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  • Andrew Ferguson smiles in his official FTC photoPolitics

    The only FTC commissioner who didn’t vote to crack down on junk fees just so happens to be Trump’s pick to lead the FTC

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Low angle view of happy start up team toasting to their success.Finance

    FTC sues largest US wine and spirits distributor, saying it discriminates against small stores

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A grocery cart rests in a cart return area with a sign for Albertsons grocery store in the background on Aug. 26, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Finance

    Kroger-Albertsons supermarket mega-merger is halted by federal and state judges in win for FTC

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • A quarter pounder with cheeseHealth

    McDonald’s Quarter Pounder E. coli problems end as FDA closes investigation into outbreak linked to onions

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Jonel Aleccia, and others
  • Woman working in egg factoryRetail

    Bird flu sends egg prices soaring ahead of holiday baking demands—over 111 million birds slaughtered so far to stop outbreak

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Josh Funk, and others
  • Eggs are on sale at a marketFinance

    Eggs are getting more expensive again as bird flu outbreak lingers into holiday baking season

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Josh Funk, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 23: In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Federal health officials announced that at least 49 people in 10 states have become sick from E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. Ten people were hospitalized and one person has died after becoming sick. Infections were reported between September 27th and October 11th in states including Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming. (Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Finance

    McDonald’s $5 value meals save third quarter U.S. sales but E. coli outbreak hangs over recovery

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder is shown on March 6, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)Health

    McDonald’s makes it official: onions from California produce company are linked to deadly E. coli outbreak

    By Jonel Aleccia, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others
  • Health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened people in 10 states. (AP Digital Embed)Health

    1-in-5 McDonald’s have pulled Quarter Pounders from the menu as E. coli outbreak is investigated

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • A sign is posted in front of a Denny's restaurantFinance

    Denny’s plans to close 150 locations by the end of 2025: ‘We have a lot of restaurants that have been out there for a very long time’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • A general view of people walking by a Starbucks Coffee storeFinance

    Brian Niccol’s first big call as Starbucks CEO is junking next year’s target amid plunging store traffic

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks from a drive-thru window during a campaign stop at a McDonald's.Politics

    McDonald’s makes it clear it isn’t endorsing Trump after drive-thru visit: ‘We open our doors to everyone’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Boxes of Kellogg’s Fruit Loops cereal are displayed in a Target store in Pittsburgh, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)Health

    Kellogg said it would remove artificial colors from Froot Loops by 2018—people are protesting that it still hasn’t

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Kroger CEO William Rodney McMullen speaks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights hearing on the proposed Kroger-Albertsons grocery store merger on Nov. 29, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/, File)Finance

    Albertsons and Kroger CEOs tell skeptical government that grocery mega merger won’t lead to store closures and higher prices

    By Claire Rush, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others
  • Hotel employees, local officials and members of Unite Here Local 2 union picket outside of the Grand Hyatt SFO in South San FranciscoFinance

    Labor Day hospitality strikes hit hotels across the U.S.: ‘No coincidence that it’s disproportionately women and people of color doing the work’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press