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(NEW YORK)Beef may not be what's for dinner at your favorite restaurant come 2009. Restaurants, now working to secure supply and price contracts for meat and other commodities for the upcomi...READ MORE

NEW CUSTOMERS: U.S.-based consumer products companies are increasingly looking overseas to emerging markets for sales growth lacking at home. But developing countries can be volati...READ MORE

(CINCINNATI)With Russian troops pushing into Georgia, Keith Harrison was working his e-mail back in Cincinnati. The first thing he wanted to know: Were Procter & Gamble Co. employees accounted...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Restaurant chain Chick-fil-A said Thursday it has eliminated all artificial trans fats from its chicken and biscuit-laden menu. The Atlanta-based company said it changed its recipe...READ MORE

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.)Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. on Wednesday predicted solid 2009 profit growth overseas and in its sluggish U.S. business as the operator of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut express...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)An RBC Capital Markets analyst cut the price targets of eight restaurant companies on Wednesday, saying the chains are all facing slower sales and higher commodity costs.READ MORE

Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Oct. 7, from AP Financial News: PITTSBURGH (AP)--Alcoa Inc., one of the world's largest aluminum producers, on Tuesday reported a 52-percent...READ MORE