Bad News for Beyond (Fake) Meat and “Impossible” Burgers. Beyond Meat posts profit miss, dragged by investment, marketing costs; shares fall…
February 29, 2020
But while Beyond Meat and its main rival Impossible Foods race to sign on major global restaurant chains, there have been some signs of issues including Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons dropping Beyond Meat’s products from its menu, saying they were not “embraced” by customers during a trial. Last month, Burger King began cutting the price of its Impossible Burgers, adding them to its value menu...
Nadler seeks testimony from Durham about Russia inquiry review…
February 29, 2020
House Democrats want U.S. Attorney John Durham to testify about his inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. Rep. Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Friday requesting documents and interviews with 15 officials with knowledge of cases of personal interest to President Trump. "The Judiciary Committee needs to examine a range of recent actions that smack of political interference, including the Department’s withdrawal of the Roger Stone sentencing recommendation; intervening in the handling of the Michael Flynn prosecution; overruling the decision to relocate Paul Manafort to Rikers Island; opening investigations into career officials involved in the Russia investigation; and a series of controversial interventions into sensitive antitrust matters," Nadler said in the four-page letter.
Melting ice in Antarctica reveals new uncharted island…
February 29, 2020
Researchers are calling it Sif Island, after a Norse goddess of the Earth.