I too, am confused as to why wheat prices affecting pizza do not affect pasta as well. If anything, most pasta dishes in restaurants I know are fairly more expensive than pizza.

@Atinous

Glad to know I'm part of a tradition!

Hmmm... I may have come on too strong, my point is that the headline is an attention-grabber, and I feel that it's misleading in the sense that I was expecting a very different article.

DCULBERSON & CRUNCHBIRD, I'm sorry you disagree with me, but I really do feel that the headline belongs on Fox News. That said... who cares! It's not an important thing, is it?

@Mikelotus

I was not able to find any current numbers, but this 2006 article cites only half of IBM's workforce being in the US. If you know anything about the company, the tendency is towards a Global (cheaper) workforce.

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/03/by_the_numbers.html

@12

IBM isn't really an American company anymore. The majority of its workforce lives outside the US, the majority of its revenue is from outside the US and most stockholders are nameless institutions with global headquarters.

Sure, the Armonk HQ may be in the US, but follow the money. The main holding companies IBM has are HQ'd in Switzerland or Singapore.

@Mark

I'm sorry, but that headline is still misleading. You've got to concede that getting banned by the "Office of Procurement Operations" is much tamer-sounding than getting banned by the Department of Homeland Security. Especially since the agency involved is the EPA, not anything having to do with security.

But hey, you definitely caught my eye with the headline.

Why does the title say homeland security when the article says EPA?

That link desperately needs a NSFW... you'll be hearing from my lawyers when I get kicked to the curb.

/My fault for Boing Boinging at work, but still...