozers arrived in Tru-du-Nord, Haiti, to confiscate land for their government’s vision of growth in the region — organic bananas. There have been zero banana exports since July 6, 2016. The Haitian government has failed to maintain the property, and it is a wasteland.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/haiti-needs-capitalism-not-more-central-planning/
“A former personal assistant to Goldman Sachs co-president David Solomon has been indicted in federal court for allegedly taking hundreds of bottles of wine worth an estimated $1.2 million from his boss’ Manhattan cellar, and reselling them. One of his tasks was accepting wine deliveries at the finance executive’s Manhattan apartment, and then transporting them to Solomon’s East Hamptons house. According to the indictment, for a period of at least two years, De-Meyer sold hundreds of the bottles to an unnamed wine dealer based in North Carolina.”