JPMorgan is facing a lawsuit from a couple who are accusing the bank of improperly drilling open their safe deposit boxes and selling off millions of dollars’ worth of jewels and other personal property that was inside. Jorge and Stella…
L’Oréal is investing in a venture led by biotechnology company Genomatica to create sustainable alternatives to oil-based surfactants. L’Oréal will be a founding member of the venture alongside Unilever and Kao. The investment is made through L’Oréal’s corporate venture fund,…
Taking a regular shower to get clean is so last year. Over on TikTok, various trends demonstrating how this routine daily event can be and do so much more are proliferating. It’s no longer just about washing one’s body, but…
It may be a taboo to return to an ex in the dating world, but not so much in the workplace. Heading back to a former employer, known as boomeranging, is having a moment. Boomerang workers have been on the…
Alcohol-free, solvent-free… the WPE patent helps create water-based scented and moisturizing formulas. Compatible with Cosmos and Ecocert certifications, this technology is now flooding the perfume and skincare categories. The alcohol-free perfume trend had been brewing for a few years. It…
Seppic, a subsidiary of Air Liquide Healthcare, and Botalys, a Belgian start-up specialized in the cultivation of rare and medicinal plants, have signed a research partnership for the co-development of new ingredients for the cosmetics and health markets. This partnership…
After a four-year absence, the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit returns to North America this spring. Hosted in New York City on 4-5th May, the executive summit will feature green materials, new technologies, and marketing. For the first time, the summit will…
A few weeks ago, brand designer and writer Jackson Greathouse Fall had fewer than 4,000 Twitter followers. Today he has more than 96,000, thanks to the way he’s been using OpenAI’s GPT-4, the successor to ChatGPT that the Microsoft-backed venture…
Holders of Credit Suisse Group AG bonds suffered a historic loss when a takeover by UBS Group AG wiped out about 16 billion Swiss francs ($17.3 billion) worth of risky notes. The deal will trigger a “complete write-down” of the…
Charmagne Chi enjoys early retirement so much, she has to remind herself to take days off. If that sounds counterintuitive, it’s probably because Chi’s life now, two years into retiring from her 9-to-5 banking job 42, doesn’t reflect the image…