Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Japan has agreed to provide financial support of ¥250 million (approximately $3 million) to Nepal as food aid. Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Nepal’s deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, and Koichiro Gemba, Japan’s foreign minister, witnessed the signing of the deal Sunday at the [...]
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Obama orders FDA to curb drug shortages
November 2nd, 2011 
davidguide Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – President Obama will sign new guidelines Monday afternoon for the Food and Drug Administration aimed at reducing drug costs and increasing drug supplies. The White House said in a statement, “The shortage of prescription drugs drives up costs, leaves consumers vulnerable to price [...]
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December 3rd, 2010 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Lumberton, NC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has filed an administrative complaint against a North Carolina company, Nash Finch Co., with systematic job discrimination against 80 women. Minneapolis, MN-based Nash Finch is the second-largest publicly traded wholesale food distributor in [...]
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October 21st, 2010 davidguide In Cuba, every person receives a basic monthly food ration from the communist government. It’s not enough to survive on, but no one starves, either. Now, with changes coming to the island’s economy, this hallmark of Fidel Castro’s revolution is also in doubt. View full post on All Stories
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October 1st, 2010 davidguide Food and franchising have gone together like peanut butter and jelly at least since 1935, when Howard Dearing Johnson franchised his first restaurant featuring ice cream, fried clams and hot dogs under an iconic orange roof. Though today only a handful of HoJo restaurants survive, food-related concepts are still some of the most popular and [...]
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October 15th, 2009 davidguide You probably have heard of NAFTA (North America Free Trade Association), OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countires), the EU (European Union) and the BRIC (Brazil Russia India China) countries … but have you heard about MENA? Ok, you ask … what is it and why should I care? When conventional wisdom is not [...]
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