Totally Cool, a Maryland company, has recalled nearly 70 ice cream products sold under 13 brand names because they could be contaminated with listeria.
Why it matters: Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immunes systems, according to the recall notice on the Food & Drug Administration website.
A new force is emerging that may bring inflation down further in the coming months: Americans are increasingly intolerant of price hikes.
Why it matters: Anecdotes from corporations suggest that consumers who were once unfazed by price hikes are now resisting them — and businesses have to do more to entice shoppers in a way not seen since before the pandemic.
The Biden administration is making a not-so-subtle push to encourage companies to exercise pricing restraint, using both carrots and sticks.
The intrigue: Companies that announce splashy price reductions can expect public praise from the highest levels of government. For those that don't, attacks on sky-high profit margins, so-called junk fees, and the like.
Coinbase, the U.S.'s largest crypto exchange, quietly removed the newsfeed from its app a few months back.
Why it matters: Crypto media publications are suffering traffic woes, likely for a lot of the same reasons mainstream sites are — but the change at Coinbase removed a constant source of eyeballs that the industry's media could count on.
Andreessen Horowitz is not eating the private equity world. At least not yet.
Driving the news: The venture capital giant recently disclosed in an SEC filing that it "intends to manage" a fund to "invest in the private equity asset class."
Bill Barr, the former U.S. attorney general, is advising military drone maker Dzyne following its acquisition of defense tech companyHigh Point Aerotechnologies, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: This is his only gig advising a defense company, and Barr is one of several Trump administration alumni now at Dzyne, pronounced "design."
MNC Capital raised its bid for Vista Outdoor to $3.2 billion on Wednesday, a day after the U.S. government's CFIUS cleared the company to sell its ammunition unit to a Czech arms dealer for $2 billion.
Why it matters: MNC's fourth raised bid is meant to pressure shareholders to vote down the Czech ammunition deal on July 2 and instead support the private equity firm's offer to buy the entire company.
Earlier this month, a pairing of strange charity bedfellows was unveiled. It might have been worth a try, but it's not clear that it worked well for anybody.
Why it matters: YouTuber Mr Beast (nee Jimmy Donaldson) embodies, in many ways, exactly the kind of charity that GiveDirectly was founded in opposition to. This is why it's so weird that the two have now teamed up — and is probably also why GiveDirectly has felt the need to defend the collaboration.
The number of people working in child care still isn't back to pre-pandemic levels, per new research from the Chicago Fed.
Why it matters: This sector is a key part of the U.S. economy. Without access to care, parents, typically women, often can't join the labor force — at a time when the job market is still tight.
Essence said we have some of the best food in the South, Bon Appétit called us "America's next great restaurant-obsessed town," and CNN applauded our high concentration of Black-owned restaurants.
2. Monuments
Richmond was once known for having the most Confederate statues in the nation. Those are gone, and now the most prominent monuments in town pay homage to local Black heroes — tennis legend Arthur Ashe and Maggie Walker, the first woman to charter a U.S. bank.
Also notable: "Rumors of War" artist Kehinde Wiley's first public art piece, created in response to Richmond's Confederate statues.
3. Historic neighborhoods
The homes in the Fan District (the nation's largest intact Victorian neighborhood) and Church Hill (the city's oldest neighborhood) make daily walks feel like you're in a Hallmark movie.
4. The James River
The river flowing through Richmond offers ample swimming holes, boating spots, rocks to lie upon, and running and hiking trails.
Fun fact: Richmond is the only U.S. city with Class IV whitewater rapids in the middle of downtown.
5. Tattoo culture
The city has been named one of the most tattooed cities in the nation, a stat locals love — although the science behind the study is questionable.
One local ZIP code, though, has the state's highest concentration of tattoo shops.
Richmond's must-visit fine arts museum is open 365 days a year, and it's completely free.
It has the largest public collection of Fabergé outside of Russia, plus an incredible jazz night.
9. Dead presidents
Two U.S. presidents — James Monroe and John Tyler — are buried in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery, a 19th century garden cemetery overlooking the James River.
Also buried there: Dave Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus), the former frontman and founding member of costumed heavy metal band GWAR.
10. History is alive and well — and no, not just from that one war.
Patrick Henry gave his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech at St. John's Church in Church Hill. The church still stands, hosting reenactments and tours.
Richmond has zero major league sports teams — but sports is big business in the area regardless, thanks to folks coming to town for amateur and youth games.
Why it matters: Sports tourism generated $2.7 billion in direct spending across Virginia in 2022, up 12% from 2021.
Automakers are asking federal safety regulators to reconsider a rule mandating better automatic braking technology, even as pedestrian deaths remain stubbornly high.
Why it matters: Improved safety tech could save lives.
