DUBLIN, Ohio – Shareholder votes are expected to seal the deal today on a take over of Wendy’s International Inc. by Triarc Cos., owners of Arby’s. Wendy’s shareholders are
NEW YORK – Agriprocessors Inc., already in the spotlight for immigration raids this year, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court reconsider its position that illegal immigrants have a right
RICHMOND, Va. – United Food and Commercial Works International told a federal judge it did nothing wrong in peacefully applying economic pressure while trying to organize workers at a
WASHINGTON – The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Monday on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) appeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule
DENVER – A union official on Friday filed grievances on behalf of Muslim workers who were fired from a meatpacking plant after a dispute about prayer breaks. The United
WASHINGTON – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer last week criticized domestic ethanol producers for depending too much on government subsidies and said that reductions were needed. "The ethanol industry
WASHINGTON – The Food Safety and Information Service (FSIS) announced Friday that it would a hold a public meeting to discuss a petition requesting recognition for the use of
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week announced that New Mexico no longer met requirements to be declared bovine tuberculosis and would have its status
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland regulators will announced tighter controls on what poultry farmer’s on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay do with poultry waste. The rules, to be announced
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday reduced its forecast for corn and soybean harvests because of drier weather. Corn production will be 12.1 billion bushels,
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