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Now, the two companies are sparring in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware.

Then again, it wouldn’t be the Ashes without a little verbal sparring.

But more than a year after fast-food wages were boosted, the impact is still being debated, with economists divided and the fast-food industry and unions sparring over its impact.

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I’d certainly never seen anything similar, the scale of it as a relationship — the nuance, the depth, the humor, the sparring and everything else in between.

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JBS shares have only been trading on the New York Stock Exchange since June after a two-year slog through regulatory filings, shareholder votes, and public sparring with activists.

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