McDonald's to retain 6% price increase till end of 2021
Oct 31, 2021 17:52 pm UTC| Economy Business
McDonalds would retain the 6 percent price increases from earlier in the year through the end of 2021 to cope with higher labor and supply costs. CEO Chris Kempczinski said the 6 percent increase is to cover both labor...
Lakers icon Kobe Bryant’s $6 million investment in BodyArmor now worth $800 million
Oct 31, 2021 15:47 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business
The late Lakers icon Kobe Bryants investment for a 10 percent stake in sports drink BodyArmor for just $6 million in the company way back in 2014 has grown to $800 million. That incredible gain surpassed by two and a...
Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual rolls out crypto trading app
Oct 30, 2021 23:23 pm UTC| Digital Currency Economy
Brazillian investment bank BTG Pactual has rolled out a crypto-trading app dubbed Mynt that customers can utilize for direct Ether and Bitcoin investments. The bank is also preparing to support more crypto assets,...
Coca-Cola Philippines vows to phase out plastic sachets, straws
Oct 30, 2021 23:23 pm UTC| Nature Economy Business
Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI) pledged to stop the production of plastic sachets for its powdered concentrates brand, Eight OClock, and to replace plastic straws with paper straws for its Nutriboost dairy...
AMC Theatres considers accepting Shiba Inu alongside Dogecoin as payment
Oct 30, 2021 23:23 pm UTC| Digital Currency Economy
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron is pondering on including Shiba Inu (SHIB) among the several cryptocurrencies that it would accept for payments by year-end. Aron turned to Twitter to ask the crypto community whether his...
Roblox identifies outage cause, says its getting game 'back up and running'
Oct 30, 2021 23:22 pm UTC| Technology Economy Business
Roblox Corp. said it has identified the cause of the outage that has plagued it for at least a second straight day and is performing the necessary engineering and maintenance work to get Roblox back up and...
Topps drops MLB World Series NFTs, gives chance to game attendees to get game-specific NFTs
Oct 30, 2021 23:22 pm UTC| Sports Digital Currency Economy
Topps has launched its 2021 Topps NOW MLB World Series non-fungible token (NFT) collection, which offers officially licensed player imagery and NFT-exclusive digital animations. Fans able to collect the whole series by...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects