Starbucks is placing an even bigger bet on one of its fastest growing products: cold brew coffee. The Seattle-based cafe chain will partner with Joyride Coffee Distributors to bring draft cold brew coffee to Starbucks’ foodservice accounts at hospitals, bookstores, college and university campuses and offices. Joyride, which was founded […]
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Simone Biles, four-time Olympic gold medalist, alleges Larry Nassar sexually abused her
Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Simone Biles stepped forward Monday to allege she also was abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. “I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassar,” Biles wrote in posts on Twitter and Instagram. “Please believe me when I […]
Jared Kushner reportedly warned by US about ties to Rupert’s ex Wendi Deng Murdoch
The U.S. cautioned President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner that a close friend, Rupert Murdoch’s former wife Wendi Deng Murdoch, could be using her ties to Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump to aid the Chinese government, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Counterintelligence officials also warned […]
Jared Kushner reportedly was warned about his ties to Wendi Deng Murdoch, ex-wife of Rupert Murdoch
The U.S. cautioned President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner that a close friend, Rupert Murdoch’s former wife Wendi Deng Murdoch, could be using her ties to Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump to aid the Chinese government, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Counterintelligence officials also warned […]
Crude awakening: Why a top trader thinks cheap oil is over as prices make a ‘Nike swoosh’ toward $75
When prominent trader Robert Raymond last saw oil prices trading around $65 a barrel back in 2014, he called it a “new housing bubble.” But what a difference a few years makes. With U.S. crude oil bouncing around that same level again, Raymond no longer sees any major problems lurking. […]
Trump blames Sen. ‘Dicky’ Durbin for blowing a DACA immigration deal
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Senator Dick Durbin for blowing up talks over a deal to help immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and said the Democratic lawmaker misrepresented his comments about Haiti and African countries. “Senator Dicky Durbin totally misrepresented what was said at the […]
CVS bans photo manipulation for store beauty brands, will place alert label on others
CVS Health Monday said it will ban photo manipulation in its store-brand makeup marketing and promotional displays, a move that acknowledges growing awareness of the harmful nature of touched-up images. The nation’s largest drugstore chain will also require other makeup and beauty brands that sell products in its aisles to […]
Bidder for the Weinstein Company says bankruptcy protection may be best the option
Killer Content, the movie producer that has partnered with philanthropist Abigail Disney in a consortium vying to acquire the Weinstein Company, said on Monday that a bankruptcy may be the best way forward for the U.S. film and TV studio. Killer Content’s comments come as the studio continues to grapple […]
Ford has resurrected the Ranger pickup truck
Ford has resurrected the Ranger. The Blue Oval reintroduced its popular smaller pickup truck for the North American market at the North American International Auto Show. The Ranger is equipped with a 2.3-liter EcoBoost engine and the only 10-speed automatic transmission in the segment, Ford said. The Ranger comes in […]
This hair product start-up just landed a $100,000 investment from Mark Cuban
While “Shark Tank” investors Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Daymond John, and Robert Herjavec are all busy entrepreneurs with businesses to run and investments to manage, Sunday night, the men got a taste of a more Rock n’ Roll lifestyle. All four men experienced how they would feel with long, lustrous […]