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☆ I'm a 28-year-old crypto-startup founder who got paid $10,000 to move to Arkansas. More than 66,000 people applied to relocate here, and only 100 got accepted — here's why it's worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dmitri Love, 28, moved from Dallas to Cave Springs, Arkansas, in 2021. Love, 28, moved from Dallas to Cave Springs, Arkansas, in 2021. Love took advantage of a program that paid remote workers $10,000 to move to the area. From November 2020 to September 2022, more than 66,000 people from all 50 US states and 115 countries applied for the program. Entrepreneurs should find new places to live and provide valuePersonally, there were no drawbacks for me moving back to Arkansas.

☆ DTC cookware brand Caraway raises $35 million to add retail partnerships and products as it builds out its 'ecosystem' of home essentials
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Ann Gehan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The DTC home-goods brand Caraway just raised $35 million in funding, the company told Insider. The DTC retailer announced a $35 million funding round on Wednesday to grow its product selection, head count, and overall retail presence. Being in stores also helps Caraway compete more effectively with other home brands, Nathan said. The brand's retail sales this year were up 300% through August compared to the same period in 2021. Caraway aims to keep its customer-acquisition spend low enough so that a customer's first purchase is profitable for the brand.

☆ Tyson Foods Promotes Chairman’s Son to CFO Role
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Mark Maurer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Tyson Foods Inc. promoted the chairman’s son to be its new finance chief as the meat producer navigates higher costs for worker wages and animal feed. The Springdale, Ark.-based company on Tuesday said it named John R. Tyson as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 2. Mr. Tyson, who currently serves as executive vice president of strategy and chief sustainability officer, is set to succeed Stewart Glendinning. John R. Tyson in his new role will continue to oversee enterprise strategy and sustainability activities for the company. In his new role, Mr. Tyson will continue to oversee enterprise strategy and sustainability activities for the company, Tyson said.

Ramsey and Beyond Meat didn't respond to requests for comment sent in care of the company's public relations representatives. Nearly $12,000 bond was posted to secure Ramsey's release Sunday, according to inmate information posted by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Ramsey was booked late Saturday based on allegations of third-degree battery and making terrorist threats, according to the sheriff's office. "Mr. Ramsey also bit the owner’s nose, ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose," the officer wrote. According to his bio at Tyson, he worked in the poultry business through most of his time at the company.

☆ Beyond Meat COO Doug Ramsey arrested for allegedly biting man's nose after Arkansas college football game
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Beyond Meat Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey was arrested this weekend after allegedly biting a man's nose in an Arkansas parking garage following a college football game. The altercation happened in a parking garage near Razorback Stadium after the University of Arkansas football game, according to a preliminary police report. Ramsey allegedly punched through the back windshield of a Subaru after it made contact with the front tire of Ramsey's car. The Subaru owner then got out of his car, and Ramsey allegedly started punching him and bit his nose, "ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose," according to the report. Prior to joining the maker of meat alternatives, Ramsey spent three decades at Tyson Foods, overseeing its poultry and McDonald's businesses.

☆ Footwear startup Gales nears $4 million raise in a bid to become the Nike for nurses and doctors. 'What Nike has built for the athlete we're looking to build for the standing professional.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Matthew Kish | Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"What Nike has built for the athlete we're looking to build for the standing professional," he told Insider. It raised a $2.1 million round in September 2021. Kizik, which makes slip-on sneakers and is backed by Nike, raised a $20 million round, and Hilma, which makes running shoes for women, raised a $3 million round. Courtesy GalesA $434 million market rife with opportunityAccording to NPD Group, the market for "occupational footwear" increased by 28% in 2021, to $434.4 million. He also founded and exited the footwear brand Rob McAllan, which sold dress shoes designed to perform more like sneakers.

☆ Farmaceuticals: Vets face pressures to prescribe
▼ + stars: | 2014-09-15 | by ( Brian Grow | Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +29 min

The feed tickets examined represent a fraction of the tens of thousands issued annually to poultry farms run by or for major producers. Some of its feed has contained low levels of one antibiotic, feed tickets show. REUTERS/Randall Hill MODERN BARN: Nearly 20,000 broiler chicks are housed inside a Foster Farms chicken ranch in Stanislaus County, California. As the CDC studied what investigators informally called the “Foster Farms Outbreak,” researchers soon made a troubling discovery. Reuters asked to see Foster Farms’ feed tickets from that period; the company didn’t respond to that request.

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