McCarthy Expects Six-Year Highway Bill in October

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Congress will pass a six-year transportation bill funded with revenue from taxing overseas corporate earnings before the current 90-day extension expires October 29, House Majority Leader Rep. Kevi ...

NY: Andrews Distributing to Partner With Coney Island’s Hard Root Beer

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Andrews Distributing has announced a new partnership with Brooklyn-based Coney Island Brewing Company. Andrews is scheduled to begin distributing Coney Island’s Hard Root Beer in Dallas-Fort Wort ...

Amazon to Expand Private-Label Offerings—From Food to Diapers

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Amazon.com in the coming weeks is set to roll out new lines of private-label brands that will include its first broad push into perishable foods. The new products will include nuts, spices, tea, co ...

AL: One of Alabama's Largest Brewers Getting Local Distribution

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Six-year-old Alabama brewery Back Forty Beer Co. has partnered with large regional distributor Ajax Turner to move into middle Tennessee. The brewery will bring the distributor bottled and canned ...

Craft Beer Fans Face Squeeze With Hops in Short Supply

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Fans of craft beers could soon face higher bar bills as small, independent brewers face a potentially serious shortage of a vital ingredient: hops. Last summer's hot and dry weather blighted the Eu ...

MI: Boatyard Brewing Co. Beers Available in Kalamazoo

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

Kalamazoo's Boatyard Brewing Co. has started packaging three beers in bottles. The microbrewery is offering 22-ounce bottles of three favorite brews — Hold Fast Pale Ale, an American-style pale ...

U.S. Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs; Unemployment at 5.3%

1 January 1970 @ 12:00 am

The nation's economy added a solid 223,000 jobs in June, according to government data released Thursday morning, but flat wages and an exodus of workers from the labor market suggest an economy tha ...