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Apple iPhone output boost. Why now?

Investors are cheering the news that Apple Inc is increasing the output for its next lineup of iPhones. While it may seem like a positive signal for future demand, reality is a bit more complicated. Bloomberg News reported that Apple has told its suppliers to make as many as 90 million next-generation iPhones for its initial run, a figure that ...

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Organic farming needs to protect nature

Sustainable agriculture is having its political moment. The Biden administration deserves credit for being the first to recognise that food system reforms can go a long way toward solving the climate crisis. Yet for all its big-picture vision, some critical details are getting overlooked. A big one is a loophole within the USDA’s National Organic Program that undermines its mission ...

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Haiti can rebuild its economy. Here’s how

After the assassination of its president, Haiti is once again in danger of spiraling into political chaos. The country’s chronic dysfunction is both a result and a cause of its chronic poverty. What it needs is to focus on economic growth — and to do that, Haiti should copy its more successful neighbors like Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. Right ...

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