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On the Call: Hormel CEO Jeffrey Ettinger

Aug. 20, 2009
Hormel Foods Corp. noted that sales of its microwavable meals, including the Compleats brand, were weak in the quarter. Consumers are limiting their spending on expensive items amid the recession, and that's hurting products like microwavable meals. CEO...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler