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- Sprinkles Cupcakes permanently closing all stores after 20 years in operation, founder says
Sprinkles Cupcakes, the bakery chain best known for its cupcake ATMs, is permanently closing all of its stores.Candace Nelson, the company's founder and former owner, confirmed the shutdown in an Instagram video, saying Wednesday, Dec. 31, marked Sprinkles' "final day" of operations."A few days ago, I learned that Sprinkles Cupcakes, the company I started in 2005 and then sold to private equity in 2012, will be closing its bakery doors today," Nelson said. "Just to say that out loud is completely surreal."Although she has had no operational involvement in the business since selling it in 2012, Nelson said she never imagined the brand would end this way.STEAK ’N SHAKE TOUTS $2.50 ‘PATRIOT MILKSHAKE’ TO HONOR AMERICA'S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL"I thought Sprinkles would keep growing and be around forever," Nelson said. "I thought it was going to be my legacy."Nelson also expressed gratitude to the company's customers and employees."I’m deeply grateful to the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Energy prices rise slightly for millions of households as temperatures fall
Millions of households in England, Wales and Scotland are seeing a slight rise in energy bills in the new year. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Condom tax and cheaper childcare: China’s plan to boost birth ratesChinese people pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services are exempt. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos celebrate holidays with luxury trips to Aspen and St. BartsJeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos celebrated the holidays in high style, splitting time between Aspen and St. Barts.The Amazon founder, 61, and the media personality, 56, were photographed several times in the ski town of Aspen, Colorado, in the days leading up to Christmas before jetting off to the Caribbean to ring in the new year, according to Page Six. The newlyweds, who tied the knot in Venice earlier this summer, were spotted smiling on Dec. 22 during a daytime outing in Aspen. Bezos wore a blue jacket with jeans, sunglasses and a black cowboy hat, while Sánchez Bezos opted for a black fur coat paired with black boots and sunglasses.JEFF BEZOS AND LAUREN SÁNCHEZ ENJOY ROMANTIC DINNER DATE AT UPSCALE MIAMI BEACH RESTAURANTBezos also sported a gray beard, marking a shift from his traditionally clean-shaven look, People Magazine reported.The couple was photographed again on Christmas Eve, strolling hand… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp nabs Aspen-area ranch for $120MPalantir CEO Alex Karp bought Colorado's St. Benedict's Monastery, once home to Trappist monks, for a hefty $120 million. The Aspen-area ranch will become the latest in his growing list of real estate holdings. The property resides in Snowmass, Colorado, which is about 30 minutes from Aspen, and was originally asking $150 million when it went on the market last year, Ken Mirr of Mirr Ranch Group, one of the listing agents, told The Wall Street Journal. PALANTIR CEO SAYS FENTANYL RESPONSE WOULD BE DIFFERENT 'IF 60,000 YALE GRADS' WERE DYING INSTEADThe entire 3,700-acre-land, including the monastery itself, was sold to Karp, marking the priciest residential sale to date in Colorado’s Pitkin County, Mirr told the Journal. For 70 years, it was under the ownership of Trappist monks, though only a few still live there, the Journal reported. While Mirr didn't disclose the buyer's identity, he noted that the buyer won't use the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Court rules Trump administration must fund consumer finance watchdogA federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration is legally required to secure funding for the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and that failing to do so would violate a prior court order barring the government from dismantling or shutting down the agency.In the 32-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected the administration's claim that it was legally barred from funding the agency, saying the administration’s rationale was "a legally baseless pretext." Simply, given that the administration is required to keep the agency operating, it cannot claim it is legally blocked from securing funding to do so, according to Jackson, who explained that refusal to secure funding was an attempt to circumvent an earlier order.The administration was trying to get around the original order by "actively and unabashedly trying to shut the agency down again, through different means," Jackson wrote in Tuesday's order. She was referring… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
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