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September 11, 2024

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Boar's Head plant posed 'imminent threat' two years before deadly Listeria outbreak

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report showing that inspectors warned that a Boar's Head plant in Virginia posed an “imminent threat” two years before the recent deadly Listeria outbreak.

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Lobbying World: American Investment Council Adds Former Professors McCarthy and Scalise

The American Investment Council has hired Will Dunham as senior vice president of government relations. Dunham joins from the leading legal and lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, where he previously served as policy director for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and as executive director of the Republican Study Committee under current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana).

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Investigation finds Federal Reserve officials' investments violated ethics rules but did not violate insider trading laws

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government investigation has opened into Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic’s…

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Good to know

Business and economic news from other media:

S&P 500 rises, Nasdaq ends up 2% reboundFrom the collapse of inflation reports (CNBC)
Nippon Steel CorporationThe failed efforts to attract a trade union were detailed in emails and letters (The Washington Post)
Donald Trump's social media stocks Record low After his shaky debate performance (CNN)

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