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Kansas workers sue meat-packing plant over wages

ROXANA HEGEMAN - AP - 7 mins ago

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Workers at a Kansas slaughterhouse are seeking unpaid wages and overtime from National Beef Packing Co. in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of some 2,000 employees at the firm's Liberal plant. (full story)

Silicon Valley tech exec accused of Lego thefts

AP - 9 mins ago

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley software executive put fake bar codes on Lego sets at various Target stores, bought the toys at a steep discount, then sold them online for thousands of dollars, authorities said. (full story)

Coalspur Substantially Increases Existing Vista South Coal Resources

PR Newswire - 18 mins ago

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Brazil house passes slave labor amendment

AP - 18 mins ago

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's lower house has approved a constitutional amendment that strengthens punishments for landowners and others who force people into slave-like working conditions. (full story)

The Trend Trader For Futures Trading on Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Bob Hunt - The Pattern Trapper - 48 mins ago

The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite futures markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness.... (full story)

Shipping Point Vegetable Recap Report - Washington, DC

USDA - 29 mins ago

WA_FV102 WASHINGTON, DC 22-MAY-2012 ... (full story)

Hunt for trafficker terrorizes Honduran villagers

ALBERTO ARCE - AP - 25 mins ago

AHUAS, Honduras (AP) — A fearsome rattle of gunfire from the sky. The roar of helicopters descending on a tiny, Honduran town. And the sound of commandos speaking in English as they battered down doors and detained locals in the hunt for a drug trafficker. (full story)

News Summary: Argentina's economic boom ending

The Associated Press - AP - 30 mins ago

THE SLOWDOWN: Analysts predict Argentina's economy will grow 2.5 percent to 3 percent this year, half the 5.1 percent projected by the government's 2012 budget and far below last year's 8.9 percent rise. (full story)

Vintage Livestock Auction

USDA - 35 mins ago

LN_LS141 New Holland, PA Tue May 22, 2012 USDA-PA Dept of Ag Market News Vintage Sales Stables - Paradise, PA Slaughter Cattle and Calf Auction Report for Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Cattle Calves This Week: 416 605 Last Week: 317 511 Last Year: 363 ... (full story)

Anti-Chavez TV channel trying to survive

JORGE RUEDA - AP - 40 mins ago

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The studios of the Venezuelan television channel RCTV used to be filled with thousands of actors, production assistants and other employees. Today, nearly five years after the channel was forced off the air by the government, the building seems largely empty. (full story)

June Japanese Yen Trading for Wednesday, May 23

Bob Hunt - The Pattern Trapper - 42 mins ago

The June Japanese Yen contract has fired 90-10 Low Continuation & Reversal, High Breakout Continuation Setup, and Momentum Pinball Buy signals for today's trading. (full story)

Winter Livestock Cattle Auction - La Junta, CO (Tue)

USDA - 45 mins ago

GL_LS752 Greeley, CO Tue May 22, 2012 USDA-CO Dept of Ag Market News Winter Livestock Inc - La Junta, CO Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 05/22/2012 Receipts: 1173 Last Week: 748 Year Ago: 1421 Compared with last Wednesday: Steers and heifers under 600 lbs... (full story)

Shipping Point Fruit Recap Report - Washington, DC

USDA - 45 mins ago

WASHINGTON, DC 22-MAY-2012 ... (full story)

Duluth Metals Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid and Securities Repurchase Plan for its Class A Shares

PR Newswire - 46 mins ago

TORONTO , May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth") (TSX: DM) (TSX: DM.U) announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") has approved Duluth's Notice of Intention to Make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the "NCIB") to purchase for cancellation, from time to time, its common shares (the "Shares") through the facilities of the TSX and other available trading platforms. Duluth has TSX approval to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 5% of Duluth's issued and outstanding Shares. As of May 22, 2012 , the total number of issued and outstanding Shares was 125,568,568 Shares. The price which Duluth will pay for any Shares purchased by it will be the prevailing market price of the Shares on the TSX or such other exchange or marketplace, as applicable, at the time of such purchase. (full story)

Shipping Point Vegetable Report - Phoenix, AZ

USDA - 46 mins ago

PHOENIX Shipping Point Prices as of 22-MAY-2012 Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable Market News, Federal - State Market News Service, USDA. ... (full story)

Best Buy profit falls, adj. earns tops Street view

MAE ANDERSON - AP - 47 mins ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 26 percent on restructuring charges as the struggling electronics retailer began implementing a turnaround plan. (full story)

Take-Two 4Q loss triples but sales beat forecast

AP - 58 mins ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net loss more than tripled as revenue fell and the video game maker failed to repeat the success of "Red Dead Redemption" from a year ago. (full story)

Shipping Point Fruit Report - Phoenix, AZ

USDA - 58 mins ago

PHOENIX Shipping Point Prices as of 22-MAY-2012 Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable Market News, Federal - State Market News Service, USDA. ... (full story)

R.R. Donnelley buying Edgar Online for $39M

AP - 59 mins ago

CHICAGO (AP) — Printing company R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. said Tuesday that it will buy financial data company Edgar Online Inc. for about $38.6 million, adding to its digital products. (full story)

Passenger's suspicious claim diverts jet to Maine

GLENN ADAMS - AP - 54 mins ago

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, raising fears of a terror scenario that security officials had warned about. (full story)

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