ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America's leading food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 23, 2014. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.58 as reported for the fiscal third quarter vs. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The Canadian Competition Bureau has approved Mexican firm Grupo Bimbo’s proposed acquisition of Canada Bread. In February, the Mexican firm agreed to acquire Canada Bread for C$1.83bn ($1.66bn). Canada Bread is the bakery products ...
The Chinese Cultural Renaissance or the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement was a movement promoted in Taiwan to undo the cultural destructions caused by the Communist Party of China. Some notable acts of destruction include Cultural ...
Even in this day and age Chinese Masks are used within two main elements of Chinese culture. The New Year masks which are worn by Chinese people to welcome the New Year throughout the world. And the Opera masks which are painted and drawn ...
Tags: New Year masks, opera masks, depict the moods and emotion
The data breach at Target Corp. that exposed millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on the patchwork of state consumer notification laws in the U.S. and renewed a push for a single national standard. Most U.S. states have ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
PMS International celebrates ruling in Court of Appeal allowing distribution of Kiddee Cases. Magmatic, the firm behind the Trunki ride-on children's suitcase, has lost its fight to block an imported rival range from being distributed in ...
Tags: Trunki, Loses Court Battle, Kiddee
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), one of the nation's largest coal companies, Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million to install and operate wastewater ...
Tags: Coal, Certification, EPA
Southern Coal plans to produce an additional 900,000 st of steam and metallurgical coal this year from two surface mines in eastern Kentucky that have been reopened and/or expanded, according to a senior company official. The Beech Creek ...
Tags: Coal, steam, metallurgical coal
Before portable counting devices and computer tablets, people needed to count things manually. Farmers had to count livestock and in the fields a neat, portable book was the answer. Of course, the use of tally books is not limited to ...
A selection of health policy stories from Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, California, Colorado and Florida. The Associated Press: Ky. Senate Passes Bill Creating Malpractice Panels A panel of medical experts would review ...
Tags: Whistleblower Case, Malpractice Panel, Woman Health, Low-Income Adult
A considerable paradox exists in U.S. food policy. Although the federal government has named food safety as a top priority, an entire pocket of the food industry remains largely unregulated by, or at least largely under the radar of, most ...
Tags: marijuana, marijuana-infused food, opinion, state laws
With its mission of becoming the Fastest Sports Brand in the World, Sports Company PUMA announces personnel changes in two key areas of business to further strengthen its operations functions and make processes faster and more efficient. ...
Smith & Nephew plc (London) announced on February 3 the "execution of a definitive agreement" to acquire the U.S. medical device company ArthroCare Corp. (Austin, TX) for a cash price of $48.25 per ArthroCare share, a total of about $1.7 ...
Tags: Sports Medicine
A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia. The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: Feds Urge More Talks On N.Y. Medicaid Application New York has ...
The Washington Post: Making Progress On Inequality Intense as it is, the current debate over rising income inequality is hardly new. ... The good news is that there's more good news than one might expect. ... In addition to avoiding ...
Tags: ACA, Obamacare, medical care, health overhaul