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What pink slime? Meat company Tyson's profit up 4.4%
What was meat-processing giant Tyson Foods Inc.’s response to the pink slime controversy this spring? A 4.4% boost in its earnings in its second fiscal quarter. The Springdale, Ark. company made a $166 million profit, or 44 cents a share, up from...
Tags: Marketing, Consumer Confidence, Companies and Corporations, Food Industry, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings
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AFA Foods blames 'pink slime' controversy for bankruptcy filing
For a controversy cooked up over a product that’s been around for years, the recent outcry over "pink slime" seems to be hitting many businesses where it hurts, most recently causing beef products company AFA Foods Inc. to declare Chapter 11...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Companies and Corporations, Burger King, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings
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Scientists working on $330,000 test-tube-meat burger
Would you eat mystery meat grown in a lab if doing so was better for the environment? The debate may seem abstract, but scientists could turn a test-tube burger into reality by October.
The $330,000 project being conducted by Mark Post, chairman of...Tags: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Foods and Beverages, Science and Technology, Science, Hamburgers
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Consumer Confidential: Airfares, chicken prices, car troubles
Money & CompanyAirfares won't rise; chicken prices will increase; Mustangs and Jettas are being investigated... -
Donald J. Tyson dies at 80; led family's poultry company, Tyson Foods
Associated PressDonald J. Tyson, the former Tyson Foods Inc. chief executive who led his family's poultry company from being a regional producer to dominance in the industry, died Thursday. He was 80. Company spokesman Gary Mickelson said Tyson died at his Arkansas home...Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Human Interest, Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance
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China's additives on menu in U.S.
Times Staff WriterSHANGHAI — As the recall of tainted pet food mushroomed into an international scandal, two of the largest U.S. food manufacturers put out a blanket order to their American suppliers: No more ingredients from China. The directive from Mission...Tags: Crimes, Education, Folic Acid, Emergency Incidents, Politics
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U.S. airlines vie for new nonstop LAX-China routes
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersChinese airlines offer three nonstop flights to China from Los Angeles, but James Rice always hops on a U.S. carrier even though it means stopping over in another city, adding several hours to his trip. "Seats are small, food is bad and service is a...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Mary E. Peters, Trips and Vacations, Shanghai (China), Don Lee
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Ex-White Sox slugger trades up in suburbs
Although he no longer plays for the Chicago White Sox, slugger Jim Thome and his family have decided that they love the Chicago area so much that they want to make it their permanent home.
The Thomes have bought a seven-bedroom mansion in Burr Ridge, for...Tags: Jim Thome, Philadelphia Phillies, Wicker Park, Walgreen Co., Chicago White Sox
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The day ahead in business
Reports: Consumer credit for March, 2 p.m. Local earnings: BankFinancial Corp., Calamos Asset Management Inc., Chicago Rivet and Machine Co., CTI Industries Corp., Coleman Cable Inc., Kemper Corp., Landauer Inc., Neutral Tandem Inc. Other major...
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Video of animal abuse prompts Tyson to halt sow purchases pending investigation
Tribune reporterOne day after Safeway announced plans to phase out pork from suppliers who use gestation crates (cages too small for pregnant sows to turn around), pig treatment is back in the news. Tuesday morning the Humane Society of the United States...
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Tyson Donates Food to Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank
FOX 17 ProducerTyson Foods, Inc. will donate 37,000 pounds of food today to Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank as part of an effort to feed people in need and promote public awareness of hunger in America. The company pledged to donate 100 pounds of food each time...Tags: Charity, Human Interest
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Worker fatally injured at Neb. plant, Tyson says
DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Tyson Foods says a worker has been fatally injured at a company beef plant in northeast Nebraska. Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson says paramedics were called to the Dakota City plant early Thursday morning. The man was a...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health
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