PepsiCo, Boston Beer launch alcoholic Mountain Dew
Aug 11, 2021 09:36 am UTC| Business Economy
Mountain Dew is one of the favorite soda drinks in PepsiCos line of soft drink beverages. Now it has been reinvented, and a hard version has been created! This means that Mountain Dew is coming with the alcoholic...
Krispy Kreme, Hershey's team up to launch S’mores doughnuts in time for the National S’mores Day
Aug 11, 2021 09:11 am UTC| Business Economy
Krispy Kreme and Hersheys have come together to come up with a new flavor of doughnuts. As the National Smores Day is set for Aug. 10, the companies created something to celebrate the day. According to Fox Business,...
Sony’s Funimation acquires Crunchyroll for $1.2B
Aug 11, 2021 08:55 am UTC| Business Economy
Funimation acquired Crunchyroll, and the sale transaction is reportedly closed already. This information was announced by Sony Pictures chief executive officer, Tony Vinciquerra, on Monday, Aug. 9. The cost of the deal is...
LG Uplus subscribers to get free Spotify premium access
Aug 11, 2021 07:55 am UTC| Business Economy
LG Uplus mobile subscribers will be treated to free access to Spotify premium. The South Korean telecom company announced on Tuesday, Aug. 10, that it will start offering the use of the audio and media streaming service to...
Amazon paying customers for damages over defective goods sold by third-party sellers
Aug 11, 2021 07:02 am UTC| Business Economy
Amazon will be paying up to $1,000 to customers who purchased what were said to be dangerous items on its site but were sold by third-party sellers. It was said that the e-commerce company is changing its return policies...
Google to deduct wage of employees who opt to work from home: Report
Aug 11, 2021 05:55 am UTC| Business Economy
Google is reportedly implementing pay cuts for employees who will not return to work in the office and prefer the work-from-home set-up. Before the COVID-19 pandemic started, workers were coming to offices to work, but the...
Alibaba criticized for delay in acting on rape allegations by employee vs manager
Aug 10, 2021 23:59 pm UTC| Economy Business
Chinas biggest online commerce firm, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd was criticized by state media for not acting against one of its managers accused of rape until the accuser went public. The accuser, a female employee,...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects