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Unfortunately, that kind of piecemeal progress has long been part of the territory in treating pediatric AIDS. AZT, the first drug shown to fight AIDS, wasn't okayed for children until 1990--three years after it had been approved for adults. The syrup form, which is easier for children to swallow, didn't become available until...
Importantly, the Justice Department will not pursue a potentially larger case against ADM for fixing prices in the market for high-fructose corn syrup, a ubiquitous soft-drink sweetener. This $4 billion industry is nearly four times the size of citric acid, and some consumer advocates have charged that shoppers pay higher prices for soda because of ADM's practices...
...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 significant of the antitrust inquiries because it is a $3 billion market and accounts for about 30 percent of ADM's profits. ADM will also gain immunity in another inquiry: the possible theft...
...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 corn syrup, a sugar substitute; the higher sugar prices have soared, the more ADM has been able to charge for its product while still capturing a sizable chunk of the sweetener market. The syrup accounted for about 10% of ADM's total revenue last year and 30% of its profits, analysts estimate...
They also work on odds and ends, including construction work and driving eight-wheel tractors for maple-sugar and maple-syrup facilities...