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Elon Musk just made $770 million

Elon Musk had a big week.

Court rules Nestlé can’t call its plant-based burgers ‘incredible’

Nestlé will stop marketing its plant-based burgers as “incredible” in Europe after a Dutch court found that using the word infringes on an Impossible Foods trademark.

Why this brewery is becoming a park for beer

On a typical weekend before the pandemic hit, about 2,000 people would flock to Jester King Brewery located on a scenic ranch on the outskirts of Austin, Texas.

Pier 1 is officially going out of business

Pier 1 is officially closing up shop after receiving approval from a bankruptcy court to cease and liquidate its retail operations.

Man fatally shot during protests

A 21-year-old man was killed after being shot during protests in Detroit late Friday, the city’s police department said.

Inseparable twin sisters start nursing career together at same hospital during pandemic

When Lauren and Lacie Brown graduated from nursing school, neither of them thought they’d be walking right into the front lines of a pandemic.

One in 10 Covid-19 patients with diabetes die within a week, study finds

One in 10 coronavirus patients with diabetes died within the first seven days of hospitalization, and one in five needed a ventilator to breathe, according to a new study by French researchers.

A new civil lawsuit alleges Harvey Weinstein raped a 17-year-old in the 1990s

Four women identified as Jane Does filed a lawsuit against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein Thursday, alleging he sexually assaulted them. The allegations include the story of one woman who says Weinstein raped her in 1994 when she was about 17. …

MIT elects first black woman student body president in its 159-year history

Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have elected a black woman as president of the Undergraduate Association for the first time in the school’s history.

6 companies that filed for bankruptcy in May

Temporary store closures. Near-zero travel demand. People shopping online even more as they’re stuck home. It was the perfect storm for bankruptcy for some of the country’s most recognizable consumer brands — and several have filed recently.

This incredibly popular store is one of the hardest to socially distance in

TJ Maxx built its appeal on the “treasure hunt” shopping experience. Now it must persuade shoppers that it’s safe to return to scavenging stores in the age of a pandemic.

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