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Joanna Ramey

Articles by Joanna Ramey

BUSINESS BACKS BUSH'S TAX PLAN DESPITE CRITICISM

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has shown no signs of backing off its push for Congress to enact $670 billion in tax cuts to stimulate the sagging

MAJORITY RULES

WASHINGTON -- Repeal of the federal estate tax is at the top of the food industry's legislative agenda for the newly installed Congress, but supermarkets

ESTATE TAX ISSUE STILL ALIVE DESPITE SENATE DEFEAT

WASHINGTON -- The Senate last week dashed supermarket industry hopes of Congress repealing the estate tax, but supporters vowed to keep bringing the issue

SEEKING SAFE PASSAGE

WASHINGTON -- Issues affecting the supermarket industry are caught up in the fray on Capitol Hill, as Congress reconvenes this week with an agenda largely

FOOD INDUSTRY BLASTS NEW OSHA ANTI-INJURY RULES

WASHINGTON -- Food industry associations lent their voice and lobbying muscle to a broad coalition of U.S. business groups that oppose the new job-related

SENATE HEARS CONSUMER BIOTECH FOOD CONCERNS

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A Senate committee here last week examined the state of consumer confidence in biotech foods in the wake of Kraft Food's recent recall

106TH CONGRESS' FINALE

WASHINGTON -- After an August recess, Congress returns to work this week to a politically charged agenda with a vote to override President Clinton's veto

TAX FIGHT CONTINUES DESPITE VETO THREAT

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Supermarket industry leaders who have helped wage the battle to repeal the estate tax said last week the fight isn't over, although

SENATE TO CONSIDER REPEALING ESTATE TAX

WASHINGTON -- The previously uncommitted Senate Republican leadership said last week it will consider an estate tax reform bill before the end of the

FTC NIXES KROGER'S WINN-DIXIE ACQUISTION

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Federal Trade Commission said last week it filed a preliminary injunction to block Kroger Co., Cincinnati, from buying 74 supermarkets

SLOTTING FEES PRICE EFFECTS AIRED AT FTC WORKSHOP

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Higher retail food prices would be the likely result if supermarkets stopped receiving slotting allowances from suppliers, according

WHOLESALE PRICES RISE FOR DOMESTIC FOOD

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Wholesale prices for domestically grown and produced food in March increased a seasonally adjusted 0.1% against February, according

KEY INDUSTRY ISSUES REMAIN ON CONGRESS' PLATE

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The days are numbered in Congress' 2000 legislative calendar, and election-year politics are at the heart of the remaining issues

COMMISSION SIDESTEPS INTERNET TAX ISSUE

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A Congressionally appointed commission in a formal report issued last week sidestepped the issue of whether all Internet sales should

NLRB REQUIRES WAL-MART UNION VOTE

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The National Labor Relations Board here said it will require Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., to allow workers in the meat and