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Chiquita Brands International Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Chiquita Brands International.

Results 1 - 20 of 282 in Chiquita Brands International

  1. Editorial: Carbon footprints on path to ironyRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Valley Morning Star

    Even if you believe that CO2 emissions cause global warming, there are unintended consequences when the government tries to solve this overhyped problem.

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    Related Topix: El Centro, CA, Food, Agriculture, Global Warming, Opinion

  2. EU says it will accept WTO banana compromise to pave way toward global trade pactRead the original story

    Wednesday | International Herald Tribune

    ... taxes on European goods equal to the amount of damage incurred by American companies such as Chiquita Brands International Inc. The EU has repeatedly tinkered with the banana import rules in recent years but none of the changes has withstood legal ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Brussels, Belgium, Brabant, Belgium, Belgium, Union (University of South Carolina System), University of South Carolina System, Business News

  3. Chiquita to Report Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results on July 31, 2008Read the original story

    Tuesday Jul 15 | PR Newswire

    Chiquita Brands International, Inc. will release second quarter financial results on July 31, 2008, after the market closes and will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT that day.

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Food

  4. Ex-PMA board member Terrence 'Tip' Murphy dies

    Tuesday Jul 15 | Packer

    ... officer Swedesboro, N.J.-based Paganini Foods LLC. Murphy, who worked at Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International Inc. for 13 years, worked most recently for Irwindale, Calif.-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. Murphy joined Ready Pac in April 2007 as ...

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    Related Topix: Swedesboro, NJ, Agriculture, Food

  5. Some consequences aren't intended

    Thursday Jul 10 | Odessa American Online

    The price of a smaller carbon footprint may be higher than we expect. July 10, 2008 - 4:41PM ODESSA AMERICAN Even if you believe CO2 emissions cause global warming, there are unintended consequences when the ...

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    Related Topix: El Centro, CA, Food, Agriculture, Opinion

  6. Landec's Got It In The Bag

    Monday Jul 7 | Investopedia

    Convenience, it's something many are willing to pay extra for, whether we're talking about home delivery of a weekly grocery order, pre-mixed cocktail drinks or ready-to-serve fresh-cut vegetables.

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    Related Topix: Drink, Cocktails, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Startups, Landec, Agriculture, Landec, Life, Food, Vegetables, Food

  7. Rust Belt CincinnatiRead the original story

    Sunday Jul 6 | Burgh Diaspora

    ... & Gamble, Kroger, Macy's, Fifth Third Bancorp, insurer Western & Southern Financial Group, and Chiquita Brands International. That is more than any other Ohio city. Cincinnati isn't resting on its laurels and the post-9/11 economic climate has ...

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    Related Topix: Insurance, Financial Services

  8. Hagin leaving White HouseRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | Washington Examiner

    ... 14, 2001. Hagin, a former aide to President George H.W. Bush and a former vice president at Chiquita Brands International, said he will depart the week of July 20 for a job that will have him splitting time among Chicago, Washington and his beloved ...

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    Related Topix: Food, Agriculture, George Bush, US News

  9. Hagin leaving White House

    Thursday Jul 3 | Washington Examiner

    ... 14, 2001. Hagin, a former aide to President George H.W. Bush and a former vice president at Chiquita Brands International, said he will depart the week of July 20 for a job that will have him splitting time among Chicago, Washington and his beloved ...

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    Related Topix: Food, Agriculture, George Bush, US News

  10. 'Big Joe' leaving White HouseRead the original story

    Friday Jul 4 | The Cincinnati Enquirer

    ... ite House, Hagin returned to Cincinnati where he became vice president of corporate affairs at Chiquita Brands International, where he worked for another Bush friend, Carl H. Lindner Jr.

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    Related Topix: George Bush, Cincinnati, OH, US News

  11. Bananas stolen from portRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | News Journal

    ... in Jersey City, N.J. on June 25 and returned to Delaware. Dole Fresh Fruit North America and Chiquita Brands International bring more than a million tons of bananas through Wilmington each year from several Central American countries. The News ...

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    Related Topix: Wilmington, DE

  12. Chiquita seeds research

    Thursday Jul 3 | Salinas Californian

    ... in 2005, is giving the research facility a major boost in international stature. Fresh Express Chiquita Brands International has announced the facility at 607 Brunken St. will become its second international research and development headquarters. ...

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    Related Topix: Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, World News, Food, Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, Salinas, CA

  13. Chiquita to dedicate Fresh Express research facility to LuggRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | Salinas Californian

    ... in 2005, is giving the research facility a major boost in international stature. Fresh Express Chiquita Brands International has announced the facility at 607 Brunken St. will become its second international research and development headquarters. ...

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    Related Topix: Salinas, CA, Food, Agriculture, Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, World News

  14. Carl Linder Funds Terrorist Group and John McCain

    Thursday Jul 3 | Netscape

    - Carl H. Lindner Jr.,the Cincinnati billionaire businessman and former CEO of Chiquita Brands International who co-hosted of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain, oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Food

  15. Joe Hagin leaving White HouseRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | The Cincinnati Enquirer

    ... ite House, Hagin returned to Cincinnati where he became vice president of corporate affairs at Chiquita Brands International, where he worked for another Bush friend, Carl Lindner Jr.

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    Related Topix: George Bush, Cincinnati, OH, US News

  16. Top White House adviser resigningRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 3 | Washington Times

    ... ve affairs. Before coming to work for the second President Bush, Mr. Hagin was an executive at Chiquita Brands International, in his native town of Cincinnati.

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    Related Topix: George Bush, US News

  17. Here Comes Carbox

    Thursday Jul 3 | Forbes.com

    Here's something new to worry about: If you can't figure out how much carbon your company is pumping into the atmosphere, you could face fines or even criminal charges someday.

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    Related Topix: Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance, Law, Google, Startups, Food, Agriculture

  18. Continue reading "Dems: McCain wrong on Colombia"

    Tuesday Jul 1 | The Swamp

    ... that McCain benefits from the campaign largesse of GOP uber-donor Carl Lindner III, who headed Chiquita Brands International when it began paying off left- and right-wing paramilitaries designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. government. ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Food, Agriculture

  19. BananasRead the original story

    Wednesday Jul 2 | Balloon Juice

    ... by the United States. Carl H. Lindner Jr., the billionaire Cincinnati businessman, was CEO of Chiquita Brands International from 1984 to 2001, and remained on the company's board of directors until May 2002. Beginning under his tenure, Chiquita ...

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    Related Topix: Terrorism, Agriculture, Food

  20. TravelRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 1 | Food & Wine

    ... canal, an inland waterway built in 1898 and later purchased by the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita Brands International), which for years mercilessly controlled much of the Panamanian economy. As a Ngobe family paddles near our boat in a wooden ...

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    Related Topix: Panama, World News, Central America, Life, Fruits