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ADM's price fixing movie opens in firm's hometown
Sep 19, 2009 13:23 EDT
The Informant! opens in Ill. town that lived through the price-fixing scheme at film's heart. In Decatur, soybeans and corn are big business, and nobody is bigger than Archer Daniels Midland Company.
Jury awards $6.7 million in fatal ADM accident
Sep 16, 2009 13:24 EDT
Ill. jury awards $6.7 million to family of man killed in ADM accident. An Illinois jury has decided that Archer Daniels Midland Co. should pay the family of a 26-year-old man $6.74 million after he died at one of the agribusiness company's plants.
Former Tuskegee Airman who became judge dies at 88
Sep 01, 2009 18:28 EDT
Robert Decatur, former fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen who became a judge, dies in Fla.. Former Tuskegee Airman Robert Decatur, who went on to become a judge and civil rights lawyer, has died. He was 88.
Jobless rates up in fewer metro areas in July
Sep 01, 2009 17:08 EDT
Jobless rates rise in 44 percent of metropolitan areas in July, down from 90 percent in June. In a sharp improvement, the largest U.S. metropolitan areas were evenly split in July between those where unemployment rates rose from June and those where rates fell.
Sector Snap: Agribusiness stocks rise
Aug 21, 2009 12:55 EDT
Agribusiness stocks rise amid rays of optimism on recovery. Shares of agribusiness stocks rose on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the economy is on the verge of recovery, signaling that global demand for meat and grains could strengthen in coming months.
Bon Appetit magazine names 10 top new restaurants
Aug 17, 2009 13:15 EDT
Bon Appetit magazine names 10 top new restaurants. Restaurants in San Francisco, Cambridge, Mass., Chicago and Austin, Texas, are featured by Bon Appetit in the magazine's annual September restaurant issue.
Travel briefs
Aug 17, 2009 12:21 EDT
Travel briefs. Global retail event: Fashion's Night Out, Sept. 10
Bon Appetit magazine names 10 top new restaurants
Aug 14, 2009 22:16 EDT
Bon Appetit magazine names 10 top new restaurants. Restaurants in San Francisco, Cambridge, Mass., Chicago and Austin, Texas, are featured by Bon Appetit in the magazine's annual September restaurant issue.
Editorial Roundup
Aug 12, 2009 13:51 EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Editorial Roundup
Aug 12, 2009 13:50 EDT
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad.. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Religion News in Brief
Aug 12, 2009 13:42 EDT
Religion News in Brief. The beating of Jewish soldier in Army basic training last fall has prompted Fort Benning to make changes aimed at improving conditions for Jewish troops, from adding a rabbi chaplain to offering kosher meals at dining halls.
Archer Daniels Midland 4Q falls on weak demand
Aug 04, 2009 16:27 EDT
Archer Daniels Midland 4th-quarter profit drops on lower average selling prices, weak demand. Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit tumbled 83 percent as its results were pressured by higher corn costs, lower average selling prices and softer demand.
Mich. woman's begging to get smokes ends in arrest
Aug 02, 2009 13:23 EDT
Deputy warns Mich. woman about begging for cigarette money, arrests her after she begs again. A 49-year-old southwestern Michigan woman who asked a sheriff's deputy to lend her money for cigarettes after just being told to stop begging by the deputy ended up behind bars.
Business events scheduled for the coming week
Jul 31, 2009 17:23 EDT
Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming week. MONDAY, Aug. 3
A look at subsidies for flights in rural areas
Jul 31, 2009 16:38 EDT
A look at government subsidies for flights in and out of rural communities.
Earnings schedule for week of 8/3/09
Jul 30, 2009 11:07 EDT
Major companies tentatively scheduled to report earnings for week of 8/3/09. Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week:
Trevor Brazile eyes record-tying 7th rodeo crown
Jul 23, 2009 17:29 EDT
Rodeo cowboy Trevor Brazile eyes record-tying 7th all-around rodeo title. To hear Trevor Brazile tell it, the skinny cowboy blends in inconspicuously with the rest of the hard-traveling ropers and riders hustling from rodeo to rodeo at this time of year.
McNair's girlfriend distraught over love and money
Jul 10, 2009 06:25 EDT
Family says McNair's girlfriend was happy; police say she was distraught over love, money. At just 19 years old, Sahel Kazemi thought she had it all: She was dating former NFL star Steve McNair, partying in VIP rooms and vacationing in Las Vegas.
Cities to receive money for fighting homelessness
Jul 09, 2009 22:42 EDT
State-by-state list of cites and areas to receive stimulus money to combat homelessness. State-by-state look at cities, counties and communities where stimulus money will be distributed to combat homelessness and the dollars for each location, according to the Housing and Urban Development Department:
