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Panera Bread Has Hired A Former Theranos Crisis Communications Specialist As It Faces Ongoing Litigation Over Its Charged Lemonade Drinks, And Aims To List On The Stock Market.

Brooke Buchanan has joined Panera as the chief corporate affairs officer one month after the chain agreed to the first of four lawsuits linked to its highly caffeinated lemonade. Panera Bread has retained a top-flight crisis manager as the bakery-café chain continues to face litigation over its hyper-caffeinated Charged Lemonade and prepares for a much-delayed…

‘If You Write It Down, They Will Come.’ What Retailers Are Likely To Offer This Holiday Season

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Santa is here checking his list with elves, model sailboat and selection of beach tees on the wall behind him. Garlands hang down the ceiling while women summer wears hang on the racks below them. Welcome to the holiday season at B&B Department Stores, a retail store that has been selling clothes, beach wear and…

China’s Richest Man Blasts Tech Giants And Government Inaction In Rare Rebuke

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China’s richest man slammed online shopping platforms, calling them price warring starters that damaged a wide range of companies and industries as the country tries to quell an economic slump. And in remarkably rare comments that have been largely blacked out of state media, Zhong Shanshan, who heads drinks company Nongfu Springs, also targeted the Chinese government, which he said “laid down the ball” and showed “negligence” in failing to stop the cutthroat pricing trend. It’s extremely unusual for Chinese businesspeople to publicly criticize the government, and those who have done so have often suffered accordingly. Speaking on Tuesday…

Trump Picks Financier Howard Lutnick As Commerce Secretary

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Donald Trump has tapped investor Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, to head the US commerce department. In his announcement, Trump said Lutnick, the chief executive of financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, would lead the administration’s “tariff and trade agenda”. Lutnick was also considered for treasury secretary, a more prominent position. Mr. Trump has yet to decide on that closely watched post, which carries sweeping authority over areas such as the economy and tax policy. The battle for who to choose spilled into…

Netflix Streaming Issues During Tyson-Paul Event Spark Frustration and Humor

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Friday night’s highly anticipated Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing event on Netflix generated widespread criticism—not for the action in the ring, but for technical issues that left viewers frustrated. Social media buzzed with complaints about streaming problems, including pixelation, stuttering, and even outright crashes. The issues began well before the main event at AT&T…

Verizon Fios Users Across The Northeast Affected By Internet Outage

BBC news2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

Verizon Fios internet was out of service for millions of people on the East Coast on Tuesday morning at the early hours. The impacted region, according to a map of users’ reports on Downdetector, ranges approximately from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Richmond, Virginia. A Verizon spokesperson told Newsweek in an emailed statement at 7 a.m. EST:…

Lunchables Taken Out Of National School Lunch Program

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Lunchables are to be removed from the menu in schools across America. The company that makes Lunchables, Kraft Heinz, said on Tuesday that it will pull the meal kits out of the National School Lunch Program. Kraft Heinz said in an emailed statement that the product was withdrawn because demand was not as high as…

VW Announces $5.8 Billion Partnership with Tesla Competitor Rivian

BBC news2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

Electric car competitors Volkswagen and Tesla are partnering with Rivian as VW raises the stakes in this strategic collaboration. The two companies claim that the new deal is at $5.8bn, although originally VW promised $5bn. Following the announcement of the news, shares for the US based electric vehicle maker surged over 9 percent in after…

Trump’s Election Has Women Swearing Off Sex With Men. It’s Called The 4b Movement

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Ashli Pollard, a 36-year-old entrepreneur, has made the personal decision to stop dating men—and she’s not alone. Since the 2024 election, more women have begun to embrace the 4B movement, which started in South Korea as a protest against misogyny and sexism. The movement’s four tenets are simple: no dating men, no marrying men, no…

S&P 500, Nasdaq End At Records And Advance Further After US Election As Fed Slashes Rates

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Volatility was the setting for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate announcement and Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference Thursday afternoon. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq advanced Thursday, continuing a stock market rebound since Donald Trump’s win, as the Federal Reserve lowered rates again. The S&P 500 advanced 0.74% to end at a record of 5,973.10. The…

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Panera Bread Has Hired A Former Theranos Crisis Communications Specialist As It Faces Ongoing Litigation Over Its Charged Lemonade Drinks, And Aims To List On The Stock Market.

‘If You Write It Down, They Will Come.’ What Retailers Are Likely To Offer This Holiday Season

Netflix Streaming Issues During Tyson-Paul Event Spark Frustration and Humor

VW Announces $5.8 Billion Partnership with Tesla Competitor Rivian

Trump’s Election Has Women Swearing Off Sex With Men. It’s Called The 4b Movement

S&P 500, Nasdaq End At Records And Advance Further After US Election As Fed Slashes Rates

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