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...only glimmer of good news was the projection that the wheat crop, while plentiful, will dip by 8%, to 2.38 billion bu., its lowest level in six years. That decline will occur primarily because most wheat farmers harvested 30% fewer acres than last year in return for federal subsidies. Even after this cutback in production, wheat is selling for a mere $2.90 per bu., down sharply from a high of $4.21 in early...
...DePuy Canal House, a restored wood-and-stone tavern dating from 1797. Now Novi, just back from an eating tour of Italy, plans to add new creations to his old favorites, such as a soup of kale, brisket and hominy, and fried troutlings with a sweet pepper and horseradish dip. Len Allison and Karen Hubert, who run Huberts, a superior restaurant off Gramercy Park in Manhattan, admit their debt to Novi, whom they consider the father of new American cooking...
...time. I investigated it and ultimately found it was something that I needed in general. But as I became more involved in the specifics, I became less interested in it as a guiding force in my life." Usually relying on his imagination for material, LaBute did lightly dip into his religion in 1999 for Bash: Latterday Plays, in which three people - who just happen to be Mormon - confess to heinous acts. The performances were well-received, but the church was not amused. "A bit of a falling out" led LaBute to resign his membership last year. The fuss has died...
...locust" comparison; so far, though, that hasn't been bad for business. - By Peter Gumbel Leapfrogging Rock Stars When British rockers Coldplay released the first track off their new CD last week, you could almost sense the relief at record label EMI. Chairman Eric Nicoli partly blamed a 13% dip in annual profits on the delay of the group's latest album. All the more irritating, then, that Crazy Frog's Axel F, mixing the theme tune from the Beverly Hills Cop movie with an infuriating mobile-phone ring tone - think two-stroke scooters voiced by an animated frog - outsold...
...such an economic slowdown]," says Jim Rogers, a prominent commodities investor. "But it wouldn't last." Politics can also create short-term volatility: trouble in Saudi Arabia or political instability in Venezuela, Russia or Iran would cause price fluctuations. So could speculators. Last week's $5-a-barrel price dip came thanks to profit taking in the market. "Hedge funds have been bailing out of their positions," says Bill Greehey, CEO of oil refiner Valero Energy. "You've got a lot of hot money...