Democrats seek allies in U.S. consumer agency debate – msnbc.com
WASHINGTON Key Democratic lawmakers hope to exploit the rare August return of the House of Representatives to intensify pressure on the White House to nominate Elizabeth Warren as head of the new consumer

Merck says US agencies probing its foreign sales – Boston Globe
Merck, the world s second-biggest drug maker by revenue, has received inquiry letters from both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said in documents filed with

Business briefs from across the nation and around the world – Erie Times-News
NEW YORK — Magazine newsstand sales in the U.S. slipped 5.6 percent in the first half of 2010. That’s from the latest figures released by industry auditors. Meanwhile, the Audit Bureau of Circulations says the number of

American Dairy posts surprise Q2 loss, shares plunge – Inside Fidelity
The company, which distributes premium infant formula and milk powder in China, said net loss for the quarter was $20.7 million, or 92 cents a share, compared with net income of $7.6 million, or 40 cents a share, a year

Farmers fear closed factory to hurt cabbage crop – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
FREMONT, Ohio Cabbage farmers in northern Ohio say a roof collapse at a local sauerkraut company has been draining business. Farmers who grow cabbage for the Fremont Co. say their crop’s starting to spoil because