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Did Congress kill the Twinkie? The tariff tale behind the Hostess demise.(+video)
Christian Science Monitor ^
| November 16, 2012
| Patrik Jonsson
Posted on 11/19/2012 8:12:59 PM PST by grundle
Edited on 11/19/2012 8:17:46 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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To: grundle
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11/20/2012 2:57:23 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Yo-Yo
Look for the union label, and that’s why Twinkies aren’t on the table.
To: Cboldt
Who are these a few, powerful Florida families? Can someone name them?
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posted on
11/20/2012 7:16:14 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: 1010RD
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Who are these a few, powerful Florida families? --
Sprague, Oxnard, Fanjul
Sugar Families Plan Merger Of Flo-Sun and Savannah - New York Times - July 16, 1997
See too, The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies, a book that chronicles the "sugar revolution" that began in the mid 1600's. And see Controversial Florida sugar family contributed to Scott Brown and Democrats alike, which focuses on the Fanjul brothers.
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11/20/2012 7:37:45 AM PST
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Cboldt
To: Cronos
“The unions delivered the final coup de grace, but hostess was on the way down...”
As I understand it, the company had been in bankrupsy twice before this. The union finished off the wounded company.
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posted on
11/20/2012 9:59:59 AM PST
by
Owl558
("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
To: Cboldt
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11/20/2012 7:38:27 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Cboldt
Several hundred workers at the Lifesavers candy plant in Holland, Michigan are losing their jobs, as the company moves production to Canada.
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11/20/2012 7:40:31 PM PST
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dfwgator
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