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The Coffee Industry Considers Its Own OPEC: CEO Daily Do we need an OPEC for coffee growers? Cartels, of course, distort the market and hurt consumers. In its heyday, OPEC diverted massive amounts of money away from everyone who drove cars to the few lucky nations sitting on oil reserves. But in the case of coffee, the money would flow downhill—to people working on coffee farms and suffering from the lowest prices in decades. It’s not an easy thing to organize. Some 30 countries sell coffee beans, and for a cartel to be effective, most would have to agree to act in unison. Any...

Trump's executive order will shake up the kidney-care industry The president ordered the US Department of Health and Human Services to develop policies for in-home kidney treatment. With the US spending billions each year to treat kidney disease, President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed new ways to address patient care and reduce the costs of treatment [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] The administration of United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday set goals to move more kidney-disease treatments into patients' homes and increase transplants while reducing US reliance on more costly dialysis clinics. Trump signed an executive order underscoring these goals, and the...

Sandvik looks to industry to identify space applications for diamond composite Sweden’s Sadvik 3D printed this diamond to help show potential customers its new diamond composite material. Credit: Sandvik This article originally appeared in the June 10, 2019 issue of SpaceNews magazine. The Swedish engineering firm Sandvik is looking for space applications for the 3D-printed diamond composite it unveiled at a recent additive manufacturing conference. “We are material experts and additive manufacturing experts,” said Anders Ohlsson, Sandvik additive manufacturing delivery manager. “When it comes to applications, we come up with ideas but we need to work together with the experts...

The next Bitcoin run is imminent: deVere CEO Bitcoin could be on the verge of the next bull run, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The prediction from Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, comes as the Bitcoin price on Wednesday broke through the $8,000 barrier against the U.S. Dollar after a period of low volatility. Mr Green observes: “Ditching its trademark volatility, Bitcoin has been stuck in no-man’s land for over a week oscillating within a $600 range. “But the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency surged to the upside...

Proudly (and Sustainably) Made in the USA—Care Skincare Launches Morning Glow Set Starting Flag Day (June 14, 2019), Care Skincare is celebrating its proudly (and sustainably) Made in the USA heritage and summer fun by placing a desktop-sized flag in all orders from June 14 to July 31.   Originally launched during Memorial Day weekend, Care Skincare also will continue to offer a 20 percent discount to all members of the active military, veterans and first responders, as well as their families throughout the summer. Qualifying members can go to this link:http://bit.ly/Military_Discount_Care, where they will receive a code after verification to take advantage of the offer (also available at @careskincare—link in bio).   Featured above is the brand’s MORNING GLOW SET (launch date:...