Then, when I first went to Kraft, I worked on yogurt, a very low-margin business. I found an opportunity to create the first ever kids’ yogurt, which was a creative, innovative thing at the time. Then I had an opportunity to work on Cool Whip, which is a highly profitable business. The question was: How […]
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Image copyright Reuters Actress and writer Mindy Kaling has accused the Emmy Awards of trying to cut her from The Office’s nominations because she is a woman of colour. Kaling starred in the US version of the show as well as serving as an executive producer, director and writer. But she said the Television Academy,
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Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption Former Wrightbus employees wait outside the site for news on Thursday The owner of the Wrightbus factory has said he has not been able to reach a deal to sell it to a new owner. However, the union representing Wrightbus workers said a deal could still be possible. “It is
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Audio recordings from the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders will be made available to the public for the first time in digital form after a nearly two-year process conducted in secret. The Memorial of the Shoah in Paris will officially accept the recordings at a ceremony Thursday evening. The files capture around several hundred hours
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The Trump administration plans to issue licenses to U.S. companies to supply “nonsensitive goods” to Chinese tech giant Huawei, The New York Times reported, in a move that might help to cool tensions ahead of trade talks. President Donald Trump gave approval last week to begin issuing licenses, the Times said Wednesday. It cited unidentified
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All media events such as news conferences have been canceled inside the arena hosting Thursday’s NBA preseason game in China between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets, though the matchup itself remains on as scheduled. Interested in NBA? Add NBA as an interest to stay up to date on the latest NBA news, video,
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — When it comes time to make critical decisions regarding his presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders often relies on a committee of two: himself and his wife, Jane Sanders. It was Ms. Sanders who provided a medical update after her husband was hospitalized in Las Vegas last week and had two stents inserted
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China’s richest businesspeople got richer in 2019 despite a tariff war with Washington and an economic slowdown, a survey showed Thursday. The average net worth of China’s richest 1,800 people rose 10% over 2018 to $1.4 billion, according to the Hurun Report, which tracks the country’s wealthy. Jack Ma, who retired last month as chairman
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Image copyright DoubleBand Films Image caption The film, Lost Lives, is a requiem for those killed in the Troubles In 1991, four men sat down in Belfast to write a book of the dead. They resolved to put on record the stories of what happened to every man, woman and child killed during Northern Ireland’s
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Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s economy is expected to avoid a recession despite new figures showing a surprise contraction in August. The economy shrank by 0.1% during the month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, but growth in July was revised upwards to 0.4%. In the three months to the end of August
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