Dole Foods

Dole Fresh Vegetables recalled 2,880 cases of Dole Italian Blend salad and another 442 cases of Kroger Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend salad from 15 states and Canada after a sample tested positive for listeria monocytogenes contamination, the company said. So far no one has reported getting...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered Dole Food to pay $200,000 in attorney's fees for a Swedish documentary-film producer it had previously sued for defamation. The judge concluded the documentary, which chronicled Dole's treatment of its Nicaraguan workers, wasn't defamatory.

In Dole Food Co.'s (DOLE) initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange today, shares came in below their forecast range. The fruit conglomerate raised $446 million, selling 35.7 million shares at $12.50, giving the company a value of $1.09 billion, but the an October 9 filing had...