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Agriculture companies are using genetic technology to modify potatoes in order to increase their nutritional value and yield. Ohalo Genetics, a California-based startup, and Solynta, a Netherlands potato-seed developer, are among the companies working on improving the genetic makeup of potatoes. They are using gene-editing technologies to enhance the starch and protein content of potatoes, as well as reduce the levels of acrylamide, a chemical that can form when potatoes are cooked at high temperatures. These advancements have the potential to create healthier potato products and increase potato farmers' yields. [Extracted from the article]

Skateboarders in California are offering to clean and maintain disused swimming pools in exchange for permission to skate in them. Steve Alba, a professional skateboarder, has been offering this service for several decades. Other skaters have also adopted this approach, pitching their services to homeowners and signing waivers to absolve them of liability. Skateboarding in pools offers a unique challenge and connection to the sport's roots, and homeowners appreciate the free cleaning and maintenance. [Extracted from the article]

For breaching a court order in his handling of documents pertaining to a legal fight with Citadel LLC, his former employer, Mikhail Malyshev must pay a penalty of $1.1 million. Malyshev and another executive from Citadel were sued for violation of non-compete agreements when they left the firm to start their own high-frequency trading company.

In the wake of the failure of United States climate-change legislation, energy and commodity trading company IntercontinentalExchange Inc. which acquired Climate Exchange PLC in a $597 million deal, is looking at the future of the emissions-trading unit.

The former governor of New Jersey, Jon Corzine, who is now chief executive officer of MF Global Holdings Ltd., is taking drastic measures to get the company back on a solid footing after the company reported a loss of $96.5 million. He will cut 10% to 15% of the employees and cut costs.

Goldman Sachs Execution Clearing LP, a unit of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has been disciplined by the Securities and Exchange Commission and NYSE Euronext Inc.'s regulatory unit for allegedly violating the rules on the short selling of stocks.

Commodities trader IntercontinentalExchange Inc. is to pay $603 million to acquire Climate Exchange PLC as it bets on the growing greenhouse-gas emissions trading market. ICE would have pretty well a monopoly over the $132.46 billion market as a result of the deal.

Ex-commodities trader Evan Brent Dooley has been indicted on two counts of Commodities Exchange Act violation and sixteen counts of wire fraud in a case that resulted in MF Global Holdings Ltd., the brokerage firm, losing some $141.5 million.

NYSE Euronext Inc. has announced that the new chief executive officer of New York Portfolio Clearing, its clearinghouse unit, will be Walter Lukken, who headed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Lukken will take over on May 1, as the unit plans its launch and seeks to expansion into the derivatives market in the United States.