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2.58 million pounds of Conagra Brands canned meat, poultry recalled for packaging defect

2.58 million pounds of Conagra Brands canned meat, poultry recalled for packaging defect

Conagra Brands’ recalled products include Armour Star Original Vienna Sausage. Conagra Brands is recalling more than 2.58 million pounds of canned meat and poultry products due to a packaging defect that may cause the food to become contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said on Tuesday. The defect could cause the products to become contaminated “without showing any outward signs of contamination,” FSIS said. The products under recall include… Source link

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Shady reward apps on Google Play amass 20 million downloads

Shady reward apps on Google Play amass 20 million downloads

A new category of activity tracking applications has been having massive success recently on Google Play, Android’s official app store, having been downloaded on over 20 million devices. The applications promote themselves as health, pedometer, and good habit-building apps, promising to give users random rewards for staying active in their daily lives, reaching distance goals, etc. According to a report by the Dr. Web antivirus, though, the rewards may be impossible to cash out or are… Source link

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Southwest Airlines lost $800 million due to holiday travel meltdown

Southwest Airlines lost $800 million due to holiday travel meltdown

Southwest Airlines (LUV) reported a loss for the fourth quarter, as the company took an $800 million pretax hit to earnings due to the computer system failure that led to the airline’s holiday travel meltdown. For the quarter, Southwest reported: “Due to the operational disruptions in late December, which resulted in more than 16,700 flight cancellations, we incurred a fourth quarter pre-tax negative impact of approximately $800 million (or approximately $620 million on an after-tax basis),… Source link

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