A Fort Wayne-based managed care organization is offering individual plans, responding to consumer demand and a changing market, company officials said Friday.

Representatives of the food, beverage, and consumer packaged goods industry gathered yesterday in Washington for what the Grocery Manufacturers Association calls a “landmark” summit on import safety, co-sponsored by the GMA and 11 other industry trade

Small-cap stocks pushed higher Tuesday, bolstered by a sharp pullback in crude oil prices that allowed a little breathing room toward inflation fears and the consumer spending picture.

In recent weeks, Synoptek , a Santa Ana technology services company, has signed on to be the IT department for the city of Lake Forest and to integrate multiple computerized functions for the Orange County Water District.

Philip Morris International's earnings rose 23 percent in the second quarter, and the cigarette maker said Wednesday its growth has not been hurt by the inflationary pressures affecting many other consumer products companies.