livable wages, not just minimum wage...if In-N-Out Burger can pay $10.00 per hour to a high schooler getting his first job, what is the excuse for McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King, etc... They could but they do not want too

McD was founded in 1940 and today has a revenue of 24 Billion USD
InNOut was founded in 1948 and today has a revenue of 565 Million USD.

McD exists in 119 countries.
InNOut exists only in the Western United States.

If you were a shareholder and you had a choice, would you like to grow - like McD or like InNOut.

And the submitter gave up right while copying the name of the kid from the article to slashdot.
"Shouryya Ray" became "Shouryya Ra" and samzenpus also let it through without any corrections.

http://naturalsociety.com/monsanto-bee-collapse-buys-bee-research-firm/

They bought out the research firm which said they were responsible for the bee population Disorder. That should fix it, right?

Do not apply American sensibilities to everything in the world.

Fuck man - this is as ridiculous a patent as the round corners one from Apple.

It's 250% only on companies which will start selling to US newly. Existing companies will pay only 31% tariff.

2012 - 5 blades on 1 razor
2013 - 6 blades on 1 razor
2014 - 7 blades on 1 razor
2015 - 8 blades on 1 razor
etc.

http://xkcd.com/644/

May be they all just hold it wrong in Australia.

If Americans did these kinds of calculations, buying cellphones subsidized by carriers wouldn't be the norm in the USA.