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 ______________________________________________________ The Guardian published an article by Mark Sweney, " UK competition watchdog to investigate baby formula market ." The article describes the impact of the economy on the prices of baby formula which has increased by 25% in two years . The Competition and Markets Authority decided to proceed with further investigation expressing concerns over the lack of cheaper brands seeing as 85% of sales  exclusively came from two big brands.  This part of the information surprised me, now that more generic options are available, parents are still consuming name brands. CMA stated that if parents were to find more options they would save more than    £500 . As consumers continue to purchase from big brands they continue to able them and give them more power over prices more specifically with a tactic called " greedflation ." Greedflation is when brands raise prices unnecessarily to make a profit.  Parents are making...

 _______________________________________________________ Alexis Soloski wrote an article titled Immigration Has an Emotional Price , published by the New York Times on 2022. In the article, Soloski reviews Lloyd Suh's account of immigration through a theatrical piece   "The Far Country"  it was directed by Eric Ting and takes place in China's Guangdong Province and San Francisco. It follows the character named Gee and his journey as he is interrogated by immigration, he claims that his documentation was in destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The white interrogator isn't at all convinced by it.  The play adds exposure to Angel Island , on the West Coast it served as an immigration station at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. It was heavily targeted by Congress causing a direct target to the masses of immigrants from Asia, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed as a result to limit immigration. In Suh's play...