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Globe and Mail
4 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Vasta Platform Limited to Report Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results on August 06, 2025
Vasta Platform Limited (NASDAQ: VSTA) today announces that it will report second quarter 2025 financial results for the period ended June 30, 2025, after the market closes on Wednesday, August 06, 2025. The Company will host a corresponding conference call and webcast on the same day, August 06, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investors may listen to the conference call (ID: 3871721) by dialing 1 (888) 660-6819 or 1 (929) 203-1989. Brazil dial-in options are also available by dialing 55 (11) 4210-6701 or 55 800 591-2026. A live and archived webcast of the call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at About Vasta Vasta is a leading, high-growth education company in Brazil powered by technology, providing end-to-end educational and digital solutions that cater to all needs of private schools operating in the K-12 educational segment, ultimately benefiting all of Vasta's stakeholders, including students, parents, educators, administrators, and private school owners. Vasta's mission is to help private K-12 schools to be better and more profitable, supporting their digital transformation. Vasta believes it is uniquely positioned to help schools in Brazil undergo the process of digital transformation and bring their education skill-set to the 21st century. Vasta promotes the unified use of technology in K-12 education with enhanced data and actionable insight for educators, increased collaboration among support staff and improvements in production, efficiency and quality. For more information, please visit
Reuters
26-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
J.M. Smucker to remove artificial food dyes by end-2027
June 26 (Reuters) - Jif peanut butter maker J.M. Smucker (SJM.N), opens new tab said on Thursday it would remove synthetic food colors from all consumer food products by the end of 2027. The company said this move would impact its sugar-free fruit spreads, ice cream toppings as well as some sweet baked goods from its Hostess brand portfolio. J.M. Smucker said majority of its products currently available to K-12 schools do not contain any artificial colors, and is working with distribution partners to stop selling products with synthetic dyes to K-12 schools by the 2026-2027 school year. Packaged food makers, including Conagra Brands (CAG.N), opens new tab and General Mills (GIS.N), opens new tab, have been committing to eliminate the use of artificial colors from their product categories as they align themselves with the plans of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove synthetic food dyes from the U.S. food supply. Earlier this month, Kraft Heinz (KHC.O), opens new tab also said it would stop launching new products containing artificial colors in the U.S. and plans to remove synthetic dyes from existing items by the end of 2027.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
General Mills Announces Plans to Remove Certified Colors from All U.S. Cereals and All Foods Served in K-12 Schools by Summer 2026
The Company is Working to Remove Certified Colors from its Full U.S. Retail Portfolio by the End of 2027 MINNEAPOLIS, June 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Mills (NYSE: GIS) today announced plans to remove certified colors from all its U.S. cereals and all foods served in K-12 schools by summer 2026. Additionally, the company will work to remove certified colors from its full U.S. retail portfolio by the end of 2027. For nearly 160 years, General Mills has been providing families quality, great-tasting products across its beloved portfolio of brands. This change impacts only a small portion of General Mills' K-12 school portfolio, as nearly all its school offerings today are made without certified colors. Similarly, 85 percent of General Mills' full U.S. retail portfolio is currently made without certified colors. "Across the long arc of our history, General Mills has moved quickly to meet evolving consumer needs, and reformulating our product portfolio to remove certified colors is yet another example," said Jeff Harmening, chairman and CEO, General Mills. "Today, the vast majority of our foods are made without certified colors and we're working to ensure that will soon apply to our full portfolio. Knowing the trust families place in us, we are leading the way on removing certified colors in cereals and all our foods served in K-12 schools by next summer. We're committed to continuing to make food that tastes great and is accessible to all." For decades, General Mills has proven its reformulation capabilities and delivered products that delight consumers and meet a changing landscape. General Mills is the leading provider of whole grains to Americans with other notable efforts including industry-leading sugar-reduction work across General Mills' K-12 school portfolio, doubling vitamin D in General Mills' cereals in 2023 to help close nutritional gaps, and reducing sodium by 20 percent across key product categories since 2019. General Mills has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to serving with purpose, and this is just the next step in continuing to make food the world loves. For more information, visit About General Mills General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build its brands, relentlessly innovate, unleash its scale and stand for good. Its portfolio of beloved brands includes household names like Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Totino's, Annie's, Wanchai Ferry, Yoki and more. General Mills generated fiscal 2024 net sales of U.S. $20 billion. In addition, the company's share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1 billion. View source version on Contacts 763-764-6364 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CBS News
14-05-2025
- CBS News
$28 million in Texas' cybersecurity funding for schools left unspent
The first call came in the early hours of the morning in the fall of 2021, informing the Allen Independent School District Director of Technology, Nelson Orta, that there was an issue. A ransomware attack had paralyzed Allen schools. "We got people back online that same day, within hours," Orta said. "But behind the scenes, there's a lot happening." For the next three months, Orta said the district underwent a massive repair and investigation operation. It was a process that turned out to be costly. School records obtained by the I-Team show that while Allen ISD never sent a penny in ransom to hackers, between security contractors, IT repairs and legal fees, the response to this one cyberattack cost the district more than $385,000. "The reality is that these things cost money," Orta said. "Defending against threats, modernizing and upgrading, having staff that knows how to do those things and can implement and monitor on a daily basis, costs money." Schools and cybersecurity Allen ISD isn't alone. Schools have become prime targets for computer hackers. Between July 2023 and December 2024, 82% of K-12 schools experienced a cyberattack, according to a report from the Center for Internet Security. That same report showed 86% of schools said a lack of funding was their top concern in defending against cyberattacks. To address the issue in Texas, two years ago, state lawmakers set up the K-12 Cybersecurity Initiative, setting aside $55 million to help schools protect their computer systems. But despite the need, the I-Team found that nearly two years into the program, only a fraction of the money has been used. Leaving money on the table Of the more than 900 school districts in Texas, only 300 had applied as of January 2025, according to records from the Texas Education Agency. By the time this two-year program ends in September, $28 million will be left on the table. The TEA said many school districts were hesitant to apply, fearing that if the funding ends, they would have to pull money from other parts of the budget or quickly change cybersecurity plans. Other districts didn't apply because they didn't initially qualify. When the program was first unveiled, only districts with fewer than 15,000 students were eligible. The threshold has since been raised to districts with fewer than 50,000 students. See the map below for details on which school districts have applied for assistance from the K-12 Cybersecurity Initiative: While hundreds of districts didn't apply, many that did said the program has helped them enhance security in ways they wouldn't have been able to otherwise. Megan Corns, the Chief Technology Officer at Red Oak ISD, said she "absolutely" believes the program has helped prevent a cyber incident. The district received nearly $30,000 from the state. She said the money paid for a cyber detection response system. "Which really just provides us a security guard to watch over all the devices and tell us if there's anything malicious on a device," Corns said. "That's something that I couldn't staff. I'm not going to be able to have a staff member that's going to be able to watch all of the devices at the same time." As of January, the state reported that detection response systems funded by the program have blocked more than 1,400 ransomware-related activities. In April, Allen ISD became the latest school district to benefit from the K-12 Cybersecurity Initiative. The district received $175,000. In an email to the I-Team, a TEA spokesperson said that while "the program took some time to get started," the agency expects more school districts to apply if funding is renewed for another two years. The TEA is asking state lawmakers for $42 million to fund the program through September 2027.
