Hey, NYC — want to sleigh the gift game this year? Well, you can definitely jingle all the way past the Big Apple’s tinsel-choked tourist trap holiday markets those copy-paste Manhattan traffic-attractors where the cocoa costs $12 and the vibes are as mass-produced as the merch. For festive grinches who’d rather shop really local, there are scores … Read more
Eli Lilly hit $1 trillion in market value on Friday, making it the first drugmaker to enter the exclusive club dominated by tech giants and underscoring its rise as a weight-loss powerhouse. A more than 35% rally in the company’s stock this year has largely been driven by the explosive growth of the weight-loss drug market. Once … Read more
Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a cash and stock deal worth about $48.7 billion, creating a massive consumer health goods company. Shareholders of Kimberly-Clark will own about 54% of the combined company. Kenvue shareholders will own about 46%. The combined company will have a large stable of household brands under one roof, putting … Read more
This woeful wig maker tangled with the wrong woman. After completing four rounds of chemotherapy, Corrina Walters, a resident of Lancashire currently battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), set out to purchase a wig to help contend with the loss of her hair, and “gain some confidence and pride in [her] appearance again,” she wrote in … Read more
Ozempic and Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk ousted CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen on Friday over concerns the company is losing its first-mover advantage in the highly competitive obesity drug market. Days earlier, the Danish pharmaceutical giant cut its sales and profit forecast for the first time since the launch of Wegovy four years ago, though Jorgensen had predicted a return to growth in … Read more
If your morning cup of joe is the only thing motivating you to get to work on time, we’ve got some brew-tal news. A new study out of Sweden suggests your office java may be a latte trouble for your heart. A new study suggests your workplace coffee machine may increase your risk of heart … Read more
She’s a pizz-a culinary history. Giorgia Caporuscio is breaking the sauce ceiling as the only female pizza chef featured in the Michelin Guide. The Italian native said when it comes to kneading dough, a woman’s touch is better — especially for the Neapolitan-style pizza she makes at her Hell’s Kitchen restaurant, Don Antonio. “Women have less … Read more
The maker of Evian spring water, Danone, won the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging its “carbon neutral” claim on bottles, as a US judge reversed his earlier ruling letting the proposed class action proceed. Consumers accused Danone of defrauding them into buying Evian, not knowing that its manufacturing process allowed the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. … Read more
They’ve got a lot of condom-fidence in their product. A posh prophylactic brand is so certain you’ll have the best sex of your life using their rubbers, they’ve announced a money-back guarantee. SKYN, maker of non-latex sheaths, has announced the offer specifically for their Supreme Feel condoms — said to be the world’s thinnest and … Read more
Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk has developed a pill that can cause weight loss of up to 13% in three months, according to new trial results. Amycretin is unusual because it mimics the appetite-suppressing hormone GLP-1, like Ozempic but also amylin, a hormone that makes people feel full and helps control blood sugar. And while Ozempic … Read more
Rock-a-bye. Sleep-deprived moms and dads are melting down after the makers of a $1,695 status symbol bassinet — which uses remote technology to rock a toddler swiftly to sleep — abruptly announced a new subscription fee of $240 per year in order to access all of the pricey product’s high-tech features. Snoo Smart Sleeper, a … Read more
For 20 years, Participant Media has been Hollywood’s pre-eminent maker of activist entertainment, backing socially conscious films like “An Inconvenient Truth,” a climate change cri de coeur, and “Wonder,” about a boy with birth defects. Its movies have won 21 Academy Awards. But the company never quite managed to do good while also making money, … Read more
Guinness World Records on Thursday told Frenchman Richard Plaud that his 23.6 ft matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height, a day after initially rejecting it for using the wrong matches to Plaud’s dismay. Plaud said he had been on an “emotional rollercoaster” this week, after spending 4,200 hours over eight years on building his … Read more
A dimpled smile is iconic — and rare. And since we always want what we can’t have, people on TikTok have decided to take matters into their own hands by giving themselves fake dimples. However, experts warn that the technique could be harmful, potentially causing permanent nerve damage and scarring. The “dimple maker” is a … Read more
A New York City woman sued Abbott Laboratories on Monday, accusing the healthcare company of misleading consumers into believing its PediaSure nutrition drinks were “clinically proven” to increase children’s height. In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, Joanne Noriega said she bought PediaSure Grow & Gain vanilla and strawberry drinks for her eight-year-old … Read more
It may not be the real deal — but it was worth a shot. A woman is taking the Sazerac Company — which makes alcoholic beverages including Fireball Whisky — to court over what she claims is misleading packaging after discovering mini bottles of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky don’t in fact contain any whiskey. Anna Marquez filed … Read more
Juul Labs has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve about 10,000 lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Last week, Juul said it had settlements with about 10,000 plaintiffs covering more than 5,000 cases in California. The company chose not to disclose … Read more
Sounds a-peeling! Mimosa lovers can now add their preferred amount of juice to their Champagne with Tropicana’s new gadget. The Tropicana Mimosa Maker is here to make your orange juice and Champagne concoctions easier to brew. The limited-edition device is a 12-ounce spray bottle that spritzes just the right amount of juice into your sparkling … Read more