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Byline: MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer

20 Aug

MLB to end 70-year partnership with Topps trading cards

published on August 20, 2021 - 1:52 PM

Major League Baseball is ending a 70-year relationship with trading card company Topps after signing a new partnership with a

03 Aug

Hit with #MeToo revolt, Blizzard Entertainment chief is out

published on August 3, 2021 - 1:34 PM

The president of Activision’s Blizzard Entertainment is stepping down weeks after the maker of video games like “World of Warcraft”

11 Jun

McDonald’s latest company to be hit by a data breach

published on June 11, 2021 - 12:24 PM

McDonald’s has become the latest company to be hit by a data breach after unauthorized activity on its network exposed

06 Apr

Trade announcement: Topps will offer stock to the public

published on April 6, 2021 - 12:52 PM

In addition to its trading cards, fans will soon be able to trade company shares of Topps. The company said

18 Mar

Prepare the popcorn: AMC opening more movie theaters

published on March 18, 2021 - 1:14 PM

It’s showtime! AMC Theatres says it will have 98% of its U.S. movie theaters open on Friday as a bunch

28 Jan

General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035

published on January 28, 2021 - 1:09 PM

General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and

24 Nov

Americans turn up heat and Cholula sells for $800 million

published on November 24, 2020 - 12:48 PM

With millions dining at home for safety and a swing to the spicier side in the U.S. in recent years,

14 Jul

Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets

published on July 14, 2020 - 1:15 PM

Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows

13 Feb

McClatchy — parent company of the Fresno Bee — files for bankruptcy protection

published on February 13, 2020 - 7:38 AM

(AP) — The publisher of the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and dozens of other newspapers across the country

27 Sep

McDonald’s takes a nibble of the plant-based burger

published on September 27, 2019 - 1:09 PM

(AP) — McDonald’s is finally taking a nibble of the plant-based burger. McDonald’s said Thursday that will sell the PLT,

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