Tyson Foods Incorporated

Scientists working on $330,000 test-tube-meat burger

2012-02-20 10:06:00

Would you eat mystery meat grown in a lab if doing so was better for the environment? The debate may seem abstract, but scientists could turn a test-tube burger into reality by October. The $330,000 project being conducted by Mark Post, chairman of...

What pink slime? Meat company Tyson's profit up 4.4%

2012-05-07 08:07:00

What was meat-processing giant Tyson Foods Inc.’s response to the pink slime controversy this spring? A 4.4% boost in its earnings in its second fiscal quarter. The Springdale, Ark. company made a $166 million profit, or 44 cents a share, up from...

AFA Foods blames 'pink slime' controversy for bankruptcy filing

2012-04-02 10:42:00

For a controversy cooked up over a product that’s been around for years, the recent outcry over "pink slime" seems to be hitting many businesses where it hurts, most recently causing beef products company AFA Foods Inc. to declare Chapter 11...

Consumer Confidential: Airfares, chicken prices, car troubles

2011-08-08 16:35:30

Donald J. Tyson dies at 80; led family's poultry company, Tyson Foods

2011-01-07 00:00:00

Donald J. Tyson, the former Tyson Foods Inc. chief executive who led his family's poultry company from being a regional producer to dominance in the industry, died Thursday. He was 80. Company spokesman Gary Mickelson said Tyson died at his Arkansas home...

China's additives on menu in U.S.

2007-05-18 00:00:00

SHANGHAI — As the recall of tainted pet food mushroomed into an international scandal, two of the largest U.S. food manufacturers put out a blanket order to their American suppliers: No more ingredients from China. The directive from Mission...

U.S. airlines vie for new nonstop LAX-China routes

2007-08-07 00:00:00

Chinese airlines offer three nonstop flights to China from Los Angeles, but James Rice always hops on a U.S. carrier even though it means stopping over in another city, adding several hours to his trip. "Seats are small, food is bad and service is a...

YWCA off to good start in meeting challenge grant

2013-05-17 00:00:00

The Black Hawk County YWCA has raised more than 60 percent of funds needed to meet a challenge grant from the Black Hawk County Gaming Association for a major renovation of its Waterloo headquarters. Now, the nonprofit organization is launching a public...

Pilot CEO to answer trucking execs questions

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Jimmy Haslam will take questions from trucking executives from around the country today, one month after the federal raid on his company's Knoxville headquarters and in the midst of more than a half-dozen lawsuits filed by trucking companies. Haslam,...

The day ahead in business May 6

2013-05-06 03:30:00

Local earnings: Accretive Health Inc., Career Education Corp., Federal Signal Corp., Landauer Inc., Middleby Corp., MYR Group Inc., Material Sciences Corp., WMS Industries Inc. Other major earnings: American Apparel Inc., Dillard's Inc., iGo Inc.,...

Smithfield and Continental Grain continue to butt heads

2013-04-26 00:00:00

A large Smithfield Foods shareholder made the case Thursday that the Isle of Wight County pork giant needs to trim down and focus more squarely on its profitable packaged meats business, setting the table for a proxy war at the company's next annual...

UNI notes: Football wraps up spring drills this week

2013-04-23 10:44:02

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- It's been a productive month of workouts for a University of Northern Iowa football team intent on putting an uncharacteristic, 5-6 season behind it. Head coach Mark Farley has even learned how to tweet. UNI will conclude its...

The man known as "Mr. Chicken", Donald John Tyson, died on Jan. 6. and at age 80.

2011-01-06 16:17:30

Thomas Puok, right, has been living in Omaha for the last three years. He works with many fellow Sudanese refugees at a Tyson Foods plant, packaging meat.

2007-05-02 09:38:10