Company News: Tyson Foods, Cargill, Samsung, Apple, Alcatel-Lucent, J.C. Penney, Nielsen

• From giant meatpackers such as Tyson Foods and Cargill to cattle ranchers, agricultural market players are frantically trying to find accurate ways to price meat and other commodities in the absence of regular reports published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Trading volumes for some livestock futures are down more than a third since the federal government shutdown began.