WASHINGTON — A leading US ground-beef processor, AFA Foods, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, blaming media coverage of one of its products dubbed "pink slime" by critics.
Struggling US brokerage firm MF Global has filed for bankruptcy after confidence in the company was shattered by a string of losses from European public debt holdings.
The charity group A Human Right said it was planning to purchase a satellite that would provide free basic Internet access to developing countries around the world.
