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A new test developed by a unit of biotech company Life Technologies has shown success in quickly pinpointing the strain of E. coli involved in a European outbreak that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 2,400 worldwide.
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Chicken wing prices have spiked, making this year's Super Bowl parties more expensive than last year.
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It's the battle of the beers in the Super Bowl team hometowns. And dreams do come true, Jimmy: A land where beer is cheaper than water!
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With chicken prices up 6 percent, expect wings for the Super Bowl party to cost even more this year.
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Say it ain't so! With costs on the rise, Trader Joe's Charles Shaw brand has to make some tough choices.
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Christina Cheddar Berk is editor of CNBC.com's Consumer Nation and chief trend spotter.
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Since March 2011, Reagan has been general assignment reporter for CNBC’s business day programming.
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The struggling department store chain this week is rolling out some of the hundreds of sales it ditched last year in hopes of luring back shoppers who were turned off when the discounts disappeared.
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Barnes & Noble expects to shut down as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade, an executive told The Wall Street Journal.
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Toyota Motors regained the crown as the world's top selling automaker, outpacing rivals General Motors and Volkswagen.