N C meat plant walk out over MLK holiday protest
A few hundred workers at Smithfield Foods Tar Heel hog processing plant missed shifts on Monday to push for Martin Luther King Jr Day as a paid holiday. The union says about 400 of 2,500 scheduled workers were absent, while the company noted other reasons could explain the absence and that operations continued. A February meeting will consider replacing one paid holiday with the King holiday, a past practice at the plant.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Smithfield Foods Inc
Smithfield
Dennis Pittman
Pittman
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Eugene Rogers
Tar Heel
Raleigh
King
First Baptist Church
Johnnie Davis
All natural doughnuts push for healthier fats in industry shift
Bakers like Mark Isreal of the Doughnut Plant and Ryan Kellner of Mighty-O Donuts embrace a trend away from artificial trans fats as regulators push bans and labels tighten. Starbucks and Top Pot Doughnuts move to trans fat free recipes, while others test new approaches amid a national shift toward healthier ingredients.
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Mark Is Real
Isreal
New York
Tokyo
Starbucks
Ryan Kellner
All Organic
Mighty-O Donuts
Seattle
United States
Los Angeles
Little Rock
Ark
Franklin County
Ohio
Food and Drug Administration
Starbucks Corp
Amy Gundlach
Proposals Rise to curb CEO pay as proxy season nears
Lawmakers and investors push for tighter oversight of executive compensation amid high profile payouts. House committee chair Barney Frank weighs hearings and potential shareholder votes on pay packages like Home Depot's 210 million golden parachute and Pfizer's 200 million retirement deal, signaling a shift toward greater accountability.
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Washington
Home Depot Inc
Bob Nardelli
Congress
New House Financial Services Committee
Barney Frank
Massachusetts
Frank
Steven Adamske
United Kingdom
Richard Ferranto
American Federation of State
Ferranto
Nardelli
Pfizer Inc
Henry McKinnell
Boomers urged to switch from paper paychecks to direct deposit
South Florida readers learn the Treasury aims to move Baby Boomers toward direct deposit. With 25 percent not using it, officials note paper checks cost 80 cents more to print and mail, totaling about 120 million dollars yearly in extra expenses. Direct deposit guarantees funds on time even after disasters.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U.S. Treasury
U.S
Anna Escobedo Cabral
Treasury
Cabral
Credit card debt fueling small business loans rise
SBA study shows credit card debt is driving 70 percent of small business debt under 100000, helping to lift the number of firms with such loans from 15.2 million to 19 million between June 2004 and June 2005. Total dollar rise remains 1.9 percent as many use cards for small expenses. Chad Moutray notes market remains dynamic.
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Miami
The
Small Business Administration
Chad Moutray
SBA
Office of Advocacy
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