Oil firms and grocers miss feast of profits
New York reports a third quarter profit up about 15 percent overall, with most firms rising. Oil companies and supermarket chains were conspicuously absent from the gains as low gasoline prices and aggressive price competition trimmed profits for Standard Oil of New Jersey, Getty, and supermarket groups amid a broader rebound in steel, nonferrous metals, building materials, and paper.
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Price Commission approves food price hikes for canned goods
The Price Commission on Tuesday approved increases for frozen and canned fruits and vegetables from Agway Inc Curtice Burns Consolidated Foods and Stokely Van Camp. The rise follows natural disasters including storms Agnes heatwaves floods and freezes. CPI shows September food prices up 0.6 percent. Each company’s ranges vary from about 0.5 to 17.26 percent.
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