Hershey Company: Products, including Reese’s, are safe
"The Hershey Company does not purchase peanut butter, peanuts or peanut products from Peanut Corporation of America."
Rite Aid to pay $5 million for breaking drug laws
Rite Aid Corporation and nine of its subsidiaries in eight states have agreed to pay $5 million in civil penalties to settle allegations of violations of the Controlled Substances Act, the Department of Justice...
Gen Y mom balances parenting with her own business
Many adults find it difficult to balance work and raising a family, but Maisie Knowles says that managing her own company has actually allowed her more time to devote to being a mom.
The 26 year-old Colorado...
Gov. Patrick challenges businesses on emissions
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has issued a challenge to businesses: reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent over the next three years.‚ And a prominent group of Massachusetts businesses said...
Obama’s advisers criticized by economist
Last week, Blast News reported that‚ some of Obama's early advisers may prove disappointing for many who voted for him based on his plans for change.
Indeed, it appears the criticism may be starting to acc...
LG, Sharp, Chunghwa agree to plead guilty in price-fixing conspiracies; will pay $585 million
The U.S. Department of Justice released the following:
Three leading electronics manufacturers "" LG Display Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. ""have agreed to plead guilty and ...
Adobe says “suck it” to the economy
While the rest of the economy may be in the tank, Adobe's earnings beat expectations.
Tuesday, Adobe said it earned 50 cents per share in its fiscal third quarter, which ended August 29. That beat Wall Stree...
FED leaves interest rates where they are
The Federal Reserve admitted strains to the markets have "increased significantly" but it kept the federal funds rate unchanged at 2 percent.
In a statement, the Fed said "strains in financial markets have i...
Car sense
Here are a couple of quick trends in the auto industry over the past few months:
Ford: Not Asking, but Doing
Ford is a classic name in cars. But in an age when most people want new cars, ‘classic' is no...
Who needs a videostore when you have the updated 360?
Microsoft wants to prove that the Xbox 360 can last. In doing so, it is, intentionally or unintentionally, revolutionizing the console system. Starting this fall, the 360 is no longer just a machine for gaming. It is an entertainment system.
The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Don't be surprised if it's a car of the year candidate. [...]
Putting the “man” back in “big man on campus”
More women attend college than men, and several private colleges across the country find themselves working to recruit more men to balance out the ratio and enhance social appeal.
Yearly tuition at many pri...
Let’s get down to business
Welcome to Blast's new Business Trends section!
Spring is in the air and with each spring, many new things emerge. In this brand-new section, it is only appropriate to feature news about baseball. The Red...
The business of the Sox/Yanks rivalry
Blast enters the realm of business reporting by bringing up a familiar topic
The other shoe falls for Atari
By buying up all outstanding shares of Atari stock, Infogrames has completely absorbed a company they already controlled as their American distribution arm.
A historic week for Nintendo
The Nintendo DS has broken sales records set by its predecessor, Gameboy Advance while the Wii continues to climb. In the past week alone, (November 18-24) more than 653,000 Nintendo DS portable video game syst...
