It's that freedom to fail that's helped make America as prosperous as she is, because it frees people to do more productive things. You may not like it that someone in India takes your customer service call, but outsourcing helps the middle class by bringing lower prices and faster service. It's hard to think of them as needy with all that land, but costs have increased faster than prices. Fred Starrh said he looks at it as "a way to maintain a viable agriculture in this country. Most of...

LONDON: It is called fair trade - a movement aimed at making sure that farmers in Asia and the rest of the developing world get a reasonable price for their products. Like consumers in other rich countries, many British consumers are interested in buying ethically-made goods and produce, with producers getting a fair price. And that's anything from the produce and the coffee where it all started to things like cotton carrier-bags and cakes and ales and those sorts of things. While fair...

At the State House, opponents of illegal immigration upset at the lack of enforcement by Washington are pushing for state laws that would force employers to verify the citizenship of prospective employees, impose criminal penalties on employers who hire illegal workers and require English as the states official language. At the State House, opponents of illegal immigration upset at the lack of enforcement by Washington are pushing for state laws that would force employers to verify the...

Prices are low to clear out many years' worth of inventory from this custom furniture manufacturer before it remodels the building and reorients the business. Fill a basket with cards for all occasions and holidays and toss in some extras -- notepads, notebooks, gift tags, place cards or designs for framing. Choose from chenilles, velvets, tapestries, jacquards, damasks, mattelasses and more; weaves and textures in prints and solids in cottons, linen blends, and rayon and cotton blends....

farmers will plant more acres of corn this year than at any time since 1944, according to new data from the U. The trend is tied to the boom in demand for ethanol, which has pushed up the price of corn. Up to twelve addresses, separated by commas. Personal message (optional, 600 characters max): Corn Farmers Hear a Call for Ethanol. Department of Agriculture. Recipient's e-mail address: While plantings of soybeans, cotton, and rice are all down, the Agriculture Department projects that 90....