Tag: Consumer product manufacturing
Tire company Bridgestone offers employees $100 to vaccinate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone said Wednesday it will offer its 33,000 U.S. employees $100 payments to get vaccinated against COVID-19, joining a group of...
Amid FBI probe, Texas official hired from big donor family
DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is under FBI investigation over claims of using his office to help a political donor, gave...
Unilever to remove ‘normal’ from beauty products packaging
LONDON — Consumer goods conglomerate Unilever said Tuesday it will no longer use the word “normal” to advertise and package its beauty and personal...
Girl using lemonade stand to fund brain surgery in recovery
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A 7-year-old girl who used a lemonade stand to help raise money for her own brain surgery underwent a successful operation...
Girl using lemonade stand to fund brain surgery in recovery
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A 7-year-old girl who used a lemonade stand to help raise money for her own brain surgery underwent a successful operation...
AP Interview: Lawyer says Kelly innocent of Ghosn pay scheme
TOKYO — The chief lawyer for Greg Kelly, an American on trial in Japan on charges of under-reporting Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s compensation,...
Activists sue big French retailer over Amazon forest damage
PARIS — Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain...
UK competition watchdog investigates Apple’s App Store
LONDON — U.K. authorities have launched an investigation into Apple's App Store over concerns it has a dominant role that stifles competition and hurts...
17% of food production globally wasted, UN report estimates
NEW YORK — Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout.
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US suspends tariffs on UK goods to resolve aircraft dispute
LONDON — The U.S. agreed Thursday to suspend millions of dollars' worth of tariffs on U.K. exports including Scotch whisky as part of an...