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Starbucks (NEW YORK) — Italians have long understood and preached the value of high-quality olive oil for everything from dipping bread to drizzling atop homemade gelato, and now Starbucks has tapped a century-old Sicilian producer to brew up a new coffee innovation. Oleato, Starbucks’ new line of cold-pressed, extra virgin olive oil-infused arabica coffee beverages, […]

Krispy Kreme (NEW YORK) — Reese’s fans know and love the sweet and salty flavors of a chocolate peanut butter cup, and now the candy is being added to another delicious confection: Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The North Carolina-based doughnut chain on Monday announced a new lineup of flavors with Reese’s, including inspired ingredients like potato […]

Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Microsoft search engine Bing, long overshadowed by Google but newly enhanced with artificial intelligence for some users, can suggest recipes for a multi-course meal or disentangle the nuances of existentialism. The technology has stoked controversy, however, after reported troubling results in which it expressed a desire to release nuclear […]

FDA (NEW YORK) — Reckitt, a British consumer goods company, said it would recall two batches of plant-based infant formula they produce due to “a possibility of cross-contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii.” The product, ProSobee Simply Plant-Based Infant Formula in 12.9 oz containers, was manufactured between August 2022 and September 2022 and distributed through retail stores […]

Chesnot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced a new paid subscription for its platforms on Sunday, which, among other features, would allow users to pay for a verified account. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the service, dubbed “Meta Verified,” in a Sunday morning Facebook post and said the […]

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Abbott is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the Federal Trade Commission, in relation to their infant formula business, the company disclosed in a new SEC filing. Abbott said in a filing Friday that they received a subpoena from the SEC’s […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When a group of Tesla workers at a factory in Buffalo launched a union organizing effort this week, it thrust employees into a high-profile standoff with a company led by CEO Elon Musk, one of the wealthiest people in the world. A day later, on Wednesday, Tesla fired more than […]

Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Oranges are synonymous with Florida, but between extreme weather and widespread citrus disease in the sunshine state, the fruit has failed to produce the same yield as years past, sending prices soaring. Earlier this month the United States Department of Agriculture predicted Florida will produce 16 million 90-pound boxes of […]

Adam Gault/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. consumer credit card debt has jumped to nearly $1 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday. Credit card balances increased more than $60 billion over the three months ending in December, lifting the total amount of U.S. credit card debt to an all-time high […]

Starbucks/Amazon (NEW YORK) — PepsiCo, which releases bottled Starbucks coffee drinks, has announced a recall for one of its products. Select lots of 13.7-ounce glass bottled Starbucks Frappuccino Vanilla drinks have been voluntarily recalled, a representative for PepsiCo, on behalf of the North American Coffee Partnership, said in a statement to ABC News. More than […]