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Gatorade And Cheetos Are Among The Pepsi Products Getting A Natural Dye Makeover

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/07/2025 - 12:00am

Damien Browne, vice president of research and development for PepsiCo's beverages, is interviewed at the company's R&D Campus, in Valhalla, NY, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.
(Richard Drew / AP Photo)

VALHALLA, New York (AP) — Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.

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Feds Say Nebraska’s GDP Grew By 5.2% In Q2 After Shrinking To Start Year

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/07/2025 - 12:00am

Creighton University Economy Professor Ernie Goss, is seen in Omaha, Neb., Monday, April 6, 2009.
(Nati Harnik / AP Photo)

LINCOLN — After having the biggest gross domestic product loss among states at the start of this year, Nebraska tied for the sixth-highest GDP gains during the second quarter.

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Lack Of Jobs Data Due To Government Shutdown Muddies View Of Hiring And The US Economy

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/07/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern as everyone awaits the Labor Department's crucial monthly jobs report.

But with the government shut down, no information was released Friday about hiring in September.

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Apple Removes Apps That Allow Anonymous Reporting Of ICE Agent Sightings

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 10/07/2025 - 12:00am

Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents after coming under pressure from the Trump administration.

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Where’s The Corn?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:00am

My six year old, Francesca, couldn’t help but feel the contagious energy of total Husker domination the night of September 6th, 2025. Even having to break at the half for bedtime, she had already made a full wardrobe change to an all-red outfit and was excitedly accosting little sister. “33 to zero, Ellie. 33!” Little did she know they would go on to shut out Akron for all four quarters – or that we haven’t been able to celebrate such a feat since long before she was born.

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Amazon To Pay $2.5 Billion To Settle FTC Allegations It Duped Customers Into Enrolling In Prime

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:00am

SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.

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TikTok Sale To US Investors OK’d By Trump In Deal Valued In Billions

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:00am

President Donald Trump (from left) speaks while signing an executive order as Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick, Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation, listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington.
(Evan Vucci / AP Photo)

A group of U.S. investors will take over the massive video-sharing platform TikTok, President Donald Trump said Thursday.

Trump signed an executive order certifying a transaction for TikTok complies with a 2024 law requiring the platform’s Chinese parent company, Byte Dance Ltd., divest TikTok or face a ban in the U.S.

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Starbucks To Close Hundreds Of Stores, Lay Off 900 Workers As Part Of Turnaround Plan

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/30/2025 - 12:00am

Starbucks said Thursday it's closing hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround.

The Seattle coffee giant said store closures would start immediately. Starbucks said affected baristas will be offered severance packages and transfers to other locations where possible.

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Jerry Quits Ben & Jerry's, Saying Its Independence On Social Issues Has Been Stifled

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/23/2025 - 12:00am

Jerry Greenfield (left) and Bennett Cohen (right), the founders of Ben and Jerry Homemade Inc., pose in front of their "Cowmobile" in Burlington, Vt., on June 15, 1987.
(Toby Talbot / AP Photo)

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying that the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever.

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Nvidia To Invest $5 Billion In Struggling Rival Intel

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 09/23/2025 - 12:00am

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a media Q&A session during a visit to London on Sept. 17, 2025.
(Kelvin Chan / AP Photo)

Nvidia, the world's leading chipmaker, announced on Thursday that it's investing $5 billion in Intel and will collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company.

Nvidia said it will spend $5 billion to buy Intel common stock at $23.28 a share. The investment, which is subject to regulatory approvals, comes a month after the U.S. government took a 10% stake in Intel.