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."
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.