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Devastating disease a threat to citrus worldwide

BY JOYCE LOBECK, SUN STAFF WRITER

A citrus pest that carries a devastating new disease hasn't arrived in Yuma County yet, but it's likely only a matter of time, those in the industry fear. And it could very well make its first appearance in someone's backyard. That's...

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Crop of the Week: Sweet sorghum

BY KURT NOLTE, UA AG AGENT

• Food, feed and fuel are three of the necessities of life but it is not often that all three requirements can be provided by one crop. Sweet sorghum not only provides grain for human consumption and stalks and leaves for fodder, but it is...

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Yuma's Pepsi plant a finalist for award

BY JOYCE LOBECK, SUN STAFF WRITER

Lane Affiliated Companies Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Yuma was recognized by Pepsi-Cola North America as one of four finalists for the 2007 Donald M. Kendall Bottler of the Year Award. Named for PepsiCo's former chairman and founder, it is the...

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Market News

Stocks plunge anew as data points to recession

NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors agonizing over a faltering economy sent the stock market plunging all over again Wednesday after a stream of disheartening data convinced Wall Street that a recession, if not already here, is inevitable. The market's despair propelled the Dow Jones industrials down 733 points to their second-largest point loss ever, and the major indexes all lost at least 7 percent....

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Coke, Intel are big movers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:...

Investors face more uncertainty as bailout widens

NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors agonizing over whether the stock market is bottoming out or about to extend its precipitous decline face more uncertainty this week as they await action on the government's rapidly expanding effort to pull the financial system from the brink....