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By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Jolt Cola, the soda brand that gained attention in the 1980s for offering “all the sugar and twice the caffeine,” is heading back to stores in 2025. This time, it’s promising more than twice the original caffeine content. Once marketed as an alternative to Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Jolt Cola

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — You might’ve indulged in some of the final bites and slurps of your favorite food and drinks without even realizing it. This year marked the end for many foods and drinks, most notably Panera’s controversial Charged Lemonade. We also said goodbye to a newly launched flop from

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Big Lots, the discount chain that filed for bankruptcy in September, said Friday that it agreed to a sale transaction with an investment firm, allowing hundreds of stores to stay open by transferring its property to other retailers and companies. The Columbus, Ohio-based company recently announced it was preparing

By Emma Lacey-Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — Graduation day dawns sunny and warm for the first day of November, but the weather hardly matters for the joint MIT-Georgetown coding class, which takes place at the Correctional Treatment Facility, one of the two facilities that make up the DC jail complex. For twelve weeks, the students worked

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s siding with Elon Musk over visas for high-tech workers is the most significant example yet of the president-elect favoring powerful elements in his new MAGA coalition over his base’s anti-immigrant DNA that he twice tapped in his rise to power. The boiling holiday feud over

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The debate roiling the MAGA world in recent days over visas for highly skilled workers shows no signs of abating. Some prominent online personalities are now accusing Elon Musk of using his social media platform, X, to retaliate against those who disagree with his support of the H-1B visa

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Costco is battling an anti-DEI wave with a stern rebuke to activist shareholders looking to end the warehouse retailer’s diversity ambitions. Walmart, John Deere, Tractor Supply and other companies are changing or walking away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. But Costco believes DEI helps its

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Fox News over its promotion of 2020 election lies, is trying to obtain evidence from the secret court battle between Rupert Murdoch and his children over the future of his right-wing media empire. For the first time, Smartmatic has gone directly to

Reuters (Reuters) — Osamu Suzuki, an ingenious penny pincher who led Japan’s Suzuki Motor for more than four decades and played a key role in turning India into a flourishing auto market, has died aged 94. He died on December 25 of lymphoma, said the company, which he steered ambitiously, during his time as either

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Although President-elect Donald Trump wanted to start 2025 without having to worry about the debt ceiling, he did not get his wish. Addressing the debt ceiling, which will be reinstated on January 2, is still on the list of congressional Republicans’ New Year’s resolutions. The House last week fell

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Three weeks after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, companies and executives are closely monitoring threats from customers and shoring up their security vulnerabilities. A Texas man was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening Capital One executives over email, in which he expressed frustration over a disputed

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain was one of the most prominent union leaders backing Vice President Kamala Harris in this year’s US presidential election and one of the harshest critics of Donald Trump while on the campaign trail. And because of that, he’ll have a

By Dawn Sawyer and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One Mega Millions ticket sold in Northern California has won Friday’s estimated $1.22 billion jackpot – believed to be the fifth-largest prize in the history of the game, the lottery says. The ticket – the first to win the jackpot in over 100 days – matched

By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — The sun is setting on 2024, but the consequences of its many events will be felt around the world well into next year and beyond. This year, Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza escalated and spilled over to Lebanon, where Israel waged a war on Hezbollah until a

By David Goldman and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — The NFL’s Netflix debut was a success – as far as streaming goes, anyway. But even with Beyoncé performing at halftime, the games’ ratings were roughly on par with last year’s Christmas viewership, which was aired on broadcast and cable TV. The late Ravens-Texans game averaged

By Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — Dick Parsons, an American businessman who led Time Warner and helped iconic US companies navigate tough circumstances, has died at 76. A prominent Black business executive, Parsons was known for his problem-solving prowess, steering major companies, including Time Warner and Citigroup, through periods of distress. He also advised US

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Salame and Caroline Ellison, FTX executives convicted for their roles in the notorious crypto fraud led by their former boss Sam Bankman-Fried, have both shaved time off their lengthy prison sentences. Salame, a former top executive of FTX, the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency trading platform, pleaded guilty to criminal fraud