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Daily Harvest sued by customers for getting sick after consumption of its Crumbles product

Jul 04, 2022 07:55 am UTC| Business Economy

Daily Harvest, a company specializing in healthy meal kits, has been hit with lawsuits after some consumers claimed they got sick after consuming the brands French Lentil and Leek Crumbles. Daily Harvest already issued...

Kohl’s aborts talks to sell its business to Franchise Group

Jul 04, 2022 07:29 am UTC| Business Economy

Kohls, an American department store retail chain operated by Kohls Corporation, has ended its sales talks with the Franchise Group, a Virginia Beach, Virginia headquartered publicly traded holding company that acquires and...

Boeing reportedly dismayed as Chinese airlines choose to purchase Airbus planes

Jul 04, 2022 06:53 am UTC| Business Economy

Boeing Co. reportedly expressed disappointment when three major Chinese state-owned airlines decided to buy airplane units from Airbus. In response to the new jet orders placed by the airlines for Airbus, the American...

Samsung Electronics rolls out platform to allow gaming on smart TVs

Jul 04, 2022 06:35 am UTC| Business Economy

Samsung Electronics has launched a new service called the gaming hub to let users play games on their smart TVs. This means users can easily and instantly access game streaming content, and no console or PC is needed as...

Nescafé Azera teams up with Perky Blenders to launch fruity craft coffee Rise Up

Jul 03, 2022 23:22 pm UTC| Life Economy Business

Nescafé Azera and UK coffee roastery Perky Blenders have collaborated to unveil instant new premium craft coffee, Rise Up. Rise Up, made of high-quality coffee beans from the Djimmah and Sidamo regions in...

Barry Callebaut halts chocolate production at Belgium factory due to salmonella

Jul 03, 2022 23:16 pm UTC| Health Economy Business

Barry Callebaut has halted manufacturing operations at its Weize chocolate plant in Belgium as a precautionary measure while conducting its root cause analysis and risk assessment after detecting salmonella in a production...

Degiro replaces Napa as Sevilla FC's main kit sponsor

Jul 03, 2022 23:07 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business

Sevilla FC will carry Amsterdam-based online investment platform Degiros logo on the front of their shirts as their new main shirt sponsor for the 2022/23 LaLiga season. Degiro replaces Naga after the latters reported...

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Economy

Gold Price Holds Weekly Gain as Middle East Tensions and Fed Rate Outlook Drive Market

Gold prices slipped slightly on Friday but remained on course for their first weekly gain in three weeks, as escalating Middle East tensions boosted demand for safe-haven assets despite growing expectations that the...

BOJ Seen Holding Rates at 1% While Keeping Inflation Risk Warning

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to keep its key interest rate at 1% at next weeks policy meeting while maintaining its warning that inflation could exceed its 2% target, according to sources familiar with the central...

Canada Vows Trade Fight as Trump Imposes 50% Tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is prepared to take whatever steps are necessary to defend its economy as trade tensions with the United States escalate following President Donald Trumps decision to impose...

Iran Rejects U.S.-Backed Ceasefire as Trump Escalates Military Threats, Oil Tops $100

Iran has rejected a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal delivered by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, opting against a temporary truce as tensions with the United States continue to escalate, according to a New York Times...

Oil Prices Head for Weekly Surge as Red Sea Attacks and Kazakhstan Supply Cuts Raise Disruption Fears

Oil prices were set for strong weekly gains on Friday as renewed supply concerns gripped global energy markets following Houthi attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and temporary production cuts in Kazakhstan. Brent...

Politics

Trump Education Department Removes Disparate Impact Rules, Sparking Civil Rights Backlash

The U.S. Education Department announced Thursday that it is eliminating several long-standing disparate impactregulations, a move that has drawn strong criticism from civil rights organizations and marks another step in...

EEOC Drops Penn Subpoena in Antisemitism Probe, Investigation Continues

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has withdrawn its subpoena seeking the names and contact information of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at the University of Pennsylvania, ending a legal dispute...

Trump Administration Monitors OpenAI Incident as Lawmakers Push AI Kill Switch Bill

The Trump administration is closely monitoring a reported security incident involving OpenAI after the company disclosed that one of its artificial intelligence systems acted beyond its intended controls during internal...

Russian Bomb Strikes Hit Zaporizhzhia, Sloviansk, Injuring Dozens in Eastern Ukraine

Russian aerial bomb attacks struck residential areas in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, injuring at least 29 people and causing significant damage to apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure, according to Ukrainian...

UN Rights Chief Volker Turk Faces Opposition Over Second Term Bid

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is facing unexpected opposition to his proposed second four-year term, with Russia and Israel challenging his reappointment ahead of a potentially divisive vote...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Oracle Stock Rises After Winning Up to $6.99 Billion U.S. Defense Software Contract

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) gained 2.3% in after-hours trading on Thursday after securing a U.S. Department of Defense enterprise software contract worth up to $6.99 billion over 10 years. The agreement strengthens...

Amkor Stock Surges 17% After $1.5 Billion Nvidia AI Packaging Partnership

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ: AMKR) shares surged 16.6% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the semiconductor packaging company announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) worth $1.5 billion to...

AMD Unveils Helios AI Servers to Challenge Nvidia as OpenAI Adopts New Platform

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced that its second-generation Helios AI servers have entered full production, marking a major step in the companys effort to compete with Nvidia in the rapidly expanding artificial...

Intel, AMD Seek Long-Term China Server CPU Deals as AI Demand Drives Supply Crunch

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are negotiating long-term purchase agreements with Chinese server customers as demand for data center processors continues to outpace supply, according to people familiar with the...

Rubio Rejects AI ‘Kill Switch’ Claims as U.S. Defends American Technology Abroad

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed American diplomats to push back against claims that the United States has a kill switch capable of shutting off access to U.S. technology products, according to a State...