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POSTED: November 3, 2011
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Consumer spending in the U.S. accelerated in
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POSTED: November 3, 2011
Attendees
at SAF Congressional Action Days will get a double helping of
election-year politics. Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna
Brazile and former Bush White House press secretary Dana Perino headline
the March 19-20 event's Kick-Off breakfast, pairing up to offer
perspectives
from opposite sides of the aisle during the program Point/Counterpoint:
Hot Button Issues of Election 2012.
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POSTED: November 3, 2011
Whipping
up 15 arrangements with less than a week's notice is nothing out of the
ordinary for most florists — except when the client is hosting the
first lady, that is, and the Secret Service requires background checks
and approvals of your staff.
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POSTED: November 3, 2011
Seasonal monsoons in southeast Asia, which started three months ago, have caused widespread flooding
in Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, resulting in the
deaths of more than 300 people, forcing more than 100,000 to evacuate
their homes and disrupting industrial and agricultural production,
including flowers.
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POSTED: February 24, 2011
Four
floriculture representatives resigned from committees to develop a
national agricultural sustainability standard for the American National
Standard Institute (ANSI), echoing complaints of “unrealistic goals” and
“inadequate input from actual producers” that 10 agriculture
representatives cited in their resignation letter last October.
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