The merger date of Sysco Corp. and US Foods Inc. has been extended by 60 days from March 8 to May 7 because of the scheduled anti-trust hearings to be held in May, said food distributor Sysco in a filing with the US Securities Exchange ...
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Producers are in high spirits at the Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines today. Hog markets are profitable and herd disease levels low, at least for the time being. The deadly PED virus, which infected about 60% of the nation's sows last ...
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The US Department of Justice announced that a Detroit federal grand jury has indicted an executive of Takata on one-count for conspiring and price fixing of seat belts sold to car makers. Hiromu Usuda, the accused executive allegedly ...
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The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with several companies to address the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Gerber Legendary Blades, a division of Fiskars Brands Inc., of Madison, Wis., has agreed to pay a $2.6 million civil penalty and abide by a permanent injunction. In a ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith, Ark. will upgrade its sewer collection and treatment system over the next 12 years to reduce ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that XTO Energy, Inc. (XTO), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and the nation’s largest holder of natural gas reserves, will spend an ...
Hosted by the BTHA, the sessions will feature discussion from some of the industry's leading inventor relations' experts. Young inventors and toy designers are being welcomed to next year’s Toy Fair with a special seminar hosted by ...
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American Apparel, Inc., a retailer of branded fashion apparel, has appointed Chelsea A. Grayson as executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of the company, effective as on December 15, 2014. Chelsea Grayson has more than ...
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The US Department of Justice announced that Continental Automotive Electronics and Continental Automotive Korea have agreed agreed to plead guilty for bid rigging of vehicle equipment sold to vehicle makers in the country. The companies ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on November 20, 2014 A federal jury in Miami has concluded that Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) must pay a total of $26.7 million to four women who claimed the company’s Pinnacle ...
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General Motors has extended the deadline by one more month for victims and their families of faulty ignition switches to apply for compensation. The previous set deadline was for 31st December and the decision to extend the date till 31st ...
US-based meat producer Tyson Foods has received approval from the antitrust division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for its previously announced $8.5bn purchase of Hillshire Brands. DOJ said that Tyson Foods has agreed to sell its ...
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WASHINGTON – Steven A. Murray, 54, of Pelham, Alabama, and his company, Bio-Tech Management Inc., were sentenced today in federal court in Macon, Georgia, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy, unlawful use of pesticides, ...
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Ejnar Fink-Jensen, executive director of the California Tire Dealers Association (CTDA), one of the sponsors of California tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) legislation Assembly Bill 1665, provides MTD with an update on the bill (see ...