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The Daily Money

ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Tue Feb 27 2024

 

Daniel de Visé Personal Finance Reporter

Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

Let them eat cereal?

The CEO of Kellogg's, Gary Pilnick, raised eyebrows when he suggested struggling families dine on breakfast cereal during a live interview with CNBC last week, Emilee Coblentz reports.

"Cereal for dinner is something that is probably more on trend now," he said, "and we would expect to continue as that consumer is under pressure."

His observation comes at a moment when the average family is spending more than $1,000 a month on groceries. Read the story.

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The husband of a former BP executive has pleaded guilty to securities fraud after allegedly listening in on his wife's remote-work conversations, federal officials say.

Tyler Loudon, 42, of Houston, Texas made $1.7 million in illegal profits from the purchase and sale of stock shares, Gabe Hauari reports.

Loudon's wife worked on the company's deal to acquire a truck stop and travel center company. The feds allege Loudon overheard several of her conversations about the merger, then purchased TravelCenters stock before the deal was announced. Read the story.

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Kellogg's cereals, including Special K, are seen at a store in Arlington, Virginia, December 1, 2016.    Kellogg's is facing a boycott organized by the Trump-aligned Breitbart News after the cereal giant decided to pull its advertising from the website. In the latest clash over corporate marketing and politics, Breitbart called on its readers to stop buying Kellogg's products to protest the company's "act of discrimination and intense prejudice."     / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: AFP_IO0H1
 

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