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Jobless claims barely change; durable goods orders plunge
After jobless claims reached a five-month high in April, last week’s tiny dip came as a relief. But a heavy slide in orders for long-lasting goods is less soothing. Applications for unemployment benefits shrank by 2,000 last week to a seasonally...
Tags: Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Economic Indicator
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General Mills to cut 850 jobs in restructuring move
General Mills Inc. will get rid of 850 jobs in an attempt to cut costs and boost productivity as items such as Cheerios cereal, Progresso soups and Hamburger Helper become costlier to make. The downsizing will affect 2.4% of the Minneapolis company&...
Tags: Arable Farming, Companies and Corporations, Layoffs and Downsizing, New Products, Economy, Business and Finance
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Poptent's amateurs sell cheap commercials to big brands
Build-a-Bear Workshop was introducing a line of stuffed animals called smallfrys and wanted to reach moms through Facebook. One video used in the online promotion showed a woman pulling up to a fast-food window. Her young daughter requests "a smallfry."...
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For a healthier economy, fewer Oreos, more granola
Sugar is toxic, and possibly as addictive as cocaine. Meat is laced with antibiotics. “Pink slime” is unappetizing, as is its dubious and fishy counterpart, “pink slime of the sea.” And the plastic packaging that food comes in...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Kraft Foods, Inc., Vaccines, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Co.
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General Mills U.S. sales down on frugal consumers, Yoplait slump
The growing popularity of Greek yogurt is putting a damper on General Mills’ Yoplait brand, pushing the company’s third quarter volume sales down in the U.S.
Though General Mills’ Peanut Butter Cheerios made a strong debut at the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Money Minute: More junk mail won't save Postal Service [Video]
The U.S. Postal Service faces serious trouble in the email age -- no one disputes that. But is the answer really more junk mail? "We believe it could be a billion-dollar product for the Postal Service by 2016," says Paul Vogel, president and chief...
Tags: Ed Reyes, Marketing, Mail Order Industry, Goldman Sachs, Business
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Seeking the right recipe for food labels
You can give people all sorts of useful information, but that doesn't mean they'll use it.
Case in point: the Nutrition Facts panels inscribed on nearly every can, box, jug, carton and plastic wrapper in which food has been sold since 1994. These small,...Tags: Recipes, Boston, Calcium, Weight, Science and Technology
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Ben & Jerry's launches new line of Greek frozen yogurt
Ben & Jerry’s has graduated from Schweddy Balls and other ice cream flavors to a brand new line of icy sweets: Greek frozen yogurt.
The Vermont company revealed four new flavors – strawberry shortcake, raspberry fudge chunk, banana peanut...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Foods and Beverages, New Products, Ice Cream, Phish (music group)
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DVD reviews: 'Underdog' and 'Tennessee Tuxedo,' collected and complete
Show Tracker"Underdog" and "Tennessee Tuxedo": The 1960s cartoon superhero Underdog, who as a giant balloon flew the streets of New York every Thanksgiving morning for two decades, has had all his adventures collected, in chronological order, in a nine-disc box set... -
2012: Dulce de Leche Cheerios, no-lactose Yoplait, fruity Lunchables
This month, some of the most popular brands in grocery store aisles will feature new offerings that try to appeal to consumers’ growing preferences for healthy foods, premium varieties and global flavors.
Kraft Foods Inc. has more than 70 new...Tags: Prices, Marketing, Foods and Beverages, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kraft Foods, Inc.
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No fruit in Fruit by the Foot? General Mills sued over snacks [Updated]
Money & CompanyGeneral Mills sued by Center for Science in the Public Interest over health claims on fruit snacks... -
Arsenic, lead found in many samples of grape and apple juice
Money & CompanyConsumer Reports study finds high levels of arsenic and lead in apple and grape juices...
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