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KFC To Test Vegetarian Fried Chicken Option In U.K.
As part of the United Kingdom government's plan to curb childhood and adult obesity in the country, PHE announced a challenge for the food industry to reduce the calories in their products by 20 percent by 2024. TGI Fridays introduced its first plant-based burger, the Beyond Meat Cheeseburger. This week, the chicken-life " vegetarian options" were announced for British KFC locations. [Full Article...]
Argentina and IMF agree on $50 billion loan 08 June 2018
The authorities have indicated that they intend to draw on the first tranche of the arrangement but subsequently treat the loan as precautionary. Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne said on Thursday he expected Argentina to receive a disbursement of 30 percent of the total, or roughly $15 billion , in the days following approval. [Full Article...]
Unruly female passenger forces Virgin flight to divert
A Virgin Australia flight from Melbourne to Perth was diverted last night to Adelaide after a female passenger threatened to kill everyone on board. VA 697 was due to depart Melbourne at 8.30pm but was delayed by almost an hour. The saga was described by one passenger as the " flight from hell ." . [Full Article...]
Theresa May slams 'UNJUSTIFIED' Trump tariffs as TRADE WAR with European Union looms
US President Donald Trump will be leaving early from the summit with the leaders of the G7 countries after an unfruitful debate on trade tariffs. "If they retaliate, they're making a mistake", he warned, insisting that the United States has much less to lose than its partners in the event of world trade breaking down. [Full Article...]
Coinbase to Become First Broker-Dealer to Offer SEC-Regulated Crypto Securities
Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency and bitcoin businesses, is acquiring a securities dealer that the company hopes will allow it to expand into the red-hot coin-offerings market. A regulatory approval is needed for Coinbase to operate under the Keystone licenses, the Wall Street Journal explained, adding that "Coinbase is essentially buying Keystone for its licenses". [Full Article...]
Donald Trump says Russian Federation should be be allowed to rejoin G7
He has also refused to condemn the Russian strongman over the Kremlin's interference in the US presidential election, at one point suggesting he trusts Putin's denials of wrongdoing over the findings of his own intelligence agencies. He's also threatened to tear up the NAFTA agreement with Canada and Mexico . Morneau said he is engaged in intense talks with his US counterparts in the hopes ... [Full Article...]
Lottery tickets sold in Victoria and Ladysmith worth $500K
Other million-dollar tickets were purchased in the London area, Mississauga, Ottawa, Toronto (two), the Pembroke area and Whitby. The winning numbers are 12, 25, 27, 29, 34, 44, 45 with bonus 7. Also last week, Shelley Palko of Hanmer picket up her $1 million Maxmillion prize from the May 11 Lotto Max draw. Friday's Lotto Max had a big prize of $60 million and the ticket for that was sold in Q... [Full Article...]
Verizon names Ericsson veteran Hans Vestberg as CEO
Before joining Verizon , he worked at the networking and telecommunications company Ericsson , where he served six years as chief executive and president and also was chief financial officer. Lars Soderfjell, a portfolio manager at Finnish bank Alandsbanken, which owns Ericsson shares, said Vestberg pushed to expand the company's services unit, which included managing networks for mobile opera... [Full Article...]