Your Cheddar hosts Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec break down today's top stories, from taxes to crypto.
Shares of Kodak more than doubled Tuesday after the company announced plans to jump into the cryptocurrency market. The photo imaging giant has plans for an initial coin offering called KodakCoin. The digital currency would be the backbone of a platform to help photographers license their work and track unauthorized use of their photos.
Plus, the newly passed tax law could save Americans billions of dollars on their utility bills. Electric companies in Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, and other states have announced plans to pass tax savings onto their customers.
UAW president Shawn Fain said the union would strike at a small number of Ford, General Motors and Stellantis factories, but that if the Big Three "continue to give us insulting offers, then our strike is going to continue to grow."
Hundreds of Milwaukee bar patrons who hoped to score free drinks through its offer to pay their tabs whenever the New York Jets, and former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, lose had to pay up after the Jets got an overtime win despite an injury that took Rodgers out of the game.
The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities, on Wednesday announced a $124 million gift from philanthropic funders Blue Meridian Partners to increase enrollment, graduation rates and employment rates for the schools' graduates.