Bottom Line: American Heart Association lobbies up for food as medicine effort
Medicine of American Heart Association Hired Lewis Burke Associates Lobby Strategy scoperesearch and funding issues Food is medicineor the integration of the use of health foods into the field of healthcare to help prevent, manage, or treat certain conditions. The lobbyist for the account is Dominic Carter, a former deputy assistant director for agricultural science, […]
Bottom Line: Penske signs Pelosi alum
Trucking Penske Truck Leasing Company Hired OGR It lobbies on issues related to the trucking industry, the Environmental Protection Agency, nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide (NOx) emissions, and electric vehicles. One of the lobbyists for the account is Dean Aguilera, a former senior advisor, director of congressional services, and floor assistant to current Speaker Emeritus […]
Rare coin from 1776 found in bottom of toffee tin to sell at auction
Recently, a unique item worth thousands of dollars was discovered at the bottom of a toffee tin. Wotton Auction Rooms, an auction house based in Gloucestershire, England, recently discovered the ancient coin while appraising an item brought in by a private buyer. Auctioneer Joseph Trinder said the coin was a 38mm diameter continental dollar made […]
Bottom Line: Railroad giant lobbies up for drones
Drone BNSF Railway Company Hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld The railroad giant will lobby on issues related to “U.S. drone security solutions.” Build it The company has been operating drones for years to inspect infrastructure, accidents and other assets, and just won a new exemption from the FAA for flying drones beyond visual […]
Bottom Line: Tax bill architect to lobby for private equity giant
Tax Baker & Hostetler LLP Already registered Lobby on tax policy, including provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, some of which expire in 2025. The Carlyle GroupOne of the world’s largest private equity firms. One of the lobbyists for this account chairs three subcommittees of the House Ways and Means Committee. […]
White Sox fire Pedro Grifol with club at rock bottom
The White Sox have finally fired their manager. Chicago fired Pedro Grifol on Thursday morning after an utterly dismal season that saw them finish 28-89 and 36.5 games out of the playoff zone. Grifol, 54, led the team to a 61-101 record last year in his first season in the South. “As we all recognize, […]
Bottom Line: Victoria’s Secret flirts with tax reform
Tax Victoria’s Secret Hired Barnes & Thornburg LLP It lobbies on tax reform issues, “including international and domestic tax systems.” One of the account’s lobbyists is John T. “Jack” O’Rourke, a longtime lawyer who served as a professional staff member for the House Banking Committee and the Securities Industry Association in the 1980s. finance CitadelA […]
KFC, Pizza Hut sales slump as sticky inflation hampers parent Yum’s bottom line
Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut, reported a larger-than-expected drop in same-store sales in the second quarter as high inflation led lower-income Americans to spend less on eating out. U.S. same-store sales for its Yum Fried Chicken (KFC) division fell 5% in the second quarter, down from a 7% decline in […]
Drug companies confident Medicare price deals won't hit bottom lines
Pharmaceutical company chief executives who are suing to block the Biden administration’s Medicare price negotiation law have told shareholders and analysts that the final price proposals will not have a significant impact on their companies’ profits. Comments from executives at companies including Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson and AbbVie suggest the price cuts may […]
Bottom Line: Publishers push back on proposal automatic textbook billing change
education of Association of American Publishers Hired Group DC Monitor issues with the Inclusive Access Program, which allows colleges to automatically charge students for textbooks and supplies. The Department of Education proposed changes in January that would mean colleges could not automatically charge students and students would have to opt in to participate in the […]