Home sex selection kits claim you can pick your baby's sex
Chicago AP reports on at home sex selection kits sold online claiming guaranteed results for 199 plus shipping. Experts call the products unproven or "snake oil" while noting legitimate methods are IVF with MicroSort, raising ethical concerns about designer babies and gender bias.
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Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices steady to higher with varied thickness bids from 0.5 to 0.9 inch bf ranging 54.50 to 71.20 per hundredweight. Today's Illinois direct hog purchases report 15,988 head with light to moderate demand. weights 300-400 lbs at 35-38, 400-500 lbs at 37-40, 500-600 lbs at 39-42, over 600 lbs up to 43. boars under 300 lbs 27-31 and over 300 lbs 8-10.
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Grain futures mixed as soybeans slip on CBOT
Chicago market reports wheat up 2 cents to 4.16 a bushel for May, corn down 2 cents to 3.26, oats down 1 cent to 1.72, soybeans down 15.1 cents to 10.09 a bushel.
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Earnings optimism lifts blue chips on light volume day
On a thin trading session investors favored large cap stocks while selling technology shares after Nokia warned earnings would be near the lower end of expectations. The Dow rose modestly as optimism about the economy and corporate results offset Nasdaq pressure from Nokia.
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Market Watch Stock Movements and UTI Worldwide Rise
Market data dated April 6 2004 shows the Dow Jones at 10570.81 and Nasdaq around 2059.90 with gains led by industrials. UTI Worldwide Inc a shipping logistics firm rose 0.93 to 45.03 after beating estimates by three cents and announcing a yearly dividend.
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