Tomatoes making comeback
McDonald’s Corp. said it would reintroduce sliced tomatoes in its U.S. restaurants over the next seven to 10 days, following the salmonella scare that continues to victimize people in several states. The first person fell ill April 10 and the last, so far as officials know, on June 5. A total of 48 people have been hospitalized.
Got more milk
U.S. milk production rose 3 percent in May after dairy farmers expanded cow herds to profit from cash prices that reached a record last year. Output increased to 16.667 billion pounds from 16.18 billion in May 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc., the carriers that couldn’t agree on a merger in April, will form an alliance to book seats on each other’s planes and create joint ventures for overseas flights. Continental also will join United’s Star marketing alliance and seek approval to set international fares and schedules with Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air Canada and other airlines, the carriers said Thursday.
Yahoo Inc. is introducing two new domains so users can choose names already taken on its main site. Users can start getting e-mail at ymail.com and rocketmail.com instead of just yahoo.com, the company said Thursday.
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