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• Food Roundup: Cheesecake Factory's New Credit Terms, Tyson Pleads Guilty in Worker Death, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-06

  Cheesecake Factory Renegotiates Credit -- The restaurant chain entered into new terms on its $300 million in revolving credit. The company's net fell in the third quarter by about $7 million to 11.8 million. [Source: Reuters] Tyson Pleads Guilty in Worker Death -- The world's largest...

  Tags: Food, Associated Press, Brewery, Worker, Dan Mitchell

• Food Roundup: Beckham and Pepsi Split, Food Stocks Up, Restaurants Down, and More

  BNET - 2008-12-31

  PepsiCo, Beckham Part Ways The decade-long endorsement relationship apparently ended amicably. Soccer star David Beckam said he has "nothing but good memories" of being paid millions to lend his name to Pepsi's products. [Source: Reuters] Chinese Dairy Exec Pleads Guilty Tian Wenhua, head of...

  Tags: Food, Associated Press, Industry, PepsiCo, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Dan Mitchell

• Food Roundup: Iowa Junk Ban, Wasted Bottles, Pilgrim's Pride and More

  BNET - 2008-12-30

  Iowa considers banning junk food in schools -- The state's Board of Education is considering new rules that would remove junk food from public school cafeterias and vending machines. The board is scheduled to vote on the recommendations in February. [Source: AP] Two Thirds of U.S. Bottles...

  Tags: Food, Associated Press, Consumer Confidence, Iowa, Bankruptcy, Food & Beverage, Corporate Governance, Litigation, Y2K, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Katherine Glover

• Newspaper Roundup: Journal Comm November Revs; Seattle-Times; AP

  Content Next - 2008-12-19

  —Journal Comm online revs fall 5 percent: A few days after the Milwaukee company has laid off 39 workers (17 cut at its newspaper), Journal Communications (NYSE: JRN) has some more bad news: total interactive ad revenue at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, fell 5 percent to $1.13 million in...

  Tags: Associated Press, Seattle-Press, Pricing, Marketing, Companies, Media, Newspapers, David Kaplan, Journal Communications Inc., McClatchy Co.

• AP Reporters Protest: Reporters Withhold Bylines, Management May Withhold Stories

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  After all the recent challenges to its wire service that have been creeping up lately, now the Associated Press has a labor action on its hands. As the AP and its employees negotiate over a new contract, the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America have called for a "byline strike"...

  Tags: Associated Press, Reporter, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Media, Newspapers, David Kaplan

• Food Roundup: Pilgrim's Loses Big, Smithfield Plant Unionized, Price Hikes Yield Higher Revenues, and More

  BNET - 2008-12-12

  Pilgrim's Pride Lost Nearly $1 Billion in 2008 -- The chicken producer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. Its annual report had been held up because of ongoing talks with lenders. [Source: AP] World's Largest Pork Plant is Unionized -- Meat cutters at Smithfield Foods'...

  Tags: Revenue, Food, Associated Press, Analyst, Pilgrim, Operational Accounting, Food & Beverage, Finance, Manufacturing, Dan Mitchell

• Tech Roundup: Intel Atom, Apple and Wal-Mart Rumors, Microsoft, AMD, Broadcom, More

  BNET - 2008-12-09

  Intel needs Atom success for mobile; Mayfield Fund to open India-focused fund; China still wants security code; Wal-Mart to have iPhone, maybe, at $99, even maybe-er; rumors of new Apple device category to come out next year; AMD gets smaller stake in spin-off; and Broadcom packs 11n, Bluetooth, and FM...

  Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Broadcom Corp., Associated Press, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Atom, Intel Corp., Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Networking, Erik Sherman

• CNN Downplays Competition With AP On Wire Service; Less Than 30 Daily Stories To Be Made Available

  Content Next - 2008-12-08

  The newspaper editors who were invited to CNN's Newspaper Summit, which showcased the cable channel's new wire service this past week, have given the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) company high marks for reaching out. But many appear to be been less than impressed with the small amount of stories...

  Tags: Associated Press, Summit, CNN, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Companies, Time Warner, Media, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, David Kaplan, Time Warner Inc.

• Food Roundup: China Ingredient Blacklist, Brown-Forman's Good Quarter, Raids Hurt Meatpackers, And More

  BNET - 2008-12-05

  China to Issue Food-Additives Blacklist -- In the wake of the melamine scandal, China says it will identify banned additives. The government also said it would step up product testing. [Source: AP] Distiller Brown-Forman's Profits Up -- The maker of Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort and Finlandia saw...

  Tags: China, Food, Staffing, Associated Press, Procter & Gamble Co., Kraft Foods Inc., Government, Dan Mitchell

• Should the AP and CNN See You as Their Competitor?

  BNET - 2008-12-01

  The New York Times reports today that CNN is looking to compete with the embattled Associated Press, inviting some 30 newspapers to come to its Atlanta headquarters this week for a look at CNN Wire, its lower-cost alternative to the AP. It's hard to argue with the logic that having...

  Tags: Associated Press, CNN, Catharine P. Taylor

• AP Acknowledges Threat From CNN's Wire Service; But Challenger Still 'Needs Improvement'

  Content Next - 2008-12-01

  As CNN prepares to go head-to-head with the Associated Press when it launches its new wire service, the cable news outfit will have to prove to newspaper editors that it can transfer its cable TV credibility to breaking print news. A long piece in the NYT takes a look...

  Tags: Associated Press, CNN, CNN Wire, Recruitment & Selection, Cable, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Companies, Time Warner, Media, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, David Kaplan

• AP Threatens Court Fight Over Olympics Committee's Video Restrictions

  Content Next - 2008-11-24

  Better late than never? While the Beijing Summer Olympics is a distant memory at this point, Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley is looking ahead and is demanding that broadband access to the games be loosened, Sports Business Journal reported. Curley directed his comments to International Olympic Committee...

  Tags: International Olympic Committee, Associated Press, Video, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Broadband, Companies, NBC Universal, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Media, TV, David Kaplan, The Walt Disney Co.

• AP to Cut 10 Percent of Jobs in 2009

  Content Next - 2008-11-20

  Associated Press, one of the largest news organizations worldwide, is planning to cut about 10 percent of its workforce in 2009, reports Reuters, citing an internal "town-hall" meeting at the company. AP employs about 3,000 journalists, and a total of about 4,100 people worldwide, which means the cuts would...

  Tags: Job, Associated Press, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Rafat Ali, Media, Newspapers

• Travel Roundup: Southwest Pays, Stewardess Lands Plane, Harrah's Lays Off and More

  BNET - 2008-11-20

  Southwest pays $7.5 million for La Guardia landing slots -- Southwest Airlines is willing to pay $7.5 million for bankrupt ATA Airlines' landing slots and operating certificate at La Guardia Airport. If approved by a bankruptcy court, Southwest will buy 14 slots giving the Dallas-based airline seven daily takeoffs and landings. The closest airport...

  Tags: Associated Press, Southwest Airlines Co., Memphis, Harrah, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Finance, Business Operations, Barbara E. Hernandez

• School Districts Move Quickly to Smarter 802.11n Wi-Fi From Ruckus Wireless for Higher Speeds at Lower Cost

  - 2008-10-27

  Ruckus WirelessTM today announced that it has been selected by fourteen school districts across the country -- including Santa Clara Unified School District SCUSD, Schenectady Public Schools, Tonasket School District and Holland Christian Public Schools -- to supply state-of-the art Smart wireless LAN WLAN systems based on the emerging 802.11n...

  Tags: Associated Press, LANs, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WLAN

• The L.A. Times Fades and the A.P. Finds its Voice

  BNET - 2008-10-27

  When a colleague told me this afternoon that the Los Angeles Times had announced yet another massive round of newsroom layoffs, all I could do is shrug my shoulders and roll my eyes. It seems like every time my attention is diverted elsewhere, the west coast Times comes back with...

  Tags: Associated Press, Voice, Telecommunications, David Weir

• Negative campaigning seems to be working

  - 2008-10-25

  Wow! Just when a column based on the assumption of an Barack Obama win seemed to make sense, the Wednesday AP-GfK poll among likely voters show the presidential race essentially a dead heat -- Obama, 44, McCain, 43. With only one Tuesday between now and Election Day, a...

  Tags: Associated Press

• Negative campaigning seems to be working

  - 2008-10-25

  Wow! Just when a column based on the assumption of an Barack Obama win seemed to make sense, the Wednesday AP-GfK poll among likely voters show the presidential race essentially a dead heat -- Obama, 44, McCain, 43. With only one Tuesday between now and Election Day, a...

  Tags: Associated Press

• Education V Package

  - 2008-10-23

  The following feature package is a roundup of feature stories dealing with Education and is appropriate for special sections and for general use. For those receiving this copy via computer, the stories are easily identified by the initial word of the slug: "Education." This is the latest in...

  Tags: Associated Press, Education, MARKETING, photograph, PRODUCTIVITY

• Photos from a Ceremony for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, Presented by UnitedHealthcare and The DAISY Foundation, at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota are Available On Business Wire's Web Site and AP PhotoExpress

  - 2008-10-23

  Two photos from an awards ceremony for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, presented by UnitedHealthcare and The DAISY Foundation, at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, in Minneapolis are available on Business Wire's web site and AP PhotoExpress. UnitedHealthcare and The DAISY Foundation presented The DAISY Award for...

  Tags: Associated Press, Business Wire, hospital, INTERNET, Minneapolis, Minnesota, photograph, Web