Asia Pacific | Konka, Haier, Five Other Chinese TV Makers Settle EU Anti-Dump...
Asia Pacific
Konka, Haier, Five Other Chinese TV Makers Settle EU Anti-Dumping Charges
Konka Group Co. and six other Chinese appliance makers settled an anti-dumping dispute with the European Union, allowing them tariff-free access to the world's second-largest market for the first time in 12 years.
Americas
Beef price has Argentines cowed - Economy makes meat-mad nation eat 'soy cutlets'
Argentina's worst economic crisis in modern history has doubled the consumer price for beef in the past year from 1 peso to 2 pesos (about 70 cents) a pound.
Beef Export Break BSE Rules
Spinal cord found in French and German frozen beef imported into the UK.
USA
Zoellick- Farm Tariffs May Go
U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick has served notice to American farmers that the Bush administration may be willing to end agricultural tariffs as part of an effort to remove global trade barriers.
McDonald's Names Marketing Chief
McDonald's Corp. on Wednesday announced it has hired Larry Light to lead its global marketing strategy and overall brand development efforts.
Tyson Lowers Earnings Projections
Tyson Foods Inc. lowered its earnings projections for the fourth quarter and for fiscal 2002 on Wednesday, blaming a restructuring of its swine operations and a marketing change. Its shares fell.
Fire, blast damage Hormel Foods pork plant
CHICAGO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A fire and explosion early Thursday morning damaged a Hormel Foods Corp. <HRL.N> pork plant in Austin, Minnesota, and injured five employees, one seriously, the company said.
APHIS imposing much stiffer fines for violating agricultural violations
Violating agricultural regulations has recently become much more serious and the penalties clearly reflect this change. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reminding brokers, shippers, importers, other businesses and their employees of increased civil penalties for violations of U.S. agricultural regulations.