McDonald’s begins phasing out plastic toys in Happy Meals
McDonald’s plans to “drastically” reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025. The burger giant said today it’s working with toy companies…
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EXPLAINER: Chinese builder’s debt struggle rattles investors
BEIJING — Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers struggles to avoid defaulting on tens of billions of dollars…
Twitter to pay $809.5 million to settle shareholder lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter said Monday it will pay $809.5 million to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit alleging that the company misled investors about…
J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response
LONDON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive…
Iowa farm cooperative hit by ransomware, systems go offline
A ransomware attack by the BlackMatter gang forced New Cooperative, an association of Iowa corn and soy farmers, to take their systems offline but it…
US easing virus restrictions for foreign flights to America
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major easing of pandemic travel restrictions, the U.S. said Monday it will allow foreigners to fly into the country this…
U.S. stocks fall on fears of contagion from China real estate
Stocks slumped in morning trading on Wall Street today in a broad sell-off that extends an already weak streak for major indexes. Worries about debt-engorged…
Union members vote to accept new Mondelez contract
HENRICO, Va. — Striking union members voted to accept a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with snack company Mondelez International, ending a walkout that began…
HP, Procter & Gamble join companies pledge to cut emissions
BERLIN — Computer-maker HP, consumer goods business Procter & Gamble and coffee capsule company Nespresso have joined a corporate pledge to sharply cut their greenhouse…
Insider Q&A: Serving the neglected for profit, not just good
NEW YORK — Making money by helping underserved communities? It took Bobby Turner years to convince big investment funds such a thing was possible. But…