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All members of a Delaware family fell seriously ill during a Caribbean vacation. According to a report on ABC station WPVI-TV, school administrator, Steve Esmond, his wife, Dr. Theresa Devine, and their two teenage sons were on a vacation in March.

The family might have been exposed to the pesticide methyl bromide at the Sirenusa Resort on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, states the report.

According to Judith Enck, Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 2 Office, the day the family arrived at the resort, the apartment below them was sprayed with methyl bromide to kill indoor bugs.

Medtronic, the third largest medical device company in the world, will pay about $4.4m to settle a United States lawsuit accusing the Dublin-headquartered company of giving Asian medical devices to the American military as made in Tennessee.

According to reports, the lawsuit was filed by three Memphis whistleblowers. According to them, Medtronic funneled medical devices that were made in India, Malaysia and China into its distribution center in Memphis for relabeling.

As per the filed lawsuit, the company has sold the devices to the United States Department of Defense and the United States Department of Veteran Affairs from January 2007 to September 2014.

A new study by American magazine Consumer Reports has found that American multinational retail corporation Wal-Mart has been rated the worst by consumers. The study also found that supermarket company Publix has been rated as the second-best grocery chain in the United States.

During the study, a number of shopping chains in the United States were ranked in more than a dozen categories, ranging from service to price. According to the study, Publix, which has headquarters in Florida, was given highest-possible rating by the shoppers in about five categories, including bakery and store-prepared food products. The category of number of local products carried by it was the only category, in which the supermarket company received below-average rating.

Restaurants from New Orleans to Tampa and beyond have praised about Apalachicola oysters that they are tastiest oysters around. But with passage of time, its annual harvest is on decline.

The local oyster industry is quite concerned about the depleting harvest. The industry is facing threat from differnet factors including water-flow issues, environmental concerns, health and safety regulations and economic realities.

"From generation to generation, we have worked here in this paradise and we are proud of our oysters, we take pride that it means something when the oysters come from here", said Philip Vinson, whose family's five generations are involved in this trade.

Today, Elaine Wynn, co-founder, Board member and third-largest stockholder of Wynn Resorts, Limited WYNN, commented on the suggestion from Institutional Shareholder Service (ISS), which is a leading independent proxy advisory service.

The recommendation was that Wynn stockholders hold back their vote for nominees of management for the Wynn Resorts Board of Directors ('the Board') at the forthcoming 2015 Annual Meeting. In response, Elaine Wynn gave the statement that she thinks that the stockholders of Wynn Resorts should get better than the choices given by the Company this proxy season.

She added that in order to achieve meaningful value creation for her fellow stockholders, the only solution is to vote the GOLD card FOR her reelection at the approaching Annual Meeting.

Many highly placed Herbalife Ltd members have been contacted by US federal law enforcement agencies to know more about their own business practices. It has been reported that the inquiries have been conducted to check the activities of about 10 top Herbalife members. According to CNBC, the company that develops, markets and sells nutrition, weight management and skin-care products globally is providing members assistance in attaining legal counsel.

It is not clear what law enforcement asked for. According to Herbalife, it is helping authorities on requests for information relating to trading of its shares and to its business practices. The company had not commented on CNBC's report about the agencies contacting its top members.