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Beauty brand Avon Products filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to address its debt burden and legal liabilities from lawsuits related to allegedly contaminated talc-based products.

Legendary beauty products seller Avon files for bankruptcy

Beth Squires is the Deputy Editor at The Whiskey Wash and whiskey bottle investment specialist. Swedish whisky distillery, Mackmyra, has today (August 19th) filed for bankruptcy at Gävle District Court. The filing comes in the midst of the distillery’s 25th anniversary celebrations, having been founded in 1999. In...

Swedish Whisky Distillery, Mackmyra, Declares Bankruptcy

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Small merchants in China have been holding rallies this month to protest Temu's fines and refund policies, multiple outlets reported.

Dozens of angry Chinese suppliers swarmed Temu's office, saying they're tired of giving Westerners refunds without returns

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Walmart’s Zoom call in May was anything but routine for the roughly 300 employees who learned they would need to relocate or lose their jobs. Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the situation that were on the call but not allowed to speak during it, said they were told during the meeting that Walmart would start requiring thousands of workers from its smaller offices and remote locations to move to one of its main office hubs to boost in-person presence.

Walmart employees were caught off-guard by the company’s mandate to relocate

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Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

Two key changes to the homebuying process are scheduled to go into effect Saturday, stemming from a settlement that ended a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors by home sellers. The changes could pressure some agents to offer their services at lower rates than they have in the past.

Starting on Saturday, the Process of Buying And Selling Houses Is Changing

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'I’m writing to you this morning with a heavy heart...'

Popular California Startup Suddenly Lays Off Hundreds Of Workers

Kroger sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday, pushing back on the government’s authority to stop its mergers with Albertsons (ACI). The grocery giant filed a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio claiming the FTC’s efforts to stop the merger are unconstitutional.

Kroger is suing the FTC for holding up its grocery merger with Albertsons

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KROGER, one of the largest supermarket chains in the country, is facing consumer backlash — and a government investigation. Two senators have announced they’re looking into the chain’s practices over claims it may be using personal data for “surge pricing” in stores. Surge pricing, the...

‘Utterly disgusting’ blast customers boycotting over Kroger ‘dynamic’ pricing tech – as some cry ‘greedflation’

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As the more than 30 hospitals in the Steward Health Care System scrounged for cash to cover supplies, shuttered pediatric and neonatal units, closed maternity wards, laid off hundreds of health care workers, and put patients in danger, the system paid out at least $250 million to its CEO and his companies, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

CEO of failing hospital chain got $250M amid patient deaths, layoffs, bankruptcy

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For 89 years Tyson Foods was a family affair—but nobody could protect scion John Randal from his worst instincts.

The youngest Fortune 500 CFO was set up to run his family’s $21 billion chicken empire. His erratic behavior could change that

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Newly appointed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol won't be required to relocate to the company's headquarters in Seattle when he joins the coffee giant next month. Instead, Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks' head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet, according to the new CEO's offer letter, which was made public in an SEC filing last week.

Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1,000 miles from California to Seattle office instead of relocating

It's a welcome announcement for a city typically known for its large car volumes and regular traffic jams. With Los Angeles preparing to take the Olympic torch from Paris for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, the Southern California city is working on ambitious plans to make the event even more special than the last.

Los Angeles officials make ambitious announcement about 2028 Olympic Games: 'We're already working'

Denver, CO

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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An entrepreneur who’s connected to missing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch theorized that the 160-foot superyacht Bayesian may have sunk because of its massive mast.

Scott Painter, who took over Lynch’s multi-billion dollar software company called Autonomy, founded in 1996, said Lynch’s yacht may have been more vulnerable during Monday morning’s tornado off the coast of Sicily because of its over 240-foot-tall mast. 

The Bayesian, which capsized with 22 people on board had “an unusually large mast” for a single-masted ship, Painter told Daily Mail. 



“The mast was the ultimate sailor’s bragging right,” Painter told the outlet. “That mast must’ve been...

Entrepreneur tied to missing tycoon Mike Lynch shares theory about why doomed yacht sank

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A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

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Woodinville, WA

Washington’s Woodinville Whiskey is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, and hundreds of people lined up this weekend to get first crack at the distillery’s latest release, an 8-year-old Bourbon that’s the oldest Woodinville release yet. We’ll talk with co-founder Orlin Sorenson on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, a proposed alcohol tax increase in Nebraska has been voted down, while the Justice Department is appealing a Texas judge’s ruling that a ban on home distilling is unconstitutional.

Woodinville Whiskey Marks 15 Years

Cincinnati, OH

Two years ago, grocery giant Kroger proposed a $25 billion deal to buy rival chain Albertsons. However, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to delay the merger while it takes some time to review. Fearing such an internal review would take years, Kroger fired back with a lawsuit. Calling the...

Kroger Files Lawsuit To Halt an Internal FTC Review of Albertsons Merger

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Sweden’s Mackmyra Distillery Files for Bankruptcy

25 years after a group of friends decided to get into the whisky business during an apres-ski hot tub party, Sweden’s Mackmyra Distillery has filed for...

Sweden’s Mackmyra Distillery Files for Bankruptcy

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