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Who Runs Gov | 1 month ago

Profiles/Thomas_Latham

...2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in which illegal immigrant workers were rounded up from the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Latham's district, Latham criticized the...

BusinessWeek Online | 1 month ago

JBS Delays U.S. Unit IPO Amid ‘Deteriorated’ Market (Update2)

...about 10 percent of the world's beef processing after about 30 acquisitions since 1993, including that of Swift & Co. in 2007. JBS had said it would price the IPO this month. "I...

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L.A. Times - Africa | 1 month ago

A modern tale of meatpacking and immigrants

...still dark when dozens of federal agents, guns drawn, swept into the gray, windowless buildings at Swift & Co. just before Christmas 2006. They were Immigration and Customs...

Wikipedia | 1 month ago

JBS USA

...revenue of $2.1 billion, and operated in 23 plants in Brazil and 5 in Argentina. On July 11, 2007 The Swift companies had also completed several tender offers and consent...

Plainview Daily Herald | 2 months ago

Stock show in 75th year

...brought 18 cents per hundred from O.B. Jackson while J.J. Hegi's reserve champion brought 13 cents from Swift and Company. Bill Gouldy served as auctioneer that year. Hale County...

Minneapolis Star Tribune | 2 months ago

From ICE woes to EEOC complaint

...in one company ever discovered by ICE in Minnesota, officials said. In contrast, the high-profile raid on the Swift & Co. plant in Worthington resulted in 239 arrests. The ABM workers...

Dallas Morning News | 2 months ago

East Texas towns fear Pilgrim's Pride job cuts

Pilgrim's will become a unit of JBS USA Holdings Inc., based in Greeley, Colo., the former home of Swift & Co., a beef and pork processor JBS bought in 2007. For $800 million, JBS...

Forbes.com News | 3 months ago

The Coming Wave Of Debt Defaults

...Group, based in Chicago, of the consultancy Bain & Co., and until recently was president and chief executive of Swift & Co. David Sweig is a partner in Bain CRG and has spent the last 20...

"While the past year has been a difficult time for everyone involved in our restructuring, I take pride in knowing that we have a plan in place to pay back our creditors in full and preserve a great deal of value for our existing stockholders." "Two years ago, JBS acquired Swift & Company, a U.S. beef and pork company, with a goal of managing its strong assets and turning it into a well-managed, efficient and profitable company. We believe the company's performance demonstrates our continued success in meeting this goal," said Wesley M. Batista, president and chief executive officer of JBS USA Holdings.

Pilgrim's Pride to File Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement with U.S. Bankruptcy Court PR Newswire: All Releases | 5 months ago

Deseret News | 3 months ago

Cache Valley immigrant advocate Bravo charged with sex abuse

..."remarkable things" for the families of those who were arrested in the Dec. 12, 2006, immigration raid on the Swift & Co. meat-packing plant in Hyrum. "My associations with Leo and my...

The Salt Lake Tribune | 3 months ago

Immigrant advocate arrested on sex abuse allegations

busiest time, as it helps needy families through the holidays. After the December 2006 raid at the Swift & Co. meat-processing plant in Hyrum, Bravo was instrumental in helping the...

Reuters | 4 months ago

UPDATE 1-Brazil's JBS Q3 profit drops on lower margins

...in the United States, after buying last year the beef unit of Smithfield Foods <SFD.N> and beef and pork company Swift & Co. In September, JBS said it would buy a 64 percent stake in the...