Rolls-Royce is cutting up to 2,500 jobs in an overhaul of the UK jet engine maker
Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce says it’s cutting up to 2,500 jobs globally as part of a corporate overhaul that its new CEO is carrying out. The aerospace company was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic that decimated demand for air travel. U.K.-based Rolls-Royce didn’t disclose Tuesday where the jobs will be cut. Around half of its 42,000-person workforce is based in the United Kingdom. The company says cuts will remove duplication and bring cost efficiencies in the latest stage of its “multi-year transformation.” The company slashed 9,000 jobs globally in 2020 as it grappled with the collapse of air travel during the pandemic.
Reese’s $25,000 promotion may violate sweepstakes laws
Reese’s may be violating state and federal laws with a sweepstakes offer currently advertised on packs of peanut butter cups. The promotion on two-cup packages reads “You could win $25,000” and, in smaller print, “See details inside.” But only after consumers have bought and opened a package can they see the small print: no purchase is necessary to win. The Reese’s contest was first reported Monday by Edgar Dworsky, a consumer advocate and former assistant attorney general in Massachusetts. Pennsylvania-based Hershey Co., which owns the Reese’s brand, said its website contains full details of the promotion, and stores should have signs explaining it.
Suzanne Somers, of ‘Three’s Company,’ dies at 76
Actor Suzanne Somers, who’s best known for playing Chrissy Snow on the U.S. TV sitcom “Three’s Company,” has died. She was 76. Her family said in statement that Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning. Her immediate family members were with her in Palm Springs, California, and had been planning to celebrate her 77th birthday on…
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