Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of June 29th

Afternoon Alexa Flash Briefings of June 29th 2023

This is your daily news briefing from Cheddar news, diet soda drinkers. Listen up. The artificial sweetener used in all diet Coke products is said to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research of Cancer. That's according to a report in Reuters that sweetener asper tame is also used marsh chewing gum and some Snapple drinks as well. Meanwhile ups strike is imminent. That's according to Ups teamsters, that's the union that represents more than 340,000 workers. Ups Teamsters walked away from the bargaining table yesterday and they're demanding that up s deliver their best and final offer by tomorrow and Overstock dot com now will change its site name at Bed Bath and beyond that follows the recent purchase of the brand name, intellectual property and digital assets for just under $22 million. The online retailer hopes the name change will boost their sales. They plan to roll it out in the next few weeks here in the United States and that's Cheddar news update. I'm Baker Machado, coming to you from Cheddar studios in Lower Manhattan.