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Energy firm warns of bill increases
2013-07-16 01:01:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Household energy bills are likely to rise 100 a year more than the government projects, says energy firm RWE Npower.
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House Narrowly Passes Farm Bill minus Nutrition Title
2013-07-15 21:31:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC The House of Representatives narrowly passed the 2013 five-year farm bill that excluded the nutrition title. This action abandoned four decades of farm bill precedent of combining farm and nutrition programs, established in 1973. As a result, the bill passed on a vote of 216-208 with 12 Republicans and all 196 Democrats voting against the bill. The bill also repeals permanent law (1949 and 1938 agricultural acts) and replaces it with the 2013 bill. This is a major concern to a number of agricultural groups because permanent law is the mechanism that has forced Congress in the past to pass a new farm bill and not revert back to the 1949 act. read more
Bill Gates says Microsoft Bob will make a comeback
2013-07-15 20:57:06| CNET News.com
Speaking Monday at the Microsoft Research event, the chairman said Microsoft Bob didn't get it right, but he thinks the personal assistant feature will reemerge with a bit more sophistication. [Read more]
NCBA Generally Pleased With Houses "Farm-Only" Farm Bill
2013-07-15 02:06:00| Beef
Beef Producer Following House passage of a "farm-only" farm bill Thursday, National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) President Scott George noted that overall, provisions in the bill could benefit beef producers. read more
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Unprecedented Vote Erodes Historic Bipartisan Farm Bill Support
2013-07-15 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The US House of Representatives passed H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 on Thursday, 11 July.
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