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  • Hershey Trust Reorganizes Board

    HERSHEY, Pa. - Ten board members of the charitable trust that controls Hershey Foods Corp., including seven members who twice voted to sell the candy maker, are leaving the board, The Associated Press reports.

  • German Court Rules that Wal-Mart Hurts Competition

    FRANKFURT, Germany - Germany's supreme court ruled Tuesday that Wal-Mart's attempts to sell staples such as milk and butter below wholesale prices was damaging to competition, The Associated Press reports.

  • Court Refuses Union Dues Case

    WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider whether workers can be forced to pay for union organizing activities in other workplaces against their wishes.

  • GMA Finalizes Merger with ASMC

    WASHINGTON - The world's largest association of food, beverage and consumer product companies has completed its merger with the Association of Sales & Marketing Companies, in the culmination of the organizations' two-year association.

  • Union Organizing Wal-Mart Protests

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union has announced it is planning protests across the country later this month to allege unfair practices by the Wal-Mart Stores Inc., The Associated Press reports.

  • Albertsons Helps California Leaders Get Out the Vote Across Ethnic Communities

    OAKLAND, Calif. - Albertsons is joining California officials who want to "Get Out the Vote" in diverse neighborhoods in the Bay Area.

  • U.S. Court Rules Pork Checkoff Unconstitutional

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. District Court in Michigan has ruled as unconstitutional a national pork promotional program, famous for its TV ads with the catch-phrase "The Other White Meat", the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.

  • Pennsylvania Plea: No Booze in Supermarkets

    HARRISBURG, Pa -- Gubernatorial candidate and former Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell has received strong opposition to his proposal to move state-controlled liquor retail operations into supermarkets.
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