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Egg Companies Accused of Price Collusion

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Fresh-egg farmers acted together through a series of export shipments, organized by United Egg Producers, an industry cartel whose 250-plus members include virtually all of the nation's big egg producers. By removing a small fraction of eggs that would have been bound for U.S. It's in the Wall Street Journal.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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They emerged from their bloody rampage leaving fifteen adults dead, and fifteen destroyed nests with either smashed or missing eggs. The young men had severed the birds’ legs in order to remove the tags. It is a documented fact that many predatory criminals begin young and focus on the animals who can’t escape them.

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Year of the Eagle

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While these adults were not banded, it is well documented that Bald Eagles are monogamous and return to the same nest each year. It really looked like a game of tag. I didn’t get to witness such cooperation in the second year of the project, as only one egg hatched. I have no reason to doubt that’s the case here.).

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