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Nov 19 (Reuters) - Corn spot basis bids were firm at U.S. Midwest river terminals early on Tuesday, bolstered by lower barge freight rates and a drop in futures to fresh three-year lows that made the grain more competitive in global export markets, dealers said. * Soybean bids also firmed along the Illinois River, while







The rise of Twitter and other modern mysteries

One of the great mysteries of the modern world has to be how a company like Twitter, a micro-blogging medium built around delivering short bursts of inconsequential information, can attract a value of $25 billion in its initial stock offering when the company hasn’t turned a profit since it was formed seven years ago —