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Consumer prices nudge up in May, but inflation remains tame
WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices rose in May for the first time in three months, but the increase was small and inflation over the past year remained tame, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% last...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Inflation and Deflation, National Security Agency, Natural Gas, Economy, Business and Finance
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Cheesecake Factory succeeds with indulgence for the common man
The Cheesecake Factory is at once an ostentatious den of dining and decorative excess as well as a homespun throwback to family tradition. Witness the florid murals and French-inspired checked floors, the dozens of cheesecakes in sumptuous flavors...
Tags: Entertainment, Media Industry, Cheesecake Factory, Dining and Drinking, Olive Garden
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Wild Oats chain is poised to reopen this year
Wild Oats Markets Inc., the closed purveyor of organic and natural foods, is planning a comeback this year, potentially aided by local billionaire Ron Burkle. The company, which has been out of operation since 2007, now says on its website that it is...
Tags: Antitrust Issues, Genetic Engineering, Organic Foods, New Products, Dining and Drinking
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How I made it: Mary Micucci, owner of Along Came Mary Events
The gig: Mary Micucci, 63, is the owner of Along Came Mary Events, one of Hollywood's leading catering and special events businesses. Often called the "caterer to the stars," Micucci has handled more than 400 movie premieres, from "Titanic" in 1997 to...
Tags: Entertainment, Feminism, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Grammy Awards
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Cases of children accidentally ingesting pot on rise, study says
As legalized marijuana appears in an increasing number of American homes, so too does evidence of a dark side: accidental ingestion of pot and pot-infused food by young children. The results can be frightening to such children, who often suffer...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Lifestyle and Leisure, Health Treatments, Pediatrics, Symptoms
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Chinese firm to buy pork producer Smithfield Foods
China is hungry. The world's most populous country has for years been on an agricultural buying binge, scooping up supplies of soybeans, palm oil, cotton and just about anything else that can be culled from the soil. Now, with 1.3 billion mouths to...
Tags: Antitrust Issues, Smithfield Foods, China, Conservation, Smithfield
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Government, Roger Dickinson, Politics
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Supreme Court hands Monsanto a GMO victory
The Supreme Court sided with Monsanto Co. on Monday, ruling against a farmer who used beans grown from the company's patented, genetically modified soybean seeds to plant subsequent crops. It was apparently the first time the court had upheld patent...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Agriculture, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Monsanto Company, Consumers
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PepsiCo-Lil Wayne split marks shaky alliance of rappers, business
Corporations are quick to recruit rappers to sell their soft drinks, shoes and smartphones — but the moment there's a whiff of controversy, they are just as quick to cut them loose. The latest example is PepsiCo and Lil Wayne. Last week, the...
Tags: Entertainment, Reebok Ltd., Freedom of the Press, Justice and Rights, Coca-Cola Co.
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Wrigley holds off on caffeinated gum as FDA reviews caffeine
Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would investigate the safety of added caffeine in U.S. food and beverage products, Wrigley North America has decided to put its bid to market a caffeinated gum on hold out of...
Tags: Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Energy Drinks, American Academy of Pediatrics, Dietary Supplements
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State dairymen seek bigger share of whey windfall
SACRAMENTO — California dairy farmers and cheese processors are fighting again over milk prices. It's not Grade A, homogenized, pasteurized milk that's at issue in the state Capitol. Rather, agriculture lobbyists are focused on the price of whey,...
Tags: Sales, Prices, Richard Pan, Lobbying, Al Capone
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Restaurant meals overloaded with salt, fat, calories, study says
Want to satisfy your full day’s requirement of salt, fat and calories? Sit down in a restaurant and order a meal. After an exhaustive analysis of 3,507 possible ways to order 685 meals at 19 restaurants chains in Canada, researchers found that the...
Tags: Research, Foods and Beverages, Heart Failure, Science and Technology, Salt
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