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The U.S. Department of Labor recently said chicken producer Pilgrim''s Pride Corp. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it engaged in hiring discrimination based on gender

According to the Associated Press, Tyson Foods Inc. said recently that Chairman John Tyson will step down as an executive, although he remains chairman, effective immediately. Tyson will continue to

The Associated Press reports that ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. will "over-deliver" on its fiscal 2008 revenue guidance, Chief Executive William R. Johnson said recently during a conference. At a

The Associated Press reports that Frits van Paasschen is resigning as president and chief executive of Coors Brewing Co. to take a job outside the industry, parent Molson Coors Brewing

According to the Associated Press, work does not have to be strenuous to merit pay, an appeals court recently ruled in reviving a lawsuit filed by poultry workers. Tyson Foods

Drug maker Abbott Laboratories spent $2.4 million lobbying the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to the Associated Press. Abbott lobbied Congress and federal agencies on dozens

The Associated Press reports that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $10.7 million in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure

Boston Beer Co., which brews Samuel Adams beer, has signed a purchase and sales agreement with Diageo PLC''s U.S. division to buy the distiller''s Pennsylvania brewery for $55 million, the

As the Food and Drug Administration prepares to ask experts about safety issues related to GlaxoSmithKline PLC''s diabetes drug Avandia, one analyst said there''s a chance the drug will be

A group of dairy farmers has filed two lawsuits accusing Dean Foods Co., Dairy Farmers of America and National Dairy Holdings and other entities of monopolizing milk production in the