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Cocoa Beach spring break madness mollified - Florida Today

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Cocoa Beach spring break madness mollified Florida Today Cocoa Beach officials are looking for ways to control spring break partying, especially off Minutemen Causeway. / Craig Rubadoux/FLORIDA TODAY COCOA BEACH — Hoping to stem the tide of alcohol-fueled disorderly beachgoers, a city commissioner is ... Cocoa Beach proposal targets rowdy beachgoers, not boozeWKMG Orlando Cocoa Beach To Consider Banning Alcohol on Beaches TonightBrevard Times Proposed Alcohol Ban On Brevard Beach Causing OutrageWESH Orlando all 13 news articles »

Battling Child Labor in Cocoa and Cotton Fields - NL-Aid

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Battling Child Labor in Cocoa and Cotton Fields NL-Aid Two massive consumer industries that continuously profit off the backs of child laborers are the cocoa/chocolate, and cotton/garment industries. Rather than learning and dreaming of a brighter future in classrooms where they belong, thousands of ... EU Parliament to fight child labour in cocoa plantations in AfricaAfrican Manager all 3 news articles »

Cocoa Use to Exceed Supply by 94000 Tons, Marex Spectron Says - BusinessWeek

Cocoa Use to Exceed Supply by 94000 Tons, Marex Spectron Says BusinessWeek 3 (Bloomberg) -- Cocoa demand will exceed supplies by 94000 metric tons in the 2011-12 season started in October, reversing a previous forecast for a surplus of 32000 tons, Marex Spectron Group said. Global cocoa production will be 3.867 million tons, ... Europe cash cocoa: Eyes on Ivory Coast auctionsReuters all 5 news articles »

SOFTS-Cocoa eases, sugar dips to two-week low - Reuters

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SOFTS-Cocoa eases, sugar dips to two-week low Reuters Low participation in Ivorian forward-sales auction * Sugar traders focused on global surplus * Macquarie sees 2012/13 c/s Brazil cane output 520 mln T (Adds trade comment) By David Brough LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Cocoa futures on ICE eased on ... Cocoa traders shun Ivory Coast auctionFinancial Times Ivorian cocoa prices rise as farmers see shortagesReuters Africa Cocoa and sugar fallBusiness Recorder (blog) Washington Post -Times LIVE -The Associated Press all 163 news articles »

New Hershey program to benefit cocoa farmers - York Daily Record

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New Hershey program to benefit cocoa farmers York Daily Record By TIM MEKEEL, Business Editor The Hershey Co. said Monday that it will spend $10 million over five years in West Africa to improve the productivity and living conditions of cocoa farmers. The initiative is expected to directly benefit 750000 cocoa ... Raising the Bar on Cocoa SourcingSupermarket News (blog) Hershey pledges $10 million to improve West African cocoa farming, fight child ...CNN (blog) Hershey to invest $10 million in Ivory CoastBusinessWeek all 12 news articles »