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Conagra expands frozen, grocery offerings

  • By Ida
  • 25/07/2023
1 min read

CHICAGO — Conagra Brands, Inc. has launched more than 50 new products across its frozen, grocery and snack brands portfolio this summer.

Item launches include protein-dense MEGA Crustless Pizzas from Banquet, shrimp-focused Healthy Choice Power Bowls, Marie Callender’s casserole sides and Gardein plant-based protein bowls. Frozen vegetable brand Birds Eye also added several product lines, such as fire roasted vegetable offerings, microwavable vegetable dips and restaurant-inspired vegetable and sauce fusions.

“Innovating to meet the needs of consumers is a top priority for our team,” said Burke Raine, president of the Frozen & Refrigerated business unit at Conagra Brands. “Our newest

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Hunter Biden’s former business partner was willing to go before a grand jury. He never got the chance.

  • By Ida
  • 22/07/2023
6 min read

A former business partner of Hunter and James Bidenwho worked directly with them on a 2017 China energy deal, was never asked to testify to a Delaware grand jury investigating Hunter Biden, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CBS News.

Tony Bobulinski, the former business partner, was open to testifying, and his attorney reached out to the office of Delaware US Attorney David Weiss. Weiss did not return their calls, the sources said. Weiss’ decision not to bring Bobulinski is the latest indication that prosecutors investigating Hunter Biden may have avoided investigating allegations about his father, President Joe

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Business News

Can You Protect Your Child’s Inheritance From Their Spouse?

  • By Ida
  • 21/07/2023
3 min read

Many of our clients want to plan for their children’s future, when drafting their estate plans. However, some of our clients are concerned about their child’s spouse accessing the inheritance.

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While each client has different concerns and requires tailored estate planning, one question we often hear relates to protecting the inheritance of the spouse of their child.

So can inheritance be protected from a spouse of your child?

Yes, there

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Business News

Business owner arrested, charged in $9 million San Francisco investment fund fraud

  • By Ida
  • 18/07/2023
2 min read

A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted a business owner for defrauding investors and a bank to the tune of over $9 million, the US Department of Justice said Monday.

Joon Woo Kim, 57, of the City of Montebello in Los Angeles County, was arrested Monday in New Haven and appeared in US District Court in Connecticut to face the charges.

Kim allegedly induced investors to contribute to a fund he created in San Francisco called the M5 Doctors Fund by making false statements and omissions about the kinds of investments he would make while managing the fund’s

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Business News

Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited Announces Additional Contribution to Trust Account to Extend Period to Consummate Business Combination

  • By Ida
  • 14/07/2023
2 min read

Published: Jul. 14, 2023 at 9:00 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago

NEW YORK, July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited (NASDAQ: ACBA), a special purpose acquisition company (the “Company”), announced today that Ace Global Investment Limited, the Company’s initial public offering sponsor (the “Sponsor”), has deposited into the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”) an aggregate of $116,777.35 represented, approximately $0.05 per ordinary share, in order to extend the period of time the Company has to complete a business combination for an additional one (1) month period, from August 9, 2023 to

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Right-wing users join Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘friendly’ Threads within 24 hours of launch

  • By Ida
  • 10/07/2023
2 min read
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US, October 23, 2019, wearing a suit and looking serious with facebook logo in background.

Mark Zuckerberg.Erin Scott/Reuters

  • Right-wing users are testing the boundaries of Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads.

  • Several right-wing users have signed up to the platform, with some posting antagonistic content.

  • Zuckerberg has tried to position Threads as a friendly alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter.

Right-wing users are testing the boundaries of Mark Zuckerberg’s “friendly” Twitter alternative, Threads.

According to a news post from Media Matters, far-right figures including white nationalist Richard Spencer and white supremacist Nick Fuentes joined the app within the first 24 hours of its launch. Richard Spencer’s account has since gone.

Fuentes said in a livestream on July 6

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Business News

Canadian economy steady in April as real GDP remains unchanged – Business News

  • By Ida
  • 08/07/2023
1 min read

Economy holds steady

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Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy remained essentially unchanged in April, following a slight uptick in March.

The federal agency’s advance estimate suggests real gross domestic product grew 0.4 per cent in May, led by the manufacturing and wholesale trade sectors.

The April figure came in lower than expected by Statistics Canada as services-producing industries were unchanged while goods-producing industries edged up 0.1 per cent.

The Canadian economy is largely expected to stall in the latter half of this year

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Business News

Small plane with at least six people on board crashes in California

  • By Ida
  • 08/07/2023
2 min read

At least six people were on board a small plane when it crashed in California early Saturday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to CBS News.

The Cessna C550 business jet crashed at around 4:15 am local time near the French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California in Riverside County. The craft was “down in a field” and “fully involved in fire,” the Riverside County Fire Department tweeted on Saturday. The fire burned “approximately one acre of vegetation” and was contained at about 5:35 am

Officials did not provide information about the passengers’ conditions. CBS News has reached out to

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