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WINSLOW, Maine (AP) — Peyton Brewer-Ross was the life of the party, with wraparound sunglasses and an outlandish Randy “Macho Man” Savage Slim Jim jacket. Brewer-Ross, one of the 18 people killed in the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, was remembered during a weekend art exhibit dubbed, “There Goes My Hero: Chapter One: Peyton Brewer-Ross.” The 40-year-old was playing cornhole with friends when he was gunned down on Oct. 25 in Lewiston. Some people will remember him from cornhole, some will remember him as a pipe fitter, some will remember him for his Slim Jim jacket. Sloat was a student of art professor Peter Precourt at the University of Maine at Augusta, who owns the gallery, Art:Works on Main. Sloat inspired Brewer-Ross to take an art class at Southern Maine Community College.

Persons: — Peyton Brewer, Ross, Randy “, Savage Slim Jim, Brewer, Peyton Brewer, ”, Rachael Sloat, Elle, Peyton, Slim Jim, Sloat, Peter Precourt, “ Macho, Ross ’, Precourt, “ I’m Organizations: University of Maine, Southern Maine Community College, Pabst Locations: WINSLOW, Maine, Lewiston, cornhole, Augusta, Brewer

It has been six weeks since President Javier Milei took office in Argentina, and since then, gas prices have doubled, inflation has soared and the value of the national currency has plummeted. Such turmoil, he had warned, should be expected. Yet on Wednesday, many Argentines plan to take to the streets to show they have already had enough. Argentina’s largest labor unions plan a nationwide strike — including workers in transportation, construction, health care, food services, energy and banking — to protest Mr. Milei’s planned overhauls, arguing they would weaken protections for workers and the poor. Pablo Moyano, a union leader, told reporters that Mr. Milei “is crapping on Congress and crapping on workers.” Mr. Milei has shot back that the protest shows “there are two Argentinas” — one stuck in the past and another that “puts us on the path to be a developed country.”

Persons: Javier Milei, Milei’s, Pablo Moyano, Milei, Mr, “, ” Locations: Argentina

Hostess, the maker of snack classics like Twinkies and HoHos, is being sold to J.M. Hostess Brands Inc. shareholders will receive $30 in cash and 0.03002 shares of The J.M. Smucker Co. stock for each share of stock that they own. The rest, including Twinkies and other Hostess cakes, was acquired by Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo, for $410 million. Smucker Co. and Hostess have both approved the deal, which is expected to close in Smucker's fiscal third quarter.

Persons: Andy Callahan, Twinkies, Hostess, XX, Wonder, Leon Black, Carl’s, Chef Boyardee, Bee, Morgan Stanley's Pam Kaufman Organizations: Hostess Brands Inc, Associated Press, Flowers Foods, McKee Foods, Metropoulos, Apollo Global Management, Pabst Brewing Co, Hostess Locations: Smucker, America, , Kansas

☆ Dunkin is releasing spiked versions of their iced coffees and teas
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

After setting the internet abuzz last week, Dunkin’ will officially announce Monday the debut of Dunkin’ Spiked Iced Coffees and Iced Teas, which are both scheduled to roll out in the coming weeks. The two malt-based beverages, scheduled for an early September release, will feature eight flavors between them, all based on the chain’s iced coffee and tea flavors. Last year, Pabst Blue Ribbon axed their hard coffee flavor drink because of poor sales. The slightly sweet ice tea flavor is being sold in a six-pack of 12-ounce cans and a single 19.2-ounce cans. Dunkin' Spiked iced tea is coming out in late August.

Persons: New York CNN —, Dunkin ’, Dunkin, RTDs, ” Duane Stanford, ”, Samuel Adams, Dave Williams, Bump, ” Dunkin, Scott Murphy, ” Stanford, “, Bravo’s, Brian Gilbert Organizations: New, New York CNN, Beverage Digest, CNN, Boston Beer Company, Bump Williams Consulting, Pabst, Ribbon, Molson Coors, La, Dunkin Locations: New York, Kahlua, Florida , Massachusetts, Texas, England

☆ In Argentina, Inflation Passes 100% (and the Restaurants Are Packed)
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Natalie Alcoba | Sarah Pabst | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Wine glasses clinked in an Art Nouveau culinary gem basking in its restored splendor. It was tasting night in the more than century-old coffeehouse turned restaurant at the old Buenos Aires zoo, as beet tartare, pan-seared squid and a perfect rib-eye floated out of the kitchen, chased by a velvety chocolate mousse. In Buenos Aires, Argentina’s cosmopolitan capital, a world-class culinary scene is flourishing. That would not necessarily be news if it were not for the fact that Argentina is in the middle of an extraordinary financial crisis. Inflation is at more than 114 percent — the fourth highest rate in the world — and the street value of the Argentine peso has crumbled, dropping about 25 percent over a three-week period in April.

Persons: ”, Pedro Díaz Flores Organizations: Argentine Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina

☆ Opinion | Read This Before Shopping for Your Bud Light Replacement Beer
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Matthew Walther | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In the words of a television spot from 1979: “It’s not city beer. Rather than acknowledge Bud Light’s place in a faceless globalized chain of ownership, advertisements for the beer attempt to underscore its supposedly distinctive American and working-class character. Some years ago a series of advertisements featured the Bud Knight, a character who figured in faux-medieval settings alongside a royal personage known as the Dilly Dilly King. In one spot, the king enters a tavern and orders “Bud Lights for everyone,” eliciting cries of approval from the assembled crowd. The implication is that Bud Light is for ordinary decent people who just want to have a good time with their friends, not smug effete connoisseurs.

☆ An Earth Day Elegy for an Altered Planet - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Christopher Valentine | Lydia Millet | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Geologists have aterm for boulders heldaloft by other boulders. Some are drawn to these formations and make pilgrimages to see them. is the abbreviation, like Pabst Blue Ribbon. Precariouslybalanced rocks.

The Credit Suisse rescue has shaken the European banking sector and fears of wider fallout remain. Under the Credit Suisse rescue deal, 16 billion Swiss francs worth of Credit Suisse Additional Tier 1 debt will be written down to zero on the orders of the Swiss regulator. Overall, bank debt remained under pressure, with the cost of insuring exposure to the debt rising in the credit default swaps (CDS) market. CONTAGION RISKThe wipeout of AT1 bonds in the Credit Suisse rescue has alerted fixed income investors to the risks of investing in these instruments. At Credit Suisse, the bank's AT1 bonds were bid as low as 1 cent on the dollar on Monday as investors braced for the wipeout.

☆ Five Best: Books on Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Charles Elton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

FlickerBy Theodore Roszak (1991)1. “Flicker” is the love child of Pauline Kael and Umberto Eco—a 700-page novel that combines religious philosophy and film theory, with some tantric sex thrown in. “There was no bliss to compare with the discovery of a lost von Stroheim scene or a Pabst without torn sprockets,” he muses. His search for the mysterious Castle takes him into a sinister Catholic organization called Oculus Dei, which will do anything to destroy Castle’s legacy. If “Flicker” sounds unlike anything you’ve ever read, it is—and gloriously so.

☆ Baby Gear Rental Startup Loop Hires Former Glossier Marketing Chief as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Megan Graham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Loop Co., a baby equipment rental company, has hired former Glossier Inc. chief marketing officer Ali Weiss to be its chief executive officer. Loop, which was founded last year, lets paying members rent baby gear such as cribs, toys and high chairs. For us at Loop, it’s member-first.”The company plans to hire a marketing leader who will report to Ms. Weiss. The company’s rentals can appeal to parents who want to reduce clutter or their environmental impact, according to Ms. Weiss. “Our vision is that we’re able to provide this service across many markets, many cities, many metro areas across the U.S.,” Ms. Weiss said.

☆ In Burnley, Britain's cost of living crisis hits home
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Natalie Thomas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/6] Keelie Topping shops in the parish of the Church of St Matthew the Apostle in Burnley, England, Britain November 10, 2022. While millions in Britain face a difficult winter, the Centre for Cities think tank says the nearly 95,000 residents of Burnley are most exposed to the shockwaves ripping through the economy. Consumers in Burnley saw prices rise 11.7% in the year to September, the think tank estimates, compared with 10.1% nationally, and 9.1% in London. Britain's exit from the European Union has so far failed to yield economic dividends for places like Burnley. Adrian Pabst, at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research think tank, said the cost of supporting the poorest households did not have to be big.

☆ UK think-tank urges Hunt to think again on budget squeeze
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( William Schomberg | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt should rethink his plans to raise taxes and cut spending in next week's budget, a think-tank said, warning that many households would need further government help even without a fresh squeeze on the public finances. "It's not at all clear that the Chancellor needs to raise taxes or cut spending in the Autumn Statement next week. NIESR's deputy director for public policy, Adrian Pabst, said the cost of supporting the poorest households did not have to be big. "It seems extraordinary to suggest that this country cannot afford 0.2% of GDP to help the most vulnerable," Pabst said. ($1 = 0.8516 pounds)Writing by William Schomberg; Editing by Catherine EvansOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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