Keurig Green Mountain is buying Dr Pepper Snapple, creating a giant beverage company that will generate an estimated $11 billion in annual revenue. The new company will be called Keurig Dr Pepper and will house many popular soda and coffee brands under one roof. Shares of Dr Pepper surged on news of the merger.
Steve Wynn is out as RNC Finance Chair following sexual misconduct allegations. Republicans scrambled to distance themselves from Wynn after the bombshell Wall Street Journal report. Wynn stepped down from his post at the RNC over the weekend.
Rafael Acevedo, Group Director for Diet Coke North America, joins us to discuss the company's overhaul of its diet soda. The company is rolling out four new flavors: Feisty Cherry, Ginger Lime, Twisted Mango, and Zesty Blood Orange. Acevedo assures customers Diet Coke's original formula will not be changing.
And we break down all the biggest moments from the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. R&B star Bruno Mars took home the most-coveted awards of the evening, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Kesha, joined by other female artists, gave a powerful performance of her hit song "Praying."
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme weather – it also leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity, tourism, and stresses infrastructure.
