HJ Heinz Company

Monday: --October existing-home sales --Earnings: Analog Devices Inc.; Campbell Soup Co.; Donaldson Co.; Hewlett-Packard Co. Tuesday: --Third-quarter gross domestic product --November consumer confidence --September Case-Shiller home price index --...

Mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suspending foreclosures during the holiday season. The two companies said Thursday that they will halt foreclosure sales between Nov. 26 and Jan. 9, while they evaluate whether borrowers qualify...

Wall Street staged a surprising comeback Friday, with the major indexes jumping more than 5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials surging nearly 500 points in a late afternoon rally, ending another volatile week that saw stocks reach six-year lows....

Q: Does it look like my good fortune with my H.J. Heinz Co. shares will continue? F.C., via the Internet A: Frozen potatoes and soy sauce have never looked so good. The global producer and marketer of packaged foods, led by strong gains of those two...

MILWAUKEE—Foodmakers may be worried about higher costs for key ingredients, pushing through price increases and still maintaining a profit. But for big names like Sara Lee, Kraft and others, these slim times don't mean doing away with their...

On Friday the state attorney general's office announced that four food manufacturers have agreed to reduce the levels of acrylamide, a cancer-causing chemical, in potato chips and french fries. California sued H.J. Heinz Co., Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods Inc....

California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown announced last week that he'd settled lawsuits against leading makers of potato chips and French fries over levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their products. At first blush, this looked like a laudable example of...

To resolve a suit by the state attorney general, the maker of Kentucky Fried Chicken agreed Tuesday to tell its California customers that its fried or baked potatoes contain a suspected carcinogen. The attorney general's office had sued about a dozen...

Talk about an extreme makeover. In her slim black slacks, ice blue jacket and bejeweled "Kerry 2004" pin, Teresa Heinz Kerry arrives at the ballroom of the New York Hilton with a certain sexy aplomb, her neckline plunging, her complexion buffed and...