Unsurprisingly, Apple Will Not Release the iPad 3 at Macworld

LoopInsight?s Jim Dalrymple weighs in on the questionable rumor that Apple would introduce the iPad 3 at the 2012 Macworld|iWorld conference in January. Dalrymple says plainly:I checked with a number of my sources today and an iPad 3 is not planned for release at Macworld. in case you?re wondering, an iPad 3 won?t be released at CES either.

He also goes on to say that Apple won?t be releasing a new TV during each of those shows either. Dalrymple?s information has been shown to be reliable in the past.

As we noted in the earlier article, Apple officially withdrew from Macworld in 2008, citing the diminishing importance of trade shows in their business. Digitimes? claim that Apple would again play a part in the show was met with pretty universal skepticism.

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Bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn (AP)

One of the nation's most widely planted crops ? a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide ? may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing resistance more quickly than scientists expected.

The U.S. food supply is not in any immediate danger because the problem remains isolated. But scientists fear potentially risky farming practices could be blunting the hybrid's sophisticated weaponry.

When it was introduced in 2003, so-called Bt corn seemed like the answer to farmers' dreams: It would allow growers to bring in bountiful harvests using fewer chemicals because the corn naturally produces a toxin that poisons western corn rootworms. The hybrid was such a swift success that it and similar varieties now account for 65 percent of all U.S. corn acres ? grain that ends up in thousands of everyday foods such as cereal, sweeteners and cooking oil.

But over the last few summers, rootworms have feasted on the roots of Bt corn in parts of four Midwestern states, suggesting that some of the insects are becoming resistant to the crop's pest-fighting powers.

Scientists say the problem could be partly the result of farmers who've planted Bt corn year after year in the same fields.

Most farmers rotate corn with other crops in a practice long used to curb the spread of pests, but some have abandoned rotation because they need extra grain for livestock or because they have grain contracts with ethanol producers. Other farmers have eschewed the practice to cash in on high corn prices, which hit a record in June.

"Right now, quite frankly, it's very profitable to grow corn," said Michael Gray, a University of Illinois crop sciences professor who's tracking Bt corn damage in that state.

A scientist recently sounded an alarm throughout the biotech industry when he published findings concluding that rootworms in a handful of Bt cornfields in Iowa had evolved an ability to survive the corn's formidable defenses.

Similar crop damage has been seen in parts of Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska, but researchers are still investigating whether rootworms capable of surviving the Bt toxin were the cause.

University of Minnesota entomologist Kenneth Ostlie said the severity of rootworm damage to Bt fields in Minnesota has eased since the problem surfaced in 2009. Yet reports of damage have become more widespread, and he fears resistance could be spreading undetected because the damage rootworms inflict often isn't apparent.

Without strong winds, wet soil or both, plants can be damaged at the roots but remain upright, concealing the problem. He said the damage he observed in Minnesota came to light only because storms in 2009 toppled corn plants with damaged roots.

"The analogy I often use with growers is that we're looking at an iceberg and all we see is the tip of the problem," Ostlie said. "And it's a little bit like looking at an iceberg through fog because the only time we know we have a problem is when we get the right weather conditions."

Seed maker Monsanto Co. created the Bt strain by splicing a gene from a common soil organism called Bacillus thuringiensis into the plant. The natural insecticide it makes is considered harmless to people and livestock.

Scientists always expected rootworms to develop some resistance to the toxin produced by that gene. But the worrisome signs of possible resistance have emerged sooner than many expected.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently chided Monsanto, declaring in a Nov. 22 report that it wasn't doing enough to monitor suspected resistance among rootworm populations. The report urged a tougher approach, including expanding monitoring efforts to a total of seven states, including Colorado, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The agency also wanted to ensure farmers in areas of concern begin using insecticides and other methods to combat possible resistance.

Monsanto insists there's no conclusive proof that rootworms have become immune to the crop, but the company said it regards the situation seriously and has been taking steps that are "directly in line" with federal recommendations.

Some scientists fear it could already be too late to prevent the rise of resistance, in large part because of the way some farmers have been planting the crop.

They point to two factors: farmers who have abandoned crop rotation and others have neglected to plant non-Bt corn within Bt fields or in surrounding fields as a way to create a "refuge" for non-resistant rootworms in the hope they will mate with resistant rootworms and dilute their genes.

Experts worry that the actions of a few farmers could jeopardize an innovation that has significantly reduced pesticide use and saved growers billions of dollars in lost yields and chemical-control costs.

"This is a public good that should be protected for future generations and not squandered too quickly," said Gregory Jaffe, biotechnology director at the Center for Science and Public Policy.

Iowa State University entomologist Aaron Gassmann published research in July concluding that resistance had arisen among rootworms he collected in four Iowa fields. Those fields had been planted for three to six straight years with Bt corn ? a practice that ensured any resistant rootworms could lay their eggs in an area that would offer plenty of food for the next generation.

For now, the rootworm resistance in Iowa appears isolated, but Gassmann said that could change if farmers don't quickly take action. For one, the rootworm larvae grow into adult beetles that can fly, meaning resistant beetles could easily spread to new areas.

"I think this provides an important early warning," Gassmann said.

Besides rotating crops, farmers can also fight resistance by switching between Bt corn varieties, which produce different toxins, or planting newer varieties with multiple toxins. They can also treat damaged fields with insecticides to kill any resistant rootworms ? or employ a combination of all those approaches.

The EPA requires growers to devote 20 percent of their fields to non-Bt corn. After the crop was released in 2003, nine out of 10 farmers met that standard. Now it's only seven or eight, Jaffe said.

Seed companies are supposed to cut off farmers with a record of violating the planting rules, which are specified in seed-purchasing contracts. To improve compliance, companies are now introducing blends that have ordinary seed premixed with Bt seed.

Brian Schaumburg, who farms 1,400 acres near the north-central Illinois town of Chenoa, plants as much Bt corn as he can every spring.

But Schaumburg said he shifts his planting strategies every year ? varying which Bt corn hybrids he plants and using pesticides when needed ? to reduce the chances rootworm resistance might emerge in his fields.

Schaumburg said he always plants the required refuge fields and believes very few farmers defy the rule. Those who do put the valuable crop at risk, he said.

"If we don't do it right, we could lose these good tools," Schaumberg said.

If rootworms do become resistant to Bt corn, it "could become the most economically damaging example of insect resistance to a genetically modified crop in the U.S.," said Bruce Tabashnik, an entomologist at the University of Arizona. "It's a pest of great economic significance ? a billion-dollar pest."

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Wall Street closes trading day flat

By Reuters

U.S. stocks closed flat Tuesday after strong consumer confidence data, but the?minimal gains were seen as transient in a volatile market after a 5 percent rally over the past four trading sessions.

The S&P 500 turned positive for the year on Friday, with improving economic data helping to boost equities. The gains, which lifted the benchmark index above its 200-day moving average, were amplified by the light pre-holiday trading.

In the latest economic data, consumer confidence rose more than expected in December, hitting an eight-month high, as Americans grew more upbeat about the labor market and their financial situations.

"Once again, the report seems to be heading in the right direction," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co in New York.

Especially, the improvement in sentiment about the job market "continues to support the theory that the labor market is undergoing a healthy rebound."

In company news, Sears Holdings Corp slid 24.4 percent to $34.68 to its lowest in nearly three years. The retailer plans to close 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears stores and said fourth-quarter earnings would fall by more than half from a year ago.

The outlook from Sears dragged on other retailers. JC Penney shares fell 1 percent to $35.33, while Morgan Stanley's retail index slipped 0.5 percent. Sears' stock fell to its lowest since March 2009.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.27 points, or 0.02 percent, at 12,291.73. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up?0.14 points, or 0.01 percent, at 1,265.47. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up?6.56 points, or 0.25 percent, at 2,625.20.

For the year, the Dow is up 6.3 percent and the Nasdaq is down 0.8 percent. The S&P's performance is turning out to be the flattest in more than 40 years. The index is up less than 1 percent, which is its smallest move in either direction since 1970.

Equity markets often benefit from seasonal strength into the end of the year -- a phenomenon known as the "Santa Claus rally." The last five days of the year and the first two of January have produced an average 1.6 percent gain for the S&P 500 since 1969, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac.

However, investors have warned about reading too much into the year-end rally. They warn that the outlook for the year ahead is still murky with many of the same problems that dogged markets in 2011 still unresolved.

"Lest anyone get too excited, this relatively constructive outlook heading into 2012 represents only a brief reprieve from elevated equity volatility," said Jim Strugger, a derivatives strategist at MKM Partners in a note.

The CBOE Volatility Index VIX, Wall Street's so-called fear gauge, shot up 5.5 percent to 21.87, but traders said the gains were mostly technical after traders adjusted their positions ahead of the three-day holiday.

"Now that we are back, market makers are raising volatility, putting premiums into the VIX cash. January futures are in at around $25.50. We are seeing the holiday effect," said Jamie Tyrrell at Group 1 Trading in Chicago.

U.S. single-family home prices fell slightly more than expected in October, according to S&P/Case-Shiller data, coming after better-than-expected data on the sector last week.

MetLife Inc, the largest U.S. life insurer, will sell about $7.5 billion worth of deposits in its MetLife Bank to a General Electric Co unit as it looks to exit the banking business. MetLife rose 1.3 percent to $31.49 while GE lost 0.7 percent at $18.10.

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Iranian exiles in Iraq agree to move camps (AP)

BAGHDAD ? The head of an Iranian exile group holed up at a camp in Iraq said Wednesday that the first of the camp's residents are ready to move to a new location picked by the Iraqi government, solving a potential crisis.

The announcement Wednesday by Maryam Rajavi, the Paris-based leader of the group, averted what could have been a bloody showdown with Iraqi authorities if the residents had refused to move.

"After receiving assurances ... and as a sign of goodwill, 400 Ashraf residents are ready to go to Camp Liberty with their moveable property and vehicles at first opportunity," read the statement. Camp Liberty is the former American military base in Baghdad that has been chosen as the group's new home.

The agreement comes as militants this week twice tried to target the camp with rockets. No one was injured.

The Iraqi government vowed to close Camp Ashraf, home to about 3,400 Iranian exiles, by the end of this year. The exiles, members of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, one-time allies of Saddam Hussein in a common fight against Iran, favor the overthrow of the Iranian government.

But since the ouster of Saddam they have become an irritant to an Iraqi government that is trying to establish good ties with Iran and sees the group as an affront to Iraqi sovereignty. At least 34 people were killed in April during an Iraqi government raid on the camp.

The United Nations on Sunday announced an agreement to move the residents of Camp Ashraf to a temporary location, but until Wednesday, the exiles had not said whether they would go.

Rajavi said 400 residents are ready to move first as a sign of goodwill. The statement made no mention of when the other residents would go, but the group's residents are believed to want to stay together. If the first move is successful and safe, it's likely the rest would be relocated soon.

"The transfer of the first group of residents is a test of the Iraqi Government's attitude in respecting obligations as professed to the U.N. and U.S.," Rajavi said.

At Camp Liberty, the U.N.'s refugee agency will interview the residents to determine their eligibility for refugee status, before they can eventually be resettled in third countries. Returning to Iran is ruled out because of their opposition to the regime.

Rajavi's statement also gave rare insight into a camp that was built during the 1980s and has largely been closed off to the outside world. The group's residents have not left the camp for years, and the little contact they have with outsiders is through the Iraqi military, visiting diplomats and aid agencies. They do have extensive communications equipment that allows them to communicate with the outside world.

The group's leader said residents had taken a piece of land in the desert and transformed it into a "modern city with their labor and extensive cost."

"It has a university, library, museum, hospital, power station, cemetery, mosque, parks, lake, sports and recreation facilities, and underground bomb shelters," she said.

The group carried out a series of bombings and assassinations against Iran's clerical regime in the 1980s and fought alongside Saddam's forces in the Iran-Iraq war. The group says it renounced violence in 2001. U.S. soldiers disarmed them during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Under the agreement outlined by the U.N., the international organization will monitor the relocation process, and then a team from the U.N.'s refugee agency will be deployed at the new location to process the refugee claims. The U.S. has said that its embassy personnel will also frequently check on the camp's residents.

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Mummers, Mayor Nutter Help Re-Open Landmark Broad Street Diner

The newly re-opened Broad Street Diner. (Credit: John McDevitt)

The newly re-opened Broad Street Diner. (Credit: John McDevitt)

By John McDevitt

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - There was a celebration on South Broad Street this morning, complete with a string band to mark the official reopening of the landmark Broad Street Diner.

Mayor Michael Nutter participated in the ribbon cutting and the re-opening of the Broad Street Diner under new ownership.

?This will be a wonderful addition to Broad Street, thanks for bringing it back to life,? Mayor Nutter said. ?Give a big big hand to Michael and his family.?

Michael Petrogiannis owns several restaurants in the Philadelphia area including the Melrose Diner, Tiffany Diner and La Varanda. He says the new Broad Street diner was completely remodeled and has delicious food and baked goods.

Reporter: ?What do you like the best??
Petrogiannis: ?The Greek omelet?.
Reporter: ?Of course you do. You?re Greek right??
Petrogiannis: ?Of course. Yes (laughs).?

Many customers say it was their old stopping grounds and they?re glad to see it back.

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Mayor Nutter cuts the ribbon outside the Broad Street Diner. (Credit: John McDevitt)

?They use to also have a jukebox, because I use to sit here and listen,? one customer said.
Reporter: ?Well, they have the Mummers did you see them??
Customer: ?Of course I did. How could I miss them??

The Broad Street Diner opened in 1964 until it closed in 2007. It reopened earlier this month.

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