800-plus jobs coming to Kyle as city finalizes deal with Access Dental Lab

On Tuesday a special-called meeting of the Kyle City Council finalized the economic development deal bringing Access Dental Lab to town.

Parent company of Toys R Us teams up with Target to power online business

The parent company of Toys R Us is turning to Target Corp., a key rival, to restart its e-commerce business ahead of the holiday shopping season.

Lego starts recycling program for unwanted bricks

Danish toymaker Lego is testing a new way for customers to return their unwanted bricks in an effort to move closer to its goal of switching to 100 percent sustainable materials in the next decade.

Dick's Sporting Goods destroys $5M of high-powered rifles rather than sell them

Dick's Sporting Goods destroyed $5 million of semi-automatic sporting rifles rather than selling them as CEO Ed Stack tightened firearms policies amid a string of deadly school shootings.

Kroger joins Walgreens, Walmart in ending sales of e-cigarettes

Kroger said it would stop selling e-cigarettes as soon at its current inventory runs out at its more than 2,700 stores and 1,500 fuel centers.

Chip and Joanna Gaines opening a hotel in Waco

​​​​​​​“Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines are taking on a new project – turning Waco’s old county office building into a boutique hotel.

Smarties candy turns 70 with all-female leadership

This month marks a big milestone for a local company. Smarties candy is celebrating 70 years.

Chick-fil-A named cleanest fast-food restaurant, but has slowest drive-thru, new studies say

The chicken-centric chain was recently crowned as having America’s cleanest fast-food restaurants in a new survey, but at the same time, the Atlanta-based eatery was denounced for operating the slowest drive-thru in the industry, according to a separate poll.

Coca-Cola Energy: Coke to bring its first-ever energy drink to United States next year

Coca-Cola announced on Tuesday that it will be bringing its first-ever energy drink (or at least the first marketed under the Coca-Cola brand) to the United States in 2020.

More generic Zantac tablets recalled due to concerns over carcinogen levels

Apotex Corp. issued a voluntary recall of ranitidine tablets, a generic form of Zantac meant to treat heartburn, over concerns that the tablets may contain too much of a probable human carcinogen.

DoorDash says 4.9 million affected in third-party data breach

Online delivery service DoorDash announced that 4.9 million customers, Dashers and merchants were affected by a data breach Thursday.

Snickers introduces pecan candy bar for a limited time

Snickers announced a pecan version of its popular candy bar and it’s sure to have Snickers lovers going nuts.