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Cargill Accused of Fixing the Price of Road Salt in Ohio

A lawsuit filed by the Ohio Attorney General's office accuses the agribusiness giant and Chicago-based Morton Salt of dividing up the Ohio rock salt market, agreeing not to compete with each other, and driving up rock salt prices over the past decade; Cargill "emphatically" denies the allegations.

Report: Target Depending More on Non-Discretionary Products

Non-discretionary merchandise accounted for 44 percent of sales in 2011, up from 39 percent in 2009-and driving the shift is a strategy to induce the retailer's loyal, high-income shoppers to buy more rather than attracting new customers, according to a recent Star Tribune Point of Sale blog post.