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Cost-cutting soups up Campbell's profit

P rice-conscious grocery shoppers are being choosy about what they buy to cook at home, even from the value-oriented Campbell Soup Co. CPB-N The company reported Monday that its first quarter profit rose 17 per cent with the help of lower costs from ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Campbell Soup,  CPB Inc.

NJ teen barred from abortion protest sues school

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-speech and religious-freedom rights when they said she couldn't participate in a day of silent protest against ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, San Diego Union-Tribune,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Alliance Defense Fund

Christie committee: NJ finances worse than thought

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's governor-elect said Monday he'll be taking office of a state with an even worse financial crisis than previously believed, and he wants the current governor to tighten the state's purse strings in the meantime. ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Christopher J. Christie,  Jon Corzine,  George W. Bush,  Tom Kean,  U.S. Republican Party

NY Fed president: Crisis can teach finance system

The president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said that the financial world can learn from the economic crunch of the past two years and become stronger. William Dudley, who was named president of the key bank in January when ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, Taiwan News,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Reserve Bank of New York,  Timothy F. Geithner,  Princeton University

Camden's new mayor wants to get power back from NJ

CAMDEN, N.J. The city's mayor-elect has a vision of bringing the middle class to her impoverished hometown. But Dana Redd's first task is to try to get full mayoral powers restored. Seven years ago, the state implemented a $175 million bailout ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, San Diego Union-Tribune,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Dana Redd,  Christopher J. Christie,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Jon Corzine

Scorn for property taxes drives NJ governor's race

FILE - These Oct. 2009 file photos show the three candidates for governor of New Jersey, from left, Democrat Jon. S. Corzine, Independent Chris Daggett, and Republican Chris Christie. Third party candidate Daggett has gone from an afterthought to a ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, The Washington Post,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Christopher J. Daggett,  Christopher J. Christie,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Turnpike World Series may hurt NJ campaigns

TRENTON, N.J. - Fastballs or fundraisers? Team bus or campaign bus? Stump speeches or stolen bases? ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Philadelphia Phillies,  Christopher J. Christie,  U.S. Republican Party,  New York Yankees,  Jon Corzine

Gov. Corzine has a huge money advantage in NJ race

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.—If Republican Chris Christie is being outspent by Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine in New Jersey's down-to-the-wire gubernatorial election, independent Chris Daggett is being swamped. Corzine, a former Wall Street executive who ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, Boston Globe,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Christopher J. Christie,  U.S. Republican Party,  Jon Corzine,  Christopher J. Daggett,  U.S. Senate

Weighty topic: NJ candidate's girth is an issue

TRENTON, N.J.—There are weighty issues in New Jersey's tight race for governor -- the highest property taxes in the nation, for one thing. And then there are issues of weight. Republican challenger Chris Christie's Henry VIII-like girth has become a ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, Boston Globe,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Christopher J. Christie,  U.S. Republican Party,  Jon Corzine,  Christopher J. Daggett

Obama song video prompts protests at US school

Protesters brought some different songs Monday to an elementary school where students sang in praise of President Barack Obama, reflecting criticism from conservative commentators who said children were being indoctrinated. About 70 protesters ...

From GEOFF MULVIHILL, eTaiwan News,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

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