Like squabbling kids, companies and workers have argued over the Family and Medical Leave Act ever since the law was passed in 1993.	First it was spinach. Then tomatoes. Now possibly green onions.	Members of the Kensington-based Lafayette Federal Credit Union have until Saturday to vote on whether to turn the tax-exempt, depositor-owned institution into a for-profit, stockholder-owned bank. As advocates on both sides try to rally the 16,000 members to vote, others are conducting a parallel...
The DuPont Company will eliminate 1,500 agriculture jobs and cut output of herbicides and pesticides in a plan to increase spending on genetically modified seeds, the company said yesterday.	Shell made the offer after months of pressure by Russia?’s environmental regulators, who threatened to freeze work on the project by revoking critical operating permits.	Hewlett-Packard?’s longtime chief financial officer, Robert P. Wayman, will give up the post this month and his seat on the company?’s board in March.