The Associated PressDee-Ann Durbin After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free. Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum’s Animals crackers after relenting to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA, […]
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By Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free. Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco, has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum’s Animals crackers after relenting to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of […]
The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA–A rare nickel has sold for $4.5 million at a Philadelphia auction. Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold the Eliasberg 1913 Liberty Head nickel last night during the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money at the Philadelphia Convention Center. It is named for financier Louis E. Eliasberg, who […]
By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The nation’s newsrooms are pushing back against President Donald Trump with a co-ordinated series of newspaper editorials condemning his attacks on “fake news” and suggestion that journalists are the enemy. The Boston Globe invited newspapers across the country to stand up […]
The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A rare nickel has sold for $4.5 million at a Philadelphia auction. Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold the Eliasberg 1913 Liberty Head nickel Wednesday night during the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money at the Philadelphia Convention Center. It is named for financier Louis E. […]
By Armina Ligaya The Canadian Press TORONTO — When Dionne Laslo-Baker sought a bank loan to expand her burgeoning organic popsicle and freezies business in 2014, she was shocked by the patronizing feedback she says she received from a male banker. “One of them said not only that they couldn’t […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says its main fund grew to $366.6 billion of net assets at the end of June, up $10.5 billion from the end of March. The Toronto-based fund manager says CPP Fund’s gain included $3.9 billion of net contributions from the […]
By Mike Householder The Associated Press FLAT ROCK, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. marked production of the 10 millionth Mustang with celebrations Wednesday at the automaker’s headquarters and at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant where the iconic sports car is made. A parade of Mustangs from 1964 to the present […]
By David Pitt The Associated Press FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out business as large confined animal operations with thousands of animals lined up in assembly-line fashion are expanding into the organic market. Many traditional small-scale organic farmers […]
By Tara Deschamps The Canadian Press TORONTO — Soup, soda and beer makers can’t seem to put a lid on the effects of the recent aluminum tariffs. The 10 per cent fees that were slapped on imports of the metal by U.S. President Donald Trump in early July are making […]
By Paul Wiseman And Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department is going ahead with a tax on Canadian newsprint, a threat to the already-struggling American newspaper industry. The revised tariffs unveiled Thursday are mostly lower than those originally imposed earlier this year. But they would […]
By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion, the financial fruit of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets. The milestone reached Thursday marks the latest triumph of a trend-setting company […]
