Grocery Chains Fight For Consumers In Intensely Competitive Market

Supermarkets focus on price and service in competitive market.

Walmart Confirms Offer To Acquire 51 Percent Of Massmart

November 29, 2010 Walmart Stores Inc.

Walmart has confirmed its offer to acquire 51 percent of Massmart.

Dining Deals Consumers Love Make Some Restaurateurs Sick

Explosion of online coupons brings in patrons during slow times but chews into margins.

US Cattle Highest In More Than Two Years

November 29, 2010 Bob Burgdorfer, Reuters

Higher cash beef and cattle prices this week lifted most Chicago cattle futures to two-year highs on Friday and set contract highs in nearly all months.