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Famed ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s is no longer spending money on paid advertising on Twitter, citing an uptick in hate speech as the reason for the move. In the company’s statement, it clarifies it’s not only troubled by hate speech from the general masses across the social network, but also the speech of the site’s owner, Elon Musk. “Hate speech is up dramatically while content moderation has become all but non-existent,” the statement reads. “In addition to the changes on the platform that have led…

Ben & Jerry's brand ice cream sits in a supermarket freezer. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBen and Jerry's workers at the ice cream company's flagship store in Burlington, Vermont, are filing for a union election Monday. The move adds to a string of service industry union drives, including at Starbucks and Trader Joe's. Workers at the Burlington store have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for an election. Their organization, dubbed "Scoopers United," has the backing of the same union that launched…

A judge denied a court petition by Ben & Jerry’s independent board members that sought to stop parent Unilever UL -0.95% PLC from transferring assets to a local licensee in Israel—a setback for the ice cream brand in an unusual legal fight between a wholly owned subsidiary and its corporate owner. A judge for the Southern District of New York ruled Monday that Ben & Jerry’s had failed to demonstrate irreparable harm in its…

A request by Ben & Jerry’s to block parent company Unilever UL -0.72% PLC’s sale of the ice-cream brand’s Israeli business is set to be heard by a New York court Monday in what lawyers say is a first-of-its-kind case.At the heart of the case is what powers Ben & Jerry’s independent board, a unique corporate-governance arrangement Unilever granted when buying the brand, has in practice. Under the 2000 acquisition agreement, Unilever agreed to allow Ben &…

US ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's sues its parent company Unilever to block sale of its Israeli business to a local licensee, saying it was inconsistent with its values to sell its product in illegal Israeli settlements. Ben & Jerry's announced last year it will no longer sell its products in…

A tub of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, manufactured by Unilever Plc.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBen & Jerry's is suing parent company Unilever to stop the sale of its Israeli business to a local licensee, a move the consumer products giant said would keep the ice cream products available in Israel and its occupied territories.Ben & Jerry's said in a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York Tuesday that Unilever's decision was made without the approval of its independent board, which has the primary…

Consumer products giant Unilever said it reached a deal that will let its Ben & Jerry's ice cream business continue selling in Israel.The company said Wednesday that it sold the Israeli branch of the ice cream brand for an undisclosed sum to Avi Zinger, whose American Quality Products already licenses Ben & Jerry's ice cream for sale in the country.The move by Unilever comes after Ben & Jerry's, which has an independent board, said last summer that it was stopping sales in the territory that has been occupied…

UnileverPLC said it has sold its Ben & Jerry’s business in Israel to the local licensee, seeking to end a controversy that has buffeted the company since last year, when the brand said it would stop selling its products in Jewish settlements located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested East Jerusalem.The move is the latest development in a public rift between the ice-cream brand’s independent board and its corporate parent. It could relieve pressure Unilever has faced from politicians and investors over…

Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry's is galvanizing its millions of customers in a new lobbying push for tougher gun safety measures after last month's mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.Christopher Miller, the head of global activism at the ice cream company, told CNBC in an interview that the company has called on its 8 million Facebook fans and 515,000 Twitter followers to lobby lawmakers for stronger gun safety laws.Ben & Jerry's activism on guns comes as business leaders press Congress for…