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Could Ebola Affect Chocolate Supplies?
Newsplex ^ | Oct. 8, 2014 | CBS MoneyWatch

Posted on 10/11/2014 12:47:00 PM PDT by bgill

West Africa produces nearly three-quarters of the world's cocoa -- with the nations of Ivory Coast and Ghana responsible for 60 percent of that supply. And while Ebola has not yet appeared in those two nations, their proximity to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone -- the current epicenters of the Ebola outbreak -- have led to concerns that any continued spread of the disease could also cause a major disruption in cocoa production, and another spike in world cocoa prices.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; chocolate; cocoa; ebola; ebolachocolate; ebolacommodities; ebolaeconomy; ebolaoutbreak; westafrica
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This is getting serious.
1 posted on 10/11/2014 12:47:00 PM PDT by bgill
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Oh please....I buy my chocolate at Aldi....European Chocolate.

So the answer is no.

2 posted on 10/11/2014 12:49:22 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Okay, Ebola!
YOU NOW HAVE OUR ATTENTION!!!

We will meet your every demand, just leave our chocolates alone!

3 posted on 10/11/2014 12:49:30 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: Sacajaweau

I really, really hope you are joking.


4 posted on 10/11/2014 12:50:28 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: bgill

Oh no! This would be series......


5 posted on 10/11/2014 12:51:47 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: bgill

I’m so used to fake, blended or whipped up chocolate, that the real stuff can seem too bitter, leaves a bad aftertaste too. Maybe I’m going to the wrong stores.


6 posted on 10/11/2014 12:52:41 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: bgill

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


7 posted on 10/11/2014 12:53:00 PM PDT by rktman ("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
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To: bgill
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
8 posted on 10/11/2014 12:53:00 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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Ah hell, now I’ve got an ear worm => ‘N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle’s makes the very best... chocolate.’


9 posted on 10/11/2014 12:54:59 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: bgill

Carob.... get to liking it....


10 posted on 10/11/2014 12:59:23 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: bgill

My granddaughter teaches at a private Christian school in Ghana. Her room mate had to have minor surgery last week. My granddaughter had to learn how the procedure would go an be in the OR to make sure that the doc’s do a good job. And, we wonder why they will lie to get treatment here.


11 posted on 10/11/2014 12:59:55 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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well now....I MAY MAKE A LITTLE PROFIT FROM THIS.....

note tagline.


12 posted on 10/11/2014 1:01:59 PM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: bgill; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
This is unacceptable. Send in the troops!

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

13 posted on 10/11/2014 1:04:22 PM PDT by null and void ("Agoraphobia": fear of the marketplace; "AlGoreaphobia": fear of the marketplace of ideas.)
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To: Sacajaweau

That’s right. I prefer Swiss chocolate.

None of that African stuff for me!


14 posted on 10/11/2014 1:05:05 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: bgill

Looks like more good American jobs in Hershey, Pennyslvannia!!!!


15 posted on 10/11/2014 1:22:27 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: bgill

No wonder Bloomberg is so quiet.


16 posted on 10/11/2014 1:24:34 PM PDT by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: bgill

17 posted on 10/11/2014 1:41:50 PM PDT by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: rrrod

Doesn’t Columbia supply a lot of cocoa to the Western Hemisphere?


18 posted on 10/11/2014 1:42:29 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Sacajaweau
Oh please....I buy my chocolate at Aldi....European Chocolate.

Huh?

19 posted on 10/11/2014 1:46:21 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Cowboy Bob

Them Swiss sure is good at chocolate. To heck with them Aferkins.


20 posted on 10/11/2014 1:47:14 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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