Oded Brenner is a modern-day Willy Wonka. In the 1990s, he co-created an international chocolate empire, Max Brenner Chocolate, that includes a 7,000-square-foot emporium on Broadway in New York City.
Brenner left that venture in 2012, and a few years later began exploring a different side of chocolate. A trip to Jamaica in 2015 ignited a passion for cacao, which is more than just the beans that are turned into chocolate.
Brenner saw people making juice, liquor and flour from the cacao fruit and using the whole pod instead of just the beans. He was amazed at how little he knew about cacao, despite having worked in chocolate for 20 years.
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Goodyear Announces Pricing Of $1 Billion Of Senior Notes
April 1, 2021 GMT
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. (PRNewsFoto/Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company)
AKRON, Ohio, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) today announced that it has priced its public offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031 (the “2031 notes”) and $450 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2033 (the “2033 notes,” and together with the 2031 notes, the “notes”). The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the company.
The 2031 notes will be offered to the public at a price of 100% of their principal amount and will bear interest at a rate of 5.250% per annum. The 2033 notes will be offered to the public at a price of 100% of their principal amount and will bear interest at a rate of 5.625% per annu
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TechForce Foundation Offering John Weinberger Driven to Care Legacy Scholarships to Benefit Students Pursuing Automotive Careers
April 1, 2021 GMT
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 1, 2021
The family of renowned automotive enthusiast, racer, and entrepreneur John Weinberger has teamed with TechForce Foundation to offer a series of scholarships to benefit students who aspire to follow in his footsteps. Application deadline is April 30, 2021.
The John Weinberger Driven to Care Legacy Scholarships support students with awards of up to $10,000 across a broad spectrum of automotive career disciplines: Automotive Engineering; Vintage Automotive Restoration; Automotive Dealership Management, Marketing and Communications; and Automotive Technician. Students who meet the following criteria are eligible for awards:
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Half of Consumers Say Their Spending Habits Have Changed Permanently Due to the Pandemic, According to a New AlixPartners Report
April 1, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 1, 2021
A new report released today by AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, finds that one in two consumers around the globe has had their consumption habits permanently changed due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic which is just one of the findings from the firm’s ongoing, empirically-centered research into changing consumer priorities that has led AlixPartners also to announce today the launch of a new modelling approach that segments consumers by their pandemic-related anxieties.