BRIEFCASE MAHONY URGES END TO GROCERY STRIKE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services In his second plea in less than a month, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Roman Catholic Archdiocese Cardinal Roger Mahony His Eminence Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. urged strike-bound grocers and the employees union to settle their four-month labor battle in new round of negotiations set to begin early next week. ``As you prepare to resume meaningful negotiations this coming week, I urge you to return to the bargaining table with a deeper commitment to find creative compromises in order to close the gaps in your negotiations,'' Mahony wrote in a letter to Steve Burd, chief executive of Safeway, the corporate parent of Vons and Pavilions. The other stores involved in the now 119-day-old dispute are Ralphs and Albertsons. ``These are difficult economic times for all of us, and what is needed are new initiatives that also involve give-and-take from both sides,'' Mahony wrote. Mahony previously sent a letter with pickets who demonstrated outside Burd's Bay Area home. Big Lots to pay managers in suit Big Lots Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed that the retailer did not compensate hundreds of its California store managers for working overtime. The 1,451 store managers who signed on to the lawsuit alleged that Big Lots unfairly exempted them from overtime eligibility when they were required to perform clerical and other duties. Dana V. Green, the lead plaintiff, who stopped working for the company in 2000, said he expected to receive at least $100,000 from the settlement. ``This is not money being given to me,'' said Green, who lives in Long Beach. ``This is money I earned.'' Green and the other plaintiffs will get settlements based on a complex formula that calculates their time with the company. The Columbus, Ohio-based company did not admit any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . 1.8 million autos recalled by GM DETROIT - General Motors Corp. said Friday that it is recalling 1.8 million cars to repair potential problems with the ignition switch Noun 1. ignition switch - switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter ignition system, ignition - the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine that could cause a fire. The models involved are certain 1998-2001 Chevrolet Cavaliers and Pontiac Sunfires built between March 1997 and April 2001. In addition, some 1998 Pontiac Grand Am The Pontiac Grand Am was originally a mid-size car and later a compact car that was produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors. The Grand Am had two separate 3-year runs in the '70s: from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1980. It was based on the GM A platform. , Oldsmobile Achieva Overview The Oldsmobile Achieva was introduced in 1992 and was a front-wheel drive compact car based on the GM N platform with Pontiac Grand Am, Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Cutlass, and Chevrolet Malibu. , and Buick Skylark The Buick Skylark is a passenger car produced by the Buick division of General Motors. The model was made in six production runs. In each run, the car design varied dramatically due to changing technology and tastes, as well as new standards implemented over the years. cars built between March 1997 and January 1998 are being recalled. Testing of cancer drug called off TRENTON, N.J. - Schering-Plough Corp. has canceled late-stage human testing of a drug for the most common type of lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. , the latest disappointment as new management tries to rebuild the money-losing company's product portfolio. However, the Kenilworth-based drug maker said Friday that it would continue midstage testing of the drug, Sarasar, against several other types of cancer, including leukemia and solid tumors such as head and neck cancers. Schering-Plough shares fell 42 cents, or more than 2 percent, to close at $18.55 on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . McDonald's cites big sales upswing CHICAGO - Even a U.S. mad cow scare couldn't slow the recovery under way since last year at McDonald's Corp. The burger giant on Friday reported sharp sales gains in the United States and elsewhere for January - the first full month after the first U.S. case of mad cow disease mad cow disease: see prion. mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include behavioral changes (e.g. emerged. Sales from the more than 30,000 McDonald's restaurants worldwide were 19 percent higher last month than in January 2003. Sales at restaurants open more than a year, a key industry indicator, rose 10 percent thanks to gains of an impressive 13.4 percent in the United States and 6.5 percent in Europe. |
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