Tag: Squeeze

Florida’s citrus growers feeling the squeeze after latest forecast

Bruises continue to be inflicted on Florida’s citrus industry, as the forecast for the nearly concluded growing season dropped further Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an updated production forecast that was 5.6 percent below projections released in April. Meanwhile, a decades-old citrus association shut its doors this week, and a major grower told […]

‘The juice wasn’t worth the squeeze’

A millennial made $225,000 secretly working two remote jobs but ultimately decided to quit one of them. The worker in the story is not pictured.xPACIFICA via Getty Images A millennial earned roughly $225,000 secretly working two full-time remote jobs. He used the extra money to buy a truck, start an Airbnb, and grow his savings. […]

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party. A decade into power, and on the cusp of securing five more years, the Modi government is reversing India’s decadeslong commitment to multiparty democracy and secularism. The […]