Banana producer Chiquita on Thursday announced it would lay off thousands of workers in Panama, following what it called ...

President Jose Raul Mulino, whose changes to social security laws prompted the protest, called the strike ‘illegal’.

Banana giant Chiquita Brands has fired its workers in Panama who have been out on strike for more than three weeks as part of nationwide protests against reforms to the social security system ...

Chiquita Panama said the strike has cost it 'at least $75 million' in losses and caused 'irreversible damage' due to the ...

Chiquita Panama said on Thursday it will fire daily workers in the western province of Bocas del Toro after what it called an "unjustified abandonment of work" at its banana farms that began late ...

Chiquita Panama announced the termination of daily workers in Bocas del Toro following an 'unjustified abandonment of work' ...

Monday, the Chiquita Canyon Tax Relief Act (AB 27), authored by Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, advanced out of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation.

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...