New debt from merger pressures McCormick to improve cash flow and cut costs, creating need for automation.

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curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/cb85de8f-252e-449b-8deb-96f60ff68bd1 \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"mccormickcorporation.com","limit":20}'