Blue Bell, a Texas-based company, announced March 13 that it was recalling various ice cream products after three people died upon eating tainted foodborne illness product. It’s the company’s first ever recall…
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Facebook Acquires Shopping Search Site TheFind In Undisclosed Amount
Popular social networking website Facebook has turned its attention towards the e-commerce market, with the acquisition of TheFind, a start-up shopping search site based in Mountain View, Calif. While a deal has…
Fiat Chrysler Issues Recall For Faulty Ignition Switches
Fiat Chrysler has begun a major safety recall of more than 700,000 sports utility vehicle and minivans in the U.S. over faulty ignition switches. The vehicles set in the recall are the…
Prairie Farms Offers 3 New Milks Using Marshmallow Peeps Flavors
Easter isn’t that far off, and this means everyone’s favorite marshmallow – shaped like a chick – will hit the shelves. Peeps fans this year have another product they can try: Peeps-flavored…
Wal-Mart Pay Increase Decision Having Ripple Effect In Various Markets
Market analysts say the decision from Wal-Mart to increase 500,000 employees’ wages in April is going to have a ripple effect on many industries and states. Wal-Mart has agreed to increase the…
Sprint Offers Consumers A $90 Family Share Pack
Sprint is looking to return its ranks in the U.S. by offering a $90 Family Share Pack plan that includes 12GB of shared data for up to 10 lines along with unlimited…
Keurig Is Recalling 7M Mini Plus Brewing Systems
After receiving nearly 200 complaints regarding its Mini Plus brewing system, Keurig has issued a recall for seven million of the device produced from 2009 to 2014. The recall, according to Keurig,…
AA Flight Attendants Reject Proposed Contract
American Airlines flight attendants have rejected a proposed five-year contract on Sunday, which forced the world’s largest air carrier and its cabin-crew workers union to go into binding arbitration. According to the…
Sears Denies Latest Rumors Of Store Closures
Sears Holdings is denying rumors that it plans on closing more than 100 Sears and Kmart stores and laying over close to 6,100 employees – many closings allegedly set to happen around…
Toyota Set To Voluntarily Recall Over 1.5M Cars
Toyota Motor Corp is set to voluntarily recall more than 1.5 million vehicles around the world to handle three different defects that include a faulty brake master cylinder, which could hamper the…