Rats in the Grain: The Dirty Tricks of the Supermarket to the World, Archer Daniels Midland
getfoodnews (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... deal, signed just two weeks ago, to buy Spanish chocolate maker Chocovic. He also cited Archer Daniels Midland's January acquisition of German chocolate and cocoa powder maker Schokinag. "I think [consolidation] will go further," he said. Both men, however, were coy about whether Cargill and Barry Callebaut would play an active part in any consolidation in the chocolate supply...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Academy Award winner Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, the Bourne movies) stars in The Informant! which comes from Oscar winning director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s Thirteen). The film is based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in US history. Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), a rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), suddenly turns whistleblower....
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
TAKEN at face value, whistleblowing drama The Informant! may not seem like a barrel of laughs. But guess again, for Steven Soderbergh’s latest is a clever romp that really does challenge the intellect as well as tickle the funny-bone. Matt Damon plays Mark Whitacre, a rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland ( ADM ) who suddenly decides to expose his company’s multi-national...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
By agreeing to wear a wire to various meetings, Whitacre provided the FBI with that essential link to the boardrooms of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), where all of the decisions were made behind closed doors.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... a biochemistry boffin, Whitacre rose to become a senior executive in the agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland. Aware that the firm was involved in fixing the price of a constituent of corn oil named lysine, Whitacre contacted the FBI and offered to act as an informant.As the investigation progressed, however, it became clear that Whitacre was himself involved in fraud. Investigation...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... from the book by Kurt Eichenwald, the plot is based on a true story from the early 1990s when Archer Daniels Midland's Mark Whitacre became the highest-ranking executive in US history to expose his employers in a corporate fraud case. Played by a doughy-looking Matt Damon, Whitacre becomes embroiled with the FBI after he becomes aware that ADM, an Illinois-based company that processes cereal...
