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Inflation pressures ease despite food price jump

The Labor Department reported Wednesday that consumer prices edged up 0.2 percent last month, compared to a 0.3 percent rise in March. The lower inflation reflected a flat reading for energy, which helped offset a 0.9 percent jump in food costs as ...

Tackle obesity like smoking, expert says

This could include regulations that restrict how companies market “junk” food to children and requirements for schools to serve healthy meals, said Professor Boyd Swinburn, a public health researcher who works with the World Health Organization.

Stocks higher following inflation reading

The decline in prices comes despite the largest jump in food prices in 18 years. Wall Street has been concerned that higher food and energy costs are cutting into consumers’ ability to spend.

Chinese troops rush to plug cracks in dam

HANWANG, China - Chinese troops rushed to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from Dujiangyan, an earthquake-hit town, state media said Thursday. Meantime, military helicopters dropped food and medicine to earthquake survivors who ...

Cyclone victims getting bad food

YANGON, Myanmar - Many cyclone victims are getting spoiled or poor-quality food from Myanmar's junta instead of the enriched supplies being delivered by foreign governments and charities, victims and aid workers said Tuesday. A longtime foreign ...