http://www.wikio.com/search=Imperial Sugar Co. Wikio - Imperial Sugar Co. http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68298665 By CARLA K. JOHNSON CHICAGO - Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time? British researchers say it's a great idea for some patients. Chewing gum may speed the return of normal bowel function after colon surgery, a new analysis of five studies suggests. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:08 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68298665 2008-08-20T02:00:08Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68192813 Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time? British researchers say it's a great idea for some patients. Chewing gum may speed... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:49:12 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68192813 2008-08-19T05:49:12Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68149974 CHICAGO -- Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time? British researchers say it's a great idea for some patients. Chewing gum may speed the return of normal bowel function after colon surgery, a new analysis of five studies suggests. Some patients have trouble moving their bowels after colon surgery but chewing gum may fool the body into good digestion. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:02:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68149974 2008-08-18T20:02:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68150625 Can you chew gum and recover from surgery at the same time? British researchers say it's a great idea for some patients. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:00:54 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=68150625 2008-08-18T20:00:54Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=67891799 SAVANNAH — A worker who was severely burned in the Imperial Sugar refinery explosion near Savannah is heading home after being treated for more than six months at an Augusta hospital. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:15:35 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=67891799 2008-08-15T20:15:35Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=67289262 VP at Imperial Sugar admits that working conditions at the plant where an explosion took the lives of 13 workers earlier this year were terrible. "Shocking" and "disgraceful" are not the sort of words we expect to hear from a corporate executive when referring to his or her own company, but that's exactly what happened at a recent Senate hearing about the conditions at Imperial Sugar. Those descriptors made up part of the testimony of Graham H. read more Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:02:05 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=67289262 2008-08-10T16:02:05Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66982607 VP at Imperial Sugar admits that working conditions at the plant where an explosion took the lives of 13 workers earlier this year were terrible. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66982607 2008-08-07T14:00:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66602616 Tom Barton, the editorial page editor of the Savannah Morning News, blasts the behavior and attitude of the Imperial Sugar CEO John Sheptor and other senior executives in the wake of last week’s Senate hearing and the July 25 announcement by OSHA of a $8.8 million penalty against the firm. Thirteen inviduals were killed in the combustible-dust disaster, three remain hospitalized [...] Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:01:54 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66602616 2008-08-04T14:01:54Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66580162 Mark Krieger submits: Imperial Sugar (IPSU) has been under attack lately, as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA] has levied a $8.7 million fine for safety violations leading up to last February's explosion at its Port Wentworth refinery. A Senate Subcommittee has reviewed testimony from IPSU's Vice President, Graham H. Graham, detailing the plant's condition prior to the explosion. On top of that, the onslaught includes dismal third quarter results. OSHA findings : IPSU CEO John Sheptor's response to OSHA's citations was strong: Complete Story » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:05:22 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66580162 2008-08-04T12:05:22Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66543394 Imperial Sugar Co. (IPSU) F3Q08 Earnings Call Complete Story » Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:52:11 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66543394 2008-08-04T04:52:11Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66591404 Georgia Sen Saxby Chambliss - you remember, the guy who stole Max Cleland's seat with rigged voting machines? - has proven (if there was any question about it) that he has indeed been bought and paid for by Imperial Sugar . ITEM 1 : He demanded to be allowed not just to attend the hearing but to challenge the witness ( Graham ) even though he isn't a member of the subcommittee . Chambliss is not a member of the subcommittee. He was invited as a courtesy because he is a Georgia senator, said subcommittee spokesman Matt McAlvanah. He wasn't "invited". He was allowed to attend when he stood outside the hearing room door and threatened to block his bowels until they let him in. ITEM 2: He didn't so much ask questions as do the Old Republican War Dance - berate Graham's testimony, character, and competence (as if Chambliss could do anything except suck the public teat). Chambliss questioned Graham aggressively. He twice said he doubted Graham's sincerity and cut him off before he could answer a final question. Although the Congressional Record has Saxby saying, "I doubt your sincerity, Mr Graham", according to the transcript what Chambliss actually said was, "You're a liar, you liberal friend of al Qaeda. You're a traitor, you're un-American, and you tien your shoelaces from the left side. The Politico is reporting that you have, despite a very healthy income, been late paying your electric bill 3 months in a row! YOU HAVE NO CREDIBILITY, YOU LEFT-LEANING, SCUM-SUCKING SYMP-COM HIPPIE!" He then asked the next question on the list handed him by Imperial Sugar's legal team. read more Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:31:06 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66591404 2008-08-04T01:31:06Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66546678 A video of my brother advertising Dr. Pepper with Imperial Sugar instead of High-Fructose Corn Syrup, :) Author: taylor22222222 Keywords: Dr. Pepper Imperial Real Sugar Added: August 3, 2008 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:51:22 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66546678 2008-08-03T20:51:22Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66448301 A couple days ago, the Insider posted an item about the reaction in Savannah to U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss’s questioning of an executive with Imperial Sugar — who testified in a Senate hearing that he had warned of dangerous conditions... Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:36:56 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66448301 2008-08-02T19:36:56Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66428954 When people are killed in your state due to corporate malfeasance , who would your senator stand up for? If you're in Georgia , I'd bet on the corporation getting his support. Savannah Morning News Editorial Page Editor Tom Barton is not too happy with Saxby Chambliss after a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday that left an Imperial Sugar Company lawyer accusing Chambliss of "harassing his client" and attempting to "discredit and blunt" the testimony of Graham H. Graham, a vice president of operations with the Imperial Sugar Company. Of course, Imperial Sugar is located in Tom DeLay's old district. And, one can argue that Saxby Chambliss wasn't elected, but chosen instead by Diebold . See previous posts . Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66428954 2008-08-02T13:07:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66381237 Kane at Osha Underground has posted an insightful, deservedly hostile response to OSHA Administrator Ed Foulke’s testimony at Tuesday’s Senate hearing on combustible dust explosions. In response to Foulke’s insistence that “The fatalities and injuries at the Port Wentworth sugar refinery probably could have been prevented, had Imperial Sugar complied with existing OSHA standards on housekeeping [...] Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:34:50 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66381237 2008-08-01T21:34:50Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66226771 Last week, a confluence of events reminded the U.S. public that it's not just the food we eat that's increasingly dangerous in our daily lives—inadequate safety on the job still is killing America's working people. The week ended with two more deaths from construction cranes, this time in Illinois. These fatalities came within days of four deaths due to a crane collapse in Houston—and raises to 18 the number of workers who died from crane-related deaths so far this year, according to an estimate by The Wall Street Journal, which doesn't include bystander deaths. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:30:43 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66226771 2008-07-31T17:30:43Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66198373 Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss should stick up for Georgia refinery workers, not corporate suits in Texas. You've got to hand it to the corporate lobbyists for the Imperial Sugar Co., based in Sugar Land, Texas. When they give a $1,000 donation to a U.S. congressman from Georgia, they get their money's worth. [Source: Savannah Morning News, "Barton: Saxby does Sugar Land" , July 31, 2008] Of course, Georgia workers can't write Saxby Shameless checks for $1,000 like Imperial Sugar can. So who really expects Sen. Shameless to work for them. Savannah Morning News Editorial Page Editor Tom Barton is not too happy with Saxby Chambliss after a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday that left an Imperial Sugar Company lawyer accusing Chambliss of "harassing his client" and attempting to "discredit and blunt" the testimony of Graham H. Graham, a vice president of operations with the Imperial Sugar Company. According to an article on the subject that appeared in the Savannah paper this morning, Graham testified that "he was told by senior executives he was being overzealous in his efforts to make the plant safer." [Source: Savannah Morning News, "Chambliss in sugar furor" , July 31, 2008] The plant Graham refers to is the Port Wentworth refinery that exploded in February of this year killing thirteen people. Imperial Sugar Company, the owner of the plant, faces fines of $8.8 million plus possible criminal charges for alleged safety violations found by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In a Tuesday ABC News article previewing his testimony, Graham H. Graham said he would reveal to the Senate committee a "failure of his company to address the dangers before the blast." [Source: ABC News, "Executive Turned Whistleblower to Testify on Dangerous Working Conditions" , July 29, 2008] News reports from the Savannah Morning News say that near the end of his testimony, Graham was questioned aggressively by Chambliss. "He [Chambliss] twice said he doubted Graham's sincerity and cut him off before he could answer a final question." Philip Hilder, an attorney for Imperial Sugar, said he thought higher ups at the company fed Chambliss questions meant to discredit Graham's testimony. "He's more interested in discrediting Mr. Graham than discovering the facts, and I think he's the one who's being insincere," Hilder said. And as for Tom Barton, the Savannah Morning News Editorial Page Editor; he ends his editorial by saying that Chambliss, who is up for re-election this year, should stick up for Georgia workers instead of "toting water corporate suits who live four states away." Of course, Georgia workers can't write Saxby Shameless checks for $1,000 like Imperial Sugar can. So who really expects Sen. Shameless to stick up for them. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:26:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66198373 noreply@blogger.com (Andre) 2008-07-31T14:26:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66201504 From today’s Savannah Morning News: An Imperial Sugar Co. executive’s lawyer says the company put U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss up to harassing his client at a subcommittee hearing. Near the end of the Tuesday session in Washington, the Georgia Republican lit into Graham H. Graham, Imperial’s vice president of operations. “I believe Chambliss was espousing the company line [...] Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:07:18 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66201504 2008-07-31T14:07:18Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66064759 The explosion at the Imperial Sugar Refinery in Savannah last February is being investigated by the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on workplace safety and what's coming out of the hearing is, if not surprising, maddening. Yesterday John... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:35:28 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66064759 2008-07-30T14:35:28Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Imperial+Sugar+Co.?rinfoid=66045354 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Imperial Sugar, the Sugar Land, Texas, marketer of sugar under the Imperial, Dixie Crystals and Holly brands, swung to a fiscal third-quarter net loss from a year-earlier profit on 51% lower revenue. The loss was $12.5 million, or $1.07 a share, against net income of $7.6 million, or 64 cents, in the year-earlier period. The loss from continuing operations was $1.07 against profit of 95 cents a year earlier. Revenue fell to $106.9 million from $216.4 million. The current figures reflect a pretax charge of $5.2 million tied to a refinery explosion and fire in February. The year-earlier results include a pretax gain of $6.8 million after the company settled certain arbitration claims. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. 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