PepsiCo is buying Poppi, the popular prebiotic soda brand, in a $1.65 billion deal.

The move marks PepsiCo’s further shift into the “better for you” category as consumers shy away from sugar-filled drinks and unhealthy snacks. In January, the company bought Siete Foods, which makes gluten-free chips for $1.2 billion, and PepsiCo bought the remaining half of the Sabra hummus brand it didn’t own late last year. “We’ve been evolving our food and beverage portfolio over many years, including by innovating with our brands in new spaces and through disciplined, strategic acquisitions that enable us to offer more positive choices to our consumers,” said Ramon Laguarta, CEO of PepsiCo, in a statement Monday.

Source: Poppi just sold for $1.6 billion | CNN Business

Drew Mitchell Schreiber, a resident of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of odometer tampering. The charges stem from his role in a scheme that involved rolling back the odometers of more than 140 high-mileage vehicles and selling them to unsuspecting buyers across the United States.

The plea was entered in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Schreiber owned Central Florida Automotive Group, now operating as Southeastern Credit Union Solutions, in Winter Garden, Florida. According to court documents, he purchased high-mileage used vehicles from wholesale auto auctions across Florida and manipulated their odometers, rolling them back by as much as 428,000 miles.

Fraudulent Sales Across the U.S.

After altering the odometers, Schreiber resold the vehicles through auto auctions or online direct sales, targeting used-car dealers who then unknowingly sold the vehicles to individual buyers. These fraudulent transactions enriched Schreiber with significant profits. Many of the vehicles involved in the scheme were over 10 years old, enabling Schreiber to obtain “exempt” titles that did not require mileage disclosure, further concealing the fraudulent activity.

Source: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Odometer Tampering Scheme Involving Over 140 Vehicles – Small Business Trends

GoDaddy has announced the upcoming launch of a new Website Builder API integration for third-party platforms, creating a comprehensive reseller program. Tailor Brands, a business-building and LLC formation platform, is the first partner to incorporate GoDaddy’s award-winning Website Builder, enabling small businesses worldwide to access GoDaddy’s website creation tools through Tailor Brands’ platform.

This new API integration represents a key milestone for GoDaddy, as it allows third-party platforms to offer integrated website creation solutions to their customers.

“Many users of our Website Builder have shared how it has helped them save time and money while growing their businesses,” says Oliver Hoare, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at GoDaddy. “With this new API integration, we’re making these tools accessible to even more people and invite potential partners to see all that GoDaddy has to offer. Companies who want the ability to sell websites but don’t have the funds or means to build can now partner with GoDaddy.”

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If you’re in the throes of building a company, you are likely not even thinking about what comes next. But now is also the time to start planning the long-term strategy for your exit. To one day pull off a successful—and profitable—business exit, there are four important steps.

Planning your small business exit strategy

1. Start planning early

Do you remember this quote from Mad Men? “The day you sign a client is the day you start losing them.” It’s not all that much different when you start a business. You know that your ownership or day-to-day management will come to an end someday; the question is whether or not you will be prepared for that day.

And there’s another truth that drives home the importance of this principle: You don’t get any mulligans with retirement. You will only get one chance at leaving your business, so you don’t want to be caught unaware when the time comes. Starting to plan five or even 10 years ahead of the date when you’d like to completely step away is about right.

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The back of your phone is useless. There. I said it. Sure, the cameras are back that, but what about all of that blank real estate monopolizing 90% of the surface area? Honestly, it needs to start carry its weight around here. A fully functioning screen isn’t the answer, however. That’s a lot more battery drain, a thicker design, and a much higher price tag – for what, exactly?

The notion of a secondary e-ink screen is not a new one. Yota Phone did that years ago. Ultimately, however, the company declared bankruptcy in 2019, four years after releasing its second device. By then, foldable devices had already been on the market for a couple of years, rendering the innovation as little more than a passing novelty.

The Infinix E-Color Shift improves upon Yota’s phone somewhat, by adding color to the mix. It is not, however, the full low-power secondary display the earlier device promised. Rather, it’s more a fun aesthetic addition to the part of your device that is nearly always covered by a case, your hand, or otherwise face down a table.

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As the gig economy continues to grow around the world, new professions have arisen to meet the changing technological and economic demands of multiple industries. One such job is a commercial drone pilot.

Companies across myriad industries are investing in drones and drone services, thereby adding new related jobs, like drone piloting. For prospective drone pilots who are enterprising enough to leap into this novel occupation, work that is both thrilling and profitable awaits.

What does a commercial drone pilot do? At the most basic level, commercial drone pilots fly drones for companies in a range of industries for various purposes. Some businesses use drones to take aerial photos and videos for marketing purposes, while other companies use drones for aerial surveillance. Commercial drone pilots execute a range of drone activities for different businesses.

Source: Getting Started as a Commercial Drone Pilot – businessnewsdaily.com