4:58pm

Profits at divisions fall but overall earnings increase

11:55pm

AB InBev delays suit over Modelo deal

Brewer and US justice department to engage in talks

From MARKETS 3:48pm

US paints bearish outlook for grain prices

USDA says corn and soya production could rise to record levels

An Egyptian holds a piece of bread to protest against the high prices of goods in Tahrir square in Cairo February 8, 2013. ©Reuters From WORLD 7:12pm

Currency crisis hits Egypt’s wheat supply

Inventories fall as Cairo struggles to buy grain

From MARKETS Feb 20, 2013

Coffee price fall exacerbates fungus woes

Weak arabica prices will hurt farmers’ regeneration efforts

From LEX Feb 19, 2013

McDonald’s: US minimum wage

A window into fast-food economics

Feb 19, 2013

Food Standards Agency to double testing

FSA says sampling, by councils, will cover 514 products

From MARKETS Feb 19, 2013

Supply concerns boost soyabeans

Commodity rallies more than 3%

From INDUSTRIALS Feb 19, 2013

Big Anglo-French buyout planned

Caterer Elior target of €3.5bn private equity consortium

From FINANCIALS Feb 19, 2013

Heinz deal puts 3G in limelight

Three ‘amigos’ reel in their latest catch

From WORLD Feb 19, 2013

Scottish fishermen pin hope on EU reform

Fleet reduction policies have left many businesses reeling

From MARKETS Feb 19, 2013

Developing world boost for GM crops

Global planted area rises by 6 per cent to 170m hectares

From LEX Feb 19, 2013

Danone: milk money

It is still too early to call a bottom for the French dairy group

From LEX Feb 19, 2013

ThaiBev: elephant in the boom

One of the world’s top five spirits producers enters a new era

Feb 19, 2013

Danone to cut 900 jobs in Europe

Unfavourable outlook for food group

Feb 19, 2013

Horsemeat scandal draws in Nestlé

Swiss group and JBS among world’s biggest food producers

Feb 19, 2013

JBS distances itself from horsemeat scandal

Brazilian group says no tainted products from its factories

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 18, 2013

Fear of errors in counting food calories

Labelling on many products out by 30%, hears AAAS

Feb 18, 2013

Burger King’s Twitter account hacked

Obscenities published to company’s page

From LEX Feb 18, 2013

Carlsberg: fools Russian

Danish brewer overexposed to Russia and underexposed to other emerging markets

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