Word: supermarket
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...federal jury has convicted a former Princeton graduate student of "product tampering and communicating false information" for planting a cyanide-laced teabag in a local supermarket last February, The Daily Princtonian reported last month...
Several hours after placing the teabag, Dragoljob Cetkovic called the supermarket claiming that some cheese had been poisoned, citing the teabag as proof. The store tested 157 cheese samples, but found cyanide only in the teabag. The call was later traced to Cetkovic's apartment...
...full details of the Guinness scandal have not been revealed, but the investigation centers on the company's battle with Argyll Group, a Scottish supermarket chain, for control of Distillers. Both rivals had offered Distillers' shareholders a mix of stock and cash. During the contest, however, an unexplained flurry of trading raised the price of Guinness's shares. That boosted the value of Guinness's bid and helped it win Distillers. In the process, though, Guinness allegedly made large illegal purchases of its own stock and paid off other investors to do the same. Among those traders who may have...
...meantime, distress has generated disorder. Last week in Rio de Janeiro thousands of truck drivers who haul food to warehouses went on strike for higher pay, and supermarket shelves began to empty. Some truckers who tried to deliver produce got their windshields smashed as they drove through gauntlets of rock-throwing pickets. After 48 hours of disruption, the strike ended when drivers received a hefty 72% raise...
...level of the dashboard radio, lights blinking an "eventual left turn" signal and car moving at 10 m.p.h. so they can relish every moment of the trip. He also talked about the type of pig that produces the pepper-filled luncheon meat on display at your neighborhood supermarket...