Food & Beverage
September 24, 2007
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
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September 14, 2007
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
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September 11, 2007
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
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September 10, 2007
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
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August 20, 2007
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
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August 6, 2007
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
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July 30, 2007
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
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July 30, 2007
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
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July 23, 2007
The president of the North Carolina NAACP was turned away recently when he tried to visit the Smithfield Foods Inc. hog slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, the Associated Press reports. The
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July 16, 2007
Reuters reports that U.S. hog and pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. recently said China has shown more interest in buying its pork, which probably was the reason the company''s
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