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...Most of it has gone through the sausage machine of being rated for creditworthiness by the oligopoly ratings providers, Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch....
...Sausages and potato salad are on the menu at Deutsche Bank’s shareholder meeting in Frankfurt’s Festhalle later this month. So is a showdown with management. Deutsche will get a deserved wallop....
...If it’s a pack of artisanal sausages — in which each 100 per cent organic offal tube, under a west London bylaw, must cost £2 — you can only serve them up and pray no one spouts at all....
...Cereal and eggs or sausage and frozen peas? US investors seem to prefer the former....
...Both Tyson and Pilgrim’s are seeking to block Hillshire, the company behind Jimmy Dean sausages and Ball Park hot dogs, from going ahead with its planned $6.6bn acquisition of Pinnacle Foods, announced two...
...transaction would create a company with more than $12bn in annual revenues, and combine Colorado-based Pilgrim’s fresh and frozen chicken business with Hillshire’s focus on beef and pork, including Jimmy Dean sausages...
...Hillshire has traditionally dominated the frozen and refrigerated sections with Jimmy Dean sausages, Ball Park hot dogs, Hillshire Farm lunch meats and Sara Lee frozen desserts....
...Hillshire Brands, the US company behind Jimmy Dean sausages and Sara Lee frozen desserts, surged by more than a fifth after finding itself in a rival’s crosshairs....
...Without the sort of cost savings necessary to justify the price, many saw the move by Hillshire, known in the US for Ball Park hot dogs and Jimmy Dean sausages, as a way to head off a potential takeover....
...The group model has turned out to be pretty good for luxury, albeit with some whining on designers’ parts, as they feel they are being turned into sausage makers, having to continually churn out product....
...Sausage maker Cranswick jumped 10 per cent to 812.5p after it said a round of price negotiations with retailers had been successful and further talks had been “constructive”....
...Viscofan, the world’s largest supplier of artificial sausage casings, has responded to pressure from international investors by reviewing its directors’ pay in the latest of several corporate governance...
...As Volkswagen’s shareholders tuck into their plate of sausages at the German company’s annual general meeting today some may reflect that they have an almost negligible say in how the world’s biggest carmaker...
...Just around the corner from Gugelhof, candlelit Pasternak serves continental fare alongside Russian specialities, including blini platters, Russian sausage and potato pancakes from 10am-3pm on Sundays....
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