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December 13, 2013 0

Italy’s "Pitchfork Protests" Spread to Rome; Interior Minister Warns of "Drift Into Rebellion"

By News Desk

Reuters reports Italy’s ‘pitchfork protests,’ in fourth day, spread to Rome . Italy’s "pitchfork" protests spread to Rome on Thursday when hundreds of students clashed with police and threw firecrackers outside a university where government ministers were attending a conference. Truckers, small businessmen, the unemployed, students and low-paid workers have staged four days of rallies in cities from Turin in the north to Sicily in the south in the name of the "pitchfork" movement, originally a loosely organized group of farmers from Sicily.

December 11, 2013 0

Milk Futures Set to Double if Farm Bill Does Not Pass

By News Desk

Bloomberg reports Extension of Farm Subsidies Rebuffed by Senate Democrats An extension of U.S. agriculture subsidies to late January was rebuffed yesterday by Senate Democrats, who said they won’t pass any House plan for temporary funding before Congress breaks for the holidays.