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Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?

The nation’s biggest egg producer has seen rising revenues and profits. Now some Democrats are calling for an investigation into pricing practices in the industry.

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Wholesale egg prices have shot up 255 percent in the last four months, with avian influenza causing a loss of about 15 percent of the nation’s egg-laying flock in that time.

Starbucks to Lay Off 1,100 Corporate Workers

The jobs cuts, which will affect about 7 percent of the chain’s non-retail staff, are part of its new chief executive’s plan to win back customers.

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The layoffs at Starbucks will affect nearly 7 percent of the company’s 16,000 employees in non-retail roles.
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