H.J. Heinz Co.’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 9.9% as emerging markets continued to drive growth at the food-processing company. Results beat analysts’ expectations and the maker of products ranging from its namesake ketchup to baked beans to Classico pasta sauces said it will raise its quarterly dividend 7.1% to 45 cents a share. Heinz also [...]
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has come out with its Xtreme Eating awards, giving dubious honors to restaurant fare that maxes out on fat and calories. Among the winners (or should that be losers?) is the pasta carbonara at Cheesecake Factory; when served with chicken this dish comes in at 2,500 calories and [...]
Maurice J. Williams, who coordinated American disaster-relief efforts and then led a United Nations agency dedicated to relieving world hunger while warning repeatedly that not enough was being done to achieve that goal, died on May 10 in Bethesda, Md. He was 89 and lived in St. Petersburg, Fla. The cause was complications from a fall, [...]
