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Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Brewer Steps Down After Less Than Three Years In Role

Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer has stepped down, the US pharmacy chain operator recently said, less than three years after the former Starbuc...

Soybeans End Month Up On Crop Stress; Wheat Dips On Global Supply

Chicago soybeans fell for a third consecutive session on Thursday, but ended the month higher as recent export activity and fears that dry weather damaged...

Pernod Ricard Shares Drop On China And US Sales Warning

Pernod Ricard warned that sales would decline in Chinese and US markets in its first quarter to Sept. 30, sending shares in the drinks group down 4% on Thu...

Rising Caffeine Levels Spark Calls For Ban On Energy Drink Sales To Children

Pediatricians and parents are calling for the US to treat new high-caffeine energy drinks like alcohol and cigarettes and ban their sale to...

Jack Daniel's Maker Brown-Forman Misses Profit Estimate As Costs Pinch Amid Tepid Demand

Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman recently missed quarterly profit expectations, hurt by higher input costs and sluggish demand for its pricier whiskey...

PepsiCo Returns To Indonesia, Breaks Ground For Snack Factory

PepsiCo began building a snack factory in Indonesia's West Java on Wednesday, marking its return to Southeast Asia's largest economy after splitting w...

Weekly Round-Up ... 29 August 2023

Prices for tomatoes have rocketed, at one point close to five times since June, while those for onions, another staple in Indian cooking, have risen 80% in...

Brazil's Orange Production At Risk As Greening Disease Skyrockets, Research Centre Says

Brazil's orange production is at risk due to a citrus greening disease spreading in the world's largest fruit and juice producer, a research centre said, a...