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Cadbury's answers concerns about its Cocoa Partnership
We were a little sceptical earlier today when we reported on Cadburys Cocoa Partnership.
Were pleased to say Cadbury answered our concerns - which is the first good sign as difficult questions can often go unanswered.
So, we wanted to know why Cadbury aimed to help farmers increase their incomes by increasing and improving their yields - why not go down the Fairtrade route?
A spokesperson for Cadbury told us this:
The first thing to say is that we share the aims of Fairtrade - increasing the economic and social well-being of farmers and farming communities. Our approach is a little different; we aim to reach all 720,000 farmers in Ghana, some of whom do not have access to the infrastructure and cooperatives required in the Fairtrade model. More>>
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Mohsen Allam/Egypt Today
SEX: ITS WHAT Dr. Heba Qutb is all about. One of a handful of Egyptian sex therapists, Qutb has become a household name from her constant appearances on satellite television after Hala Sarhan (then-Dream TVs famously mischievous talk show host) kick started the rage for TV talks about sex nearly two years ago with a long discourse on the joys and pitfalls of masturbation. If youve never seen Qutb on your living room screen, little can prepare you for the first time you catch her show: The diminutive thirty-something looks more like the mom whose kids you take home in the carpool than a sex expert. . More>>
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Markets rebound in choppy session
Stocks staged a broad, late rally Wednesday ahead of the start of fourth-quarter earnings season with Alcoa Inc.'s report after the closing bell. The Nasdaq composite index showed its first gain in nine sessions, and the Dow Jones industrial average gained more 200 points in the day's final 90 minutes and finished up nearly 150 points.
The rebound Wednesday wasn't large enough to pull the Dow from the realm of a correction, which is a 10 percent drop from a recent high. The blue-chip index is still off 10.1 percent from its Oct. 9 high. The S&P 500 is now down 9.97 percent from its high.
Investors moved into health care and staples, sectors seen as resistant to economic weakness. Technology, however, wasn't one of those sectors.
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