Archive for April 24th, 2008

U.S. Gas Theft rises with Prices

NEW YORK - Reuters 
 U.S. motorists, angered by soaring gasoline prices, are resorting increasingly to theft — a trend that could worsen heading into summer driving season, a national association of fuel retailers said Thursday.
“It is getting bad. When the price of gasoline goes up, the number of drive-offs goes up,” said Dan Gilligan, president of the [...]

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Sam’s Club Stores Limits Rice Purchases, Shortage Worries

By Nicole Maestri – Reuters
NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s,  Sam’s Club warehouse division said on Wednesday it is limiting sales of several types of rice, the latest sign that fears of a rice shortage are rippling around the world.
Sam’s Club, the No. 2 U.S. warehouse club operator, said it is limiting [...]

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