Tentative accord reached on US beef
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Japan and the United States on Saturday agreed in principle to resume US beef imports as early as next spring, although a final accord on specific conditions for lifting the ban was left to further negotiations.
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US Airways Group Inc. and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement regarding new wage and benefit concessions, an Air Line Pilots Association spokesman said Friday.
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Washington - The US has welcomed an agreement with Japan paving the way for a resumption of imports of US beef, halted in December 2003 following the discovery of a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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The International Truck and Engine Corporation reached a tentative agreement Wednesday with the United Automobile Workersâ leadership on three-year contracts for 3,700 striking workers.
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US Department of Agriculture officials and Central Oregon ranchers said on Thursday that the nation&#39;s supply of beef is safe, despite news that a government screening process recently detected
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Japan is set to agree on a resumption of  U.S. beef imports, suspended for five months due to concerns  about mad cow disease, when senior officials of the two  governments hold talks later on Tuesday, Japanese officials  said.
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The Bush administration reached a tentative deal yesterday with three European nations at the UN nuclear watchdog agency on the next step in confronting Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program.
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Science & environment: US farmers given go-ahead to produce cloned meat for human food chain
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The United States voiced optimism that Japan would decide to resume imports of US beef next month.
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The USDA did not disclose details regarding the animal, but said it did not enter the food chain. The agency does not expect the finding to affect negotiations with Japan, which recently indicated it might soon open its borders to US beef.
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An effort to reopen the U.S. border  to some Canadian live cattle and to expand beef trade with  Canada appeared to move forward on Wednesday as the Bush  administration's budget office said it completed its review of  the trade initiative.
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US Airways and its pilots&#39; union reached a tentative agreement yesterday on $300 million in annual wage and benefit cuts, after weeks of debate inside the union over whether to grant concessions to the troubled airline.
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Japanese trade negotiators agreed yesterday to reopen their markets to US beef, 10 months after discovery of a single case of mad-cow disease in Washington state prompted Japan to ban American imports.
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Japan is expected to approve a partial resumption of imports of U.S. beef this week, a news report said Saturday.
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US beef exports to Japan are to resume soon under an agreement reached yesterday to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Pending a final round of inspections, Taiwan has agreed to resume imports of U.S. beef and beef products, which were suspended because of concerns over mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.  - The United States will end its  mad cow-inspired ban on Canadian cattle on March 7 despite  rising criticism from farm groups, Agriculture Secretary Ann  Veneman said on Sunday, adding that Japan and South Korea  should open their doors to U.S. beef.