http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Mon, 20 May 2013 18:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/13/more-expensive-gas-pushes-up-wholesale-prices/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/13/more-expensive-gas-pushes-up-wholesale-prices/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:43:54 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=223532 WASHINGTON — A sharp rise in gasoline costs drove up wholesale prices last month by the most in more than three years. But outside energy and food, price gains were mild. The producer price index, which measures price changes before they reach the consumer, jumped 1.7 percent in August, the Labor Department said Thursday. The [...]

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]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/05/custody-of-the-potential-children/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/25/usda-says-drought-will-push-up-food-prices-in-2013/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/25/usda-says-drought-will-push-up-food-prices-in-2013/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:19:48 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=220032 MINNEAPOLIS — The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. Milk, eggs, beef, poultry and pork prices will all be affected by the drought, which has pushed up prices for feed. Beef prices are expected [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/25/usda-says-drought-will-push-up-food-prices-in-2013/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/cheaper-gas-drives-wholesale-price-index-lower/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/cheaper-gas-drives-wholesale-price-index-lower/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:58:37 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215185 WASHINGTON — A big decline in gas and energy costs drove a measure of U.S. wholesale prices lower in April. Outside that drop, prices barely rose. The Labor Department said Friday that the producer price index dropped 0.2 percent last month from the previous month. It was the first decline since December and the biggest [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/cheaper-gas-drives-wholesale-price-index-lower/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/burger-king-makes-cage-free-promise/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/burger-king-makes-cage-free-promise/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:50:37 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214116 The movement by U.S. food corporations toward more humane treatment of animals experienced a whopper of a shift Wednesday when Burger King announced that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017. The decision by the U.S.’s second-largest fast-food restaurant raises the bar for other companies seeking to [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/burger-king-makes-cage-free-promise/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/05/general-assembly-signs-off-on-bill-limiting-sperm-egg-donors/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/05/general-assembly-signs-off-on-bill-limiting-sperm-egg-donors/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:30:53 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/05/general-assembly-signs-off-on-bill-limiting-sperm-egg-donors/ ANNAPOLIS — A bill that prevents the use of sperm or eggs for assisted reproduction without prior permission after the donor dies has cleared the General Assembly. The bill, which would require a donor to give consent to use his or her genetic material after death, was approved Thursday in a 43-2 vote. The measure [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/05/general-assembly-signs-off-on-bill-limiting-sperm-egg-donors/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/17/widow-of-chicken-man-perdue-crafts-egg-cessories/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/17/widow-of-chicken-man-perdue-crafts-egg-cessories/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:30:22 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/17/widow-of-chicken-man-perdue-crafts-egg-cessories/ As hobbies go, laboriously transforming ostrich eggs into one-of-a-kind handbags using dentists’ drills, a finicky epoxy resin and minuscule Swarovski crystals doesn’t necessarily sound like the most appealing choice. Not unless you’re married to the “Chicken Man,” that is. It proved the perfect pastime for Mitzi Perdue, the third wife of the late poultry magnate [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/08/17/widow-of-chicken-man-perdue-crafts-egg-cessories/feed/ 1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/27/pew-report-poultry-farms-waste-on-smaller-area/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/27/pew-report-poultry-farms-waste-on-smaller-area/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:47:40 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/27/pew-report-poultry-farms-waste-on-smaller-area/ Increasing demand for chicken is being satisfied by fewer farms concentrated in a smaller area where surrounding farmland can’t sustainably use the resulting waste as fertilizer, according to a new report being disputed by industry groups. The study released Wednesday by the Pew Environment Group recommends capping the number of birds in large operations if [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/27/pew-report-poultry-farms-waste-on-smaller-area/feed/ 1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/08/link-between-bad-eggs-illnesses-hard-to-prove/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/08/link-between-bad-eggs-illnesses-hard-to-prove/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:08:20 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=186321 DES MOINES, Iowa — Thousands of people likely were sickened by salmonella-contaminated eggs from two Iowa companies last summer, but lawyers said far fewer have the proof needed for a successful lawsuit and most cases filed will be settled out of court. So far, attorneys in Seattle, Houston, Chicago and Minneapolis have filed at least [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/08/link-between-bad-eggs-illnesses-hard-to-prove/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/08/25/ag-officials-no-recalled-eggs-found-in-md/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/08/25/ag-officials-no-recalled-eggs-found-in-md/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:27:12 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=182124 ANNAPOLIS — Maryland officials working to make sure that recalled eggs aren’t being sold in the state. Officials from two Iowa farms recalled more than a half-billion eggs after learning that salmonella may have sickened as many as 1,300 people. But Maryland agriculture officials say that the plants involved the recall are not registered to [...]

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