Word: archer
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...Texas Congressman Bill Archer, Parker wants the seat he nearly won two years ago. A fourth-generation citizen of Huntsville, he touts his support of the district's military and space industry--the Defense Department alone employs 7,500 area residents--and, with an opponent with less pac money to spend than he had a year ago, Parker may close the narrow...
BORN: Dec. 22, 1937, Chicago EDUCATION: Loras College, 1957-58 FAMILY: Wife, Rose Marie; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army Reserve, 1961-67 OCCUPATION: Parks supervisor POLITICAL CAREER: Chicago Board of Aldermen, 1975-83; U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: 5838 South Archer Avenue, Chicago...
...expects Archer-Daniels- Midland to change its advertising slogan from "Supermarket to the World" to "Price Fixer to the World." But that sobriquet would fit in the wake of the agribusiness giant's $100 million plea bargain last week with the Justice Department...
DECATUR, Illinois: Archer Daniels Midland agreed to plead guilty Monday to two criminal price-fixing charges and will pay $100 million in fines. The agribusiness giant had been the target of a four-year long federal investigation into price-fixing in the sale of lysine, a feed supplement for livestock, and citric acid, which is used in soft drinks and detergents. In exchange for the plea agreement, ADM gains immunity against charges of alleged collusion in the sale of high-fructose corn syrup, according to reports the Wall Street Journal. The corn-syrup case was thought to be the most...
Dole has for years been famously tight with contributor Dwayne Andreas, the chairman of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland. Andreas, along with his company and members of his clan, has provided more than $475,000 for Dole's operations since 1979. Dole has proudly called himself "Senator Ethanol" in honor of the corn-based fuel that ADM produces and that Dole has long protected with tax subsidies. But Dole has also played a crucial role in making the sweetener market profitable for ADM by championing the sugar price-support program. ADM is the world's largest producer of high-fructose...