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☆ Boxer Tyson Fury to release 'Sweet Caroline' remake for charity
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is swapping his boxing gloves for a microphone with the release of his debut single, a remake of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", for charity. The 34-year-old British boxer, who has previously sung for crowds at matches as well as dueted with Robbie Williams, will put out the track, a crowd favourite at sporting events, on Nov. 11 in aid of men’s mental health charity Talk Club. "'Sweet Caroline' is a record I’ve always loved, and I’m excited to record and release it," Fury said in a statement, noting the single will come out just in time for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. But he later struggled with mental health and substance abuse which derailed his career. He fought back and has been vocal about mental health awareness.

☆ Trump's beloved Boeing 757 private jet is finally flying again after a year of maintenance work and a new paint job
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has recommissioned his prized Boeing 757 private plane as he hints at a 2024 presidential run. The plane was taken out of storage in 2021 and flown to Louisiana for maintenance work and a new livery. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyDonald Trump's prized Boeing 757 private jet is finally back in action. As he threw cold water on news of a new plane, Trump posted a video of his original 757 aircraft on social media in July. With a sleek new look, Trump's private jet is already being put to work, having flown to Corpus Christi, Texas, over the weekend, per ADS-B Exchange.

☆ A man with a brain injury was scammed out of all of his money. He and his mother are calling on social-media companies to protect disabled people from con artists.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Westwood, who has a disability due to a brain injury, told Insider how the scam changed his life. In late July, Westwood's mother, Mary-Ellen Field, received a text message from one of Westwood's caregivers, she told Insider. Justin Westwood"Then he started asking me for money again, which usually means he's in trouble," she told Insider. It wasn't until he started asking for money for his gas bill and constantly coming over for dinner that his mom understood how little money Westwood had. Westwood told Insider that he got a message on Facebook from someone calling himself "Agent Tyson," who said he had money from the government for Westwood.

☆ Legal cannabis isn't beating the illicit market. The economist who wrote the book on legalization says there are 3 key ways to change that.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Cannabis legalization is failing to live up to key promises, the economist Robin Goldstein said. While federal cannabis legalization is one of the few US policy questions where there's widespread polling consensus, the industry is struggling. The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics," Goldstein and Sumner take a microscope to cannabis policy and the broader industry to answer key questions about the drug's future. "If you want smaller businesses to thrive, just break down barriers to entry because those barriers are best met by the biggest companies," Goldstein said. High prices for legal cannabis often push customers to illicit sellers.

☆ WBC champion Fury to fight Chisora for third time
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The 34-year-old Fury will face veteran Chisora on Dec. 3 having beaten him comfortably in 2011 and 2014. At a news conference at the Tottenham stadium on Thursday, Fury explained why he is fighting Chisora again. We offer it to Derek Chisora and boom. With Derek Chisora you get what it says on the tin. Warren said provided Fury beats Chisora, he could face Usyk in February, but not in the UK.

☆ Beyond Meat cuts revenue view, jobs as inflation hits plant protein demand
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 14 (Reuters) - Beyond Meat on Friday cut its annual revenue forecast for the second time due to slowing demand for faux meat as consumers look for cheaper options to beat rising prices and announced jobs cuts as well as executive departures. The plant-based meat producer plans to cut 200 jobs this year and said its finance chief Philip Hardin, who has been in the role for just over a year, will leave at the end of the month. FILE PHOTO - A Beyond Meat Burger is seen on display at a store in Port Washington, New York, U.S., June 3, 2019. "We are significantly reducing expenses and sharpening our focus on a set of key growth priorities," Chief Executive Officer Ethan Brown said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Aishwarya Venugopal and Mehr Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Beyond Meat exec Doug Ramsey leaves company after arrest for allegedly biting man’s nose
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Mike Calia | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Beyond Meat’s operating chief, Doug Ramsey, left the company Friday, weeks after he was arrested for allegedly biting a man’s nose following a college football game in Arkansas. Police said Ramsey punched through the back windshield of a Subaru after it hit the front tire of Ramsey’s car, according to a police report. Ramsey then allegedly punched the Subaru driver and bit his nose, “ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose,” the report said. Police also said the victim and a witness also claimed Ramsey told the Subaru driver he would kill him. Beyond Meat said Jonathan Nelson, the company’s senior vice president of manufacturing operations, will permanently oversee Beyond’s operations activities.

Beyond Meat Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey, who had been suspended following an arrest for assault, has left the company. Ramsey left the company effective Friday, weeks after he was arrested for allegedly biting a man's nose following a college football game in Arkansas, the company said in a regulatory filing. The company had originally suspended Ramsey after the arrest became public last month. Ramsey then allegedly punched the Subaru driver and bit his nose, "ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose," the report said. Police also said the victim and a witness also claimed Ramsey told the Subaru driver he would kill him.

☆ Beyond Meat executive who allegedly bit a man’s nose will leave the company
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNNBusiness —Beyond Meat Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey is leaving the company after his recent arrest for assault. Ramsey was arrested last month on on charges of “terroristic threatening” and third-degree battery after he allegedly bit a man’s nose following a Arkansas football game. In a SEC filing, the company announced Ramsey’s departure, noting Friday will be his last day of employment. Ramsey joined Beyond Meat in December last year, pivoting from a three-decade career at Tyson Foods (TSN). Beyond Meat had been a market leader in the plant-based meat space, alongside rival Impossible Foods.

☆ Beyond Meat announces layoffs, cuts revenue forecast as inflation hits demand
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 14 (Reuters) - Beyond Meat said on Friday it would cut 200 jobs and slashed its annual revenue forecast for the second time, citing slowing demand for faux meat as consumers look for more cheaper options to beat rising prices. The company also announced the departure of finance chief Philip Hardin at the end of the month and named board director Lubi Kutua as his replacement. Shares fell more than 10% before the bell, with the company saying rising competition as another reason for the forecast cut. The company said it would incur a one-time cash charge of about $4 million related to the job cuts in the fourth quarter. Beyond Meat, which had about 1,100 employees at the end of last year, expects the reduction in workforce to be complete by the end of year.

☆ 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.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe startups still betting space mining will bring in big bucksJust a couple of years ago, it seemed that space mining was inevitable. Analysts, tech visionaries and even renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted that space mining was going to be big business. But fast forward to 2022, and humanity has yet to commercially mine even a single asteroid. CNBC spoke to two California startups, AstroForge and TransAstra, about how they are trying to make space mining a reality and the challenges they face.

☆ Biden's surprise move to reclassify cannabis could supercharge legal weed — but it also carries big risks for companies and investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He announced pardons for federal cannabis possession and ordered a review of how cannabis is scheduled. While Biden's announcement stopped far short of decriminalization, he outlined three key steps:He's pardoning people federally convicted of simple cannabis possession. Biden's announcement signals that his administration — quiet on cannabis until now — will finally push for federal cannabis reform. Stifel analyst Andrew Partheniou called Biden's announcement "the most important development in US cannabis history," in a Friday morning note. If the government decides to regulate cannabis like a pharmaceutical, that could undermine the recreational cannabis industry as it currently stands.

☆ Tyson Overhauls Management as Meat Giant’s Profits Are Pressured
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Patrick Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

John R. Tyson, the 32-year-old great-grandson of the founder of Tyson Foods, has been appointed the company’s chief financial officer. Tyson Foods Inc. is overhauling its executive ranks as the largest U.S. meat supplier’s costs rise and some sales slow, pressuring the company’s bottom line after two years of soaring margins. The Arkansas company this week shifted executives into new roles heading finance, commercial operations and prepared foods, including appointing John R. Tyson , the 32-year-old great-grandson of the company’s founder, as chief financial officer.

☆ Smithfield Foods to pay $75 mln in pork price-fixing settlement
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the meat producer and several competitors of conspiring to inflate prices in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork market by limiting supply. The accord follows the judge's Sept. 14 approval of a similar $20 million settlement between consumers and JBS SA (JBSS3.SA), one of Smithfield's largest rivals. The Smithfield, Virginia-based company, a unit of WH Group Ltd (0288.HK), denied liability but settled to avoid the uncertainty, risk and cost of litigation, settlement papers show. In the pork litigation, Smithfield previously reached settlements of $83 million with so-called "direct" purchasers such as Maplevale Farms and $42 million with commercial purchasers, a group that includes restaurants. The case is In re Pork Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, No.

☆ Factbox: U.S. companies gird themselves as Hurricane Ian makes landfall
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida with Category 4 fury on Wednesday, pushing residents to empty grocery shelves, board up windows and rush to evacuation shelters. Since then, it has been working to redeploy offshore personnel after determining Hurricane Ian no longer posed a significant threat to its assets. A spokesperson said the company was monitoring the hurricane and making adjustments to operations to keep warehouse staff and drivers safe. Costco Wholesale Corp closed nine stores located in Florida due to an impact of Hurricane Ian. CRUISE OPERATORSWalt Disney Co's Disney Cruise Line on Tuesday canceled its Disney Wish ship that was to set sail from Florida on Friday.

☆ MLB roundup: Cardinals, Yankees clinch division titles
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Yankees right-hander Jameson Taillon (14-5) allowed two runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings. Brian Anderson had three hits and scored two runs for the Marlins, and Jacob Stallings hit a two-run single. Casas, who finished 3-for-4, clobbered a two-run homer in the second inning. Hunter Dozier hit a two-run homer for the Royals, who got two hits from Michael A. Taylor. Altuve went 3-for-4 with four runs, and Hensley contributed an RBI single and a two-run homer.

☆ 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.

☆ Tyson Foods Shuffles Leadership Team
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Denny Jacob | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tyson Foods Inc. on Tuesday shuffled its leadership team. The meat processor said Stewart Glendinning will transition to group president, prepared foods from his current role as executive vice president and chief financial officer. The Morning Ledger provides daily news and insights on corporate finance from the CFO Journal team. John Tyson succeeds Mr. Glendinning as CFO. Amy Tu has been named president, international and chief administrative officer, expanding her current role as executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary, global governance and corporate affairs.

☆ Convertibles drive into the sunset as automakers invest in electric vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Automakers are also investing capital in off-road models and electric vehicles. "In the transition to electric vehicles, and where do automakers put their development money, it just isn't going to convertibles." Even counting those vehicles, sales last year were down by 26% since 2015. Jim Owens, head of Ford Mustang marketing, said only about 15% of the car's sales to consumers — 72,500 units in 2019 — are convertibles. Could we see a possible convertible electric Challenger in the future?

☆ Taco Bell to test long-awaited Beyond Meat carne asada in Ohio next month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Taco Bell will test meatless carne asada made with Beyond Meat at dozens of its restaurants in Dayton, Ohio, starting next month. Around that time, Taco Bell promised to test a menu item made with Beyond, but it took longer than expected to create a carne asada alternative that satisfied Taco Bell, Bloomberg reported in December. Starting Oct. 13, participating Taco Bell locations will sell the steak substitute for a limited time at the same price as its existing carne asada. Taco Bell plans to feature Beyond Carne Asada in its quesadilla, but customers can swap in the meat alternative for other orders as well. The test is meant to help Taco Bell measure the demand for Beyond Carne Asada.

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 suspends COO after arrest for allegedly biting man's nose
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA guest wears a hat during the Beyond Meat IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, U.S., May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidSept 20 (Reuters) - Beyond Meat Inc's (BYND.O) Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey has been suspended effective immediately, the company said on Tuesday, following reports of the executive's arrest for allegedly biting a man's nose during an altercation. The plant-based meat producer said the operations activities will be overseen on an interim basis by Jonathan Nelson, senior vice president of manufacturing operations. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterRamsey was detained on Saturday on charges of third-degree battery and for threatening, according to court records. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Beyond Meat suspends operating chief after arrest for allegedly biting man's nose
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Beyond Meat said its operating chief Doug Ramsey has been suspended, effective immediately, after he was arrested Saturday evening for allegedly punching a man and biting his nose. Ramsey allegedly punched through the back windshield of a Subaru after it made contact with the front tire of Ramsey's car, according to a preliminary police report obtained by CNBC. 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. The victim and a witness also alleged that Ramsey told the Subaru owner he would kill him. Prior to joining Beyond Meat, Ramsey spent three decades at Tyson Foods, overseeing its poultry and McDonald's businesses.

☆ Beyond Meat executive arrested on suspicion of biting a man’s nose
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN Business —The chief operating officer of vegan food purveyor Beyond Meat was arrested over the weekend after allegedly biting a man’s nose during a fight following an Arkansas football game. Police arrested company COO Doug Ramsey on charges of terroristic threatening and third-degree battery on Saturday. Ramsey joined Beyond Meat in December last year, pivoting from a three-decade career at Tyson Foods. Beyond Meat had been a market leader in the plant-based meat space, alongside rival Impossible Foods. The price of Beyond’s “beef” sells for $8.35 a pound, compared with USDA ground beef, which sells for $4.90.

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