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California’s drought has dried up water supplies and imposed restrictions. Yet bottled water is still being produced there.

It is wrong to call the Export-Import Bank a subsidy for US business, says the chief economist for the National Association of Manufacturers.

The major indexes were narrowly mixed at midday Thursday after erasing most of their early gains. The Nasdaq was up 0.1% while the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 were off less than 0.1% either. Volume was tracking lower. There were no clear indications that would explain a sell-off that started around 10:40 a.m. ET. But the stock market today remains jittery about the Ukraine crisis.

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The world’s water crisis is actually a real opportunity. Solving it, or at least helping out, could mean real money for the company that does it. Should you invest in water?

Volkswagen’s 5 billion euro cost-cutting plan has suffered a major setback after labor leaders forced management to axe detailed proposals drawn up by consultants at McKinsey, sources told Reuters on Thursday. …

A musician says he has a right to play his guitar in public areas—with an open case. The Christian Science Monitor reports.

Seventy percent of Americans believe illegal migrants threaten traditional U.S. beliefs and customs, according to a poll.