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Japan Disaster Shows up Flaws in ‘Just-in-time’ Production

Just over a week after the massive earthquake hit the sprawling Texas Instruments chip plant here, a gardener is reworking the Japanese garden in an inner courtyard of the office tower attached to the plant. The garden is a symbol …

UN’s FAO Notes Climate Change, Biofuels Threaten Food Security

Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could boost global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United Nations said. High and volatile food prices are a growing global concern, …