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walterbernardjr t1_jdzs2p5 wrote

Good point, I knew it had some Dutch origins so I had to look it up:

Unilever was founded on 2 September 1929, by the merger of the British soapmaker Lever Brothers and the Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie

I think the OTC stock is the one traded on the Dutch exchange which is why I thought it was Dutch.

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walterbernardjr t1_jdvlx90 wrote

Maybe. Or they over extended themselves and are trying to cut back expenses, which isn’t shady. Typically you budget based on projected revenue and profit, if those go down, you don’t have as much money anymore and you start canceling projects.

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walterbernardjr t1_jdv3516 wrote

https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/amazon-fresh-grocery-store-locations-dormant-massachusetts/43249583

I’m pretty sure due to their financial situation and layoffs they’re re-evaluating their brick and mortar strategy. I wouldn’t be surprised if they either sit dormant for a while or close all together.

I can’t speak to subsidies but they could be part of a federal opportunity zone potentially. I doubt they received anything specific for these stores.

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walterbernardjr t1_j9vfopi wrote

Sheep farming. Almost all of New England was clear cut for Merino wool.

From Wikipedia:

Merino sheep were introduced to Vermont in 1812. This ultimately resulted in a boom-bust cycle for wool, which reached a price of 57 cents/pound in 1835. By 1837, 1,000,000 sheep were in the state. The price of wool dropped to 25 cents/pound in the late 1840s. The state could not withstand more efficient competition from the other states, and sheep-raising in Vermont collapsed.[39] Many sheep farmers from Vermont migrated with their flocks to other parts of the United States.

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walterbernardjr t1_j9jf0kr wrote

I’m surprised by this because typically police officers are required by their department to show up, quite literally it’s their job. Not only that, typically they get paid overtime to show up to court. I haven’t heard of this happening in many years.

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walterbernardjr t1_j3w94gw wrote

I think you got your answer but I’ll add that it’s really hard to fix broken power lines under ground versus if they’re above ground. You have to disable huge sections of the power grid to perform troubleshooting and identify the broken lines. Then it’s a huge pain in the ass and takes a long time to pull the lines and replace them.

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