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Believe it: Indiana is the Big Ten champ and the College Football Playoff's No. 1 seed NY TimesLoss to IU won't 'sit well' as OSU turns to CFP ESPNIndiana Football Shocks Ohio State—and the Entire Planet The Wall Street JournalIndiana wins first outright Big 10 football title since 1945 after Ohio State flubs short field goal try
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Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment NY TimesJudge blocks prosecutors' access to James Comey's lawyer's emails and data PoliticoJudge blocks access to emails seized from James Comey's lawyer The Washington PostJudge rules evidence linked to James Comey's ally is off limits to DOJ Fox News
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Carvana's wild ride: From one of the most heavily shorted stocks to S&P 500 inclusion Seeking AlphaCarvana, CRH, Comfort Systems to join S&P 500 in rebalancing Yahoo FinanceMajor used-car retailer gets set to join the S&P 500 TheStreetCarvana stock soars after S&P 500 inclusion announcement Investing.comCarvana ge
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Ohio State biffed short field goal to lose to Indiana in Big Ten Championship Game Yahoo SportsIU basks in glow of Big Ten title, CFP's top seed ESPNHow the Indiana Hoosiers shocked Ohio State in Big Ten title game Sports IllustratedIndiana wins first outright Big 10 football title since 1945 after Ohio State flubs short field
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The Supreme Court could rule as soon as this month on the validity of Trump's emergency tariffs, which could lead to big refunds for companies like Costco and Busy Baby.
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A screen of 11 off-price retailers shows Five Below with the fastest sales growth, but analysts see the most upside in Burlington Stores' stock.
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The rate of U.S. inflation stayed stuck close to 3% before the government shutdown, a long delayed report showed, adding a final piece of the puzzle before the Federal Reserve votes on whether to cut interest rates again.
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Costco is joining other companies that aren't waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's most sweeping import taxes. They're going to court to demand refunds on the tariffs they've paid.
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The Federal Reserve served up a widely expected third consecutive jumbo rate hike when it concluded its regularly scheduled two-day meeting on Wednesday. Chair Jerome Powell and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points. (A basis point equals 0.01%.)
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Although the move matched consensus expectations, a significant portion of the bond market - and plenty of traders and tacticians, for that matter - were bracing for a whopping 100 bp rate hike. Uncertainty over just how hawkish the Fed would reveal itself to be has cast a pall on equities over the preceding weeks, and so a rate hike of "only" three-quarters of a percentage point was actually met with some relief. Stocks sold off sharply when the Fed released its statement at 2 p.m. Eastern, but then drifted back into positive territory during Powell's press conference, which began a half-hour later.
Ultimately, however, the major indexes finished in the red. That's because the Fed's bottom line is that inflation is by no means under control. And while there might be ample anecdotal and emotional evidence pointing to the contrary, the economy is simply running too hot. An imbalance in supply and demand in the labor market and related strong real wage growth, snarled supply chains and a rising dollar are just some of the factors confounding monetary policymakers - not to mention corporate revenues and profit margins.
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Many farmers are facing a critical retirement decision. The traditions of yesterday are often changing, and their children may no longer want to follow in their parents' footsteps. The challenges are many. However, there are options available.
In 1971, I began my farming career at the tender age of 9 in the Skagit Valley, 60 miles north of Seattle. Crop farming was my gig; rouging spinach, sorting tulips, picking strawberries, raspberries and cucumbers alongside the migrant workers from Mexico. When I was old enough, I was driving picking machines with a dozen kids lying on boards over a conveyor belt, or driving an open tractor pulling a green pea combine while traveling about 1 mile in four hours.
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Today, at the age of 59, I realize that I've been preparing this article for 50 years. During 12-hour shifts on the open tractor, it rained, often. My family could not afford proper rain gear, so a plastic lawn bag with holes punched out for my head and arms provided quite well. Working six of these shifts every seven days gives a teenager time to reflect. That's when I decided farming was very hard and I wanted an easy office job someday!
Challenges for Farmers Today
A huge debt of gratitude is owed to the men and women who feed the world. You face unprecedented challenges:
Mother NatureInconsistent commodity prices
Lack of access to labor
Global competition with lower costs of operations
Lack of resources to compete with larger corporate farming technology
Next-generation (family) choosing a different career path
You are at an age where you need to slow down or retire completely
Potential income tax law changes
Inheritance and estat
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