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MLB average salary rose 2.9% to record $4.66 million last year

Jan. 29, 2025 12:41 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The rate of increase for Major League Baseball’s average salary slowed to 2.9% last year to a record $4.66 million, according to the annual report of the players’ association. The average of $4,655,366 was up from $4,525,719 in 2023, which marked a 7% increase...

Pork giant Smithfield's CEO touts growth outlook, minimizes threats from deportations, bird flu

Jan. 28, 2025 18:06 PM EST

Smithfield Foods' CEO says he hopes that everything the company has done to make working in its plants more attractive ever since COVID tore through the industry during the pandemic will help it weather the impact of President Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations. Smithfield...