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The obesity epidemic: Can parents say 'no?'
McDonald's is often blamed for making our children fat. Some groups are calling for Ronald McDonald's head -- or at least, the clown's retirement. Shareholders, meanwhile, asked the company during the recent annual meeting to assess its policy on...Tags: Advertising, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Companies and Corporations, Foods and Beverages, Food Industry
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First Mariner's Hale retires
Edwin F. Hale Sr., the Baltimore trucking magnate and developer, said Friday that he has retired as chief executive and chairman of First Mariner Bancorp — the banking company he built, only to scramble in the housing market collapse and recession...Tags: Loans, Corporate Officers, Finance, Inner Harbor, Financial and Business Services
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Judge rejects both competing plans in Tribune Co. bankruptcy case
Tribune reporterThe judge in Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy case on Monday rejected two competing plans for reorganizing the company, leaving the Chapter 11 proceeding unresolved after nearly three contentious years in court. In an expansive 126-page opinion, U.S....Tags: Entertainment Events, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Justice System, Tribune Company, Judges
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Damages in Balto. Co. Exxon leak suit rise to $1.5 billion
Baltimore County jurors returned a verdict for punitive damages against ExxonMobil Corp. on Thursday that raises the total award stemming from an underground gasoline leak in 2006 to more than $1.5 billion, a figure that a plaintiffs' lawyer says could...Tags: Stress, Justice System, Companies and Corporations, Crimes, Trials
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$495 million award from Exxon in Balto. Co. gas spill could grow
A Baltimore County jury has ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay more than $495 million to compensate a group of Jacksonville families and businesses for claims of lost property value, emotional distress and medical monitoring resulting from a 2006...Tags: Justice System, Companies and Corporations, Crimes, Business, Judges
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Verdict sealed in Exxon gas spill trial; proceedings continue
ExxonMobil Corp. has lost its bid to avoid paying punitive damages in a case stemming from an underground gasoline leak in northern Baltimore County in 2006, but how much the international company will have to pay remains to be seen as the case...Tags: Stress, Justice System, Companies and Corporations, Harford County, Business
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Grace expanding Middle East joint venture
W.R. Grace & Co. is expanding one of its joint ventures to provide more products and services to petroleum refiners in places such as the Middle East, the Columbia-based chemical maker announced Wednesday. The joint venture, Advanced Refining...Tags: Kuwait, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Chevron Corportion, Joint Ventures
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Northern Trust CEO sees 12 percent pay hike
Chicago Tribune reporterThe total compensation of Northern Trust Corp. chief executive Frederick Waddell rose 12 percent to $14.3 million in 2011. Some of the increase was due to stock and option awards granted last year for 2010 performance. In its proxy filed with the...Tags: Earnings, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Northern Trust Corporation
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United Continental's CEO has a daunting challenge before him
Tribune staff reporterJeff Smisek was a partner at a law firm in Houston in the mid-1990s when, during a business lunch, he was offered the opportunity to meet with Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines. He didn't know Bethune, but his sales instincts kicked in. He...Tags: Contracts, Entertainment Events, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sales, Led Zeppelin (music group)
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McCormick seeks to make more overseas acquisitions
Spice maker McCormick & Co. plans to make more acquisitions, especially in emerging markets in Eastern Europe and Asia, where sales are expected to account for 13 percent of the firm's overall revenue this year, the company's chief executive officer and...Tags: Hinduism, Religion and Belief, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Pikesville, Companies and Corporations
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At Annual Meeting, Shareholders Mum On The Hartford's Major Restructuring
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — The Hartford drew support from shareholders for executives' pay and for the re-election of all board members during the company's annual meeting Wednesday. The property-casualty and life insurer drew hardly any inquiry from...Tags: Insurance, Companies and Corporations, Stock Market, Elections, Financial and Business Services
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JPMorgan $2 Billion Loss Hits Shares, Credit, Image
ReutersNEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co lost $15 billion in market value and a notch in its credit ratings on Friday while a chorus of regulators and politicians reacted to its surprise $2 billion trading loss by demanding stiffer oversight for...Tags: Insurance, Science and Technology, JPMorgan Chase & Co., NBC (tv network), Federal Reserve
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