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I have to admit that I only knew two things about banana’s before reading this article.
One was: Eat a banana when you get up on New Years day. Apparently they have lots of potassium to help with a hangover.
And two: Never, put your banana in..
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A California judge has dismissed two lawsuits by purported Nicaraguan banana plantation workers against Dole and other companies on grounds of fraud and attempted...
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Two men with cloaked identities testified on videotape Tuesday that they were recruited by lawyers in Nicaragua to fraudulently claim they were rendered sterile by...
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Dole Fresh Fruit Co. has accused two attorneys of recruiting clients to make false claims that a pesticide made them sterile while they worked on Nicaraguan banana...
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AP, Geneva
The World Trade Organization has ruled that the European Union’s import taxes for bananas break global commerce rules, putting some Latin American countries at an...
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AP, Geneva
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