DALLAS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dean Foods Company today announced that Gregg Engles, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is exercising stock options for approximately 1.55 million shares. Engles is paying the exercise price through the delivery of currently owned shares.

By Rachel Beck The Associated Press NEW YORK - Companies that borrowed money during the boom times to finance takeovers, share buybacks and other adventures are discovering that what they thought was cheap debt is turning out to be very expensive.

By Karen Robinson-Jacobs, The Dallas Morning News Feb. 14--Shoppers who enjoyed last year's lower prices for organic milk can expect at least some of that discount to dry up in 2008, as organic dairy farmers -- squeezed by higher feed costs -- cut the flow.

DALLAS, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dean Foods Company announced today that Alan Bernon, President of the Company's Dairy Group, will be leaving his position September 1. He will continue in his role as a Director of the Company.

Consumers could be crying over the cost of milk this fall, with prices expected to rise nearly a dollar a gallon. Factors ranging from a persistent drought in Australia to increased ethanol production in the U.S.