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Push for more HIV screens to drive Gilead''s growth

June 30, 2008
According to the Associated Press, increasing efforts by U.S. cities such as New York to expand HIV testing will boost Gilead Sciences'' bottomline, since more than 80 percent of the
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Tyson buys majority stake in India chicken company

June 30, 2008
According to the Associated Press, meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. said recently it bought majority ownership of a poultry processing business in India.Tyson said it acquired 51 percent ownership of
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UK lawmakers criticize Heinz over ad

June 27, 2008
According to the Associated Press, a group of British lawmakers said recently that foodmaker Heinz Co. was wrong to withdraw a television advertisement that showed two men kissing.Six legislators from
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S.Korea''s Dongwon seeks to buy StarKist, shares up

June 23, 2008
According to Reuters, South Korean food group Dongwon is in talks to buy StarKist from Del Monte Foods Co, the companies said recently, sending both companies'' shares up at least
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Anheuser board to meet to discuss InBev bid: report

June 20, 2008
According to Reuters, Anheuser-Busch’s board plans to meet in person for the first time since rival brewer InBev formally bid $46 billion for the company, the Financial Times reported, citing
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Kraft to split off Post cereals business

June 18, 2008
According to the Associated Press, foodmaker Kraft Foods Inc. said recently it will split off its Post Cereals business, a move first announced in November.Kraft will distribute via a split-off
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FDA may require cancer-risk labeling on J&J drug

June 16, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that an experimental drug from a unit of Johnson & Johnson appears effective at treating a severe skin disease, though government regulators said recently it
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US, South Korean envoys meet on beef trade

June 16, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that the chief trade envoys for the United States and South Korea met recently for talks meant to resolve a crisis over the resumption of
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Regulators probing alleged milk price manipulation

June 13, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that federal commodity regulators are investigating whether the farmer-owned dairy cooperative that controls about a third of the nation''s milk supply engaged in a price
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State: All chickens exposed to bird-flu killed

June 12, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that state officials said all the chickens exposed to a strain of the bird-flu virus at a Tyson Foods Inc. contract farm in northwest Arkansas
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