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NEWS ABOUT: cookies

cookies stories: 7 news summaries

(AP) - Nestle is voluntarily recalling Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw. The FDA and CDC are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related, the company said. Sixty-six reports of illness in 28 states have come... More »

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E. coli • FDA • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Nestle • cookies • Food and Drug Administration • toll house cookies • cookie dough

New Doughnut Puts Krispy Kreme in Sticky Situation

Australian company says 'Dough-Vo' breaches trademark

Apr 24, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Krispy Kreme’s limited edition line of Down Under-themed pastries has prompted an indignant protest from the company that makes a beloved Australian cookie, the BBC reports. The Iced Dough-Vo is a tribute to Arnott’s Iced Vo-Vo biscuit, says the doughnut company. But Arnott’s sees it as a... More »

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Australia • donut • Krispy Kreme • trademark • cookies • Arnott's • Iced Vo-Vo • Iced Dough-Vo

Economy Takes Bite Out of Girl Scout Cookies

Higher costs force Scouts to shrink cookies, boxes to keep prices steady

Feb 4, 09 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The stingy economy has forced the Girl Scouts to downsize their boxes of cookies, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Soaring prices of flour, oil and cocoa have forced them to sell smaller Samoas and thinner boxes of Thin Mints to avoid hiking prices. Shrunken household budgets are expected to hurt this... More »

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recession • cookies • girl scouts • Girl Scout cookies

ANALYSIS

Explorer 8's Privacy Feature Boon to Users

... though advertisers surely won't like Microsoft's addition

Aug 27, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The privacy features available with the next version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will appeal to users “paranoid or perverted,” Peter Bright writes on Ars Technica, but will “go some way to curtailing the power of large Internet companies to monitor how people are using the web.... More »

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Microsoft • online privacy • Internet Explorer • privacy settings • cookies • Internet privacy

 Oreos Dip into UK Market 

'Biscuit-mad' culture not so sweet on Yank dessert staple

May 18, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oreo cookies have finally invaded Britain after decades of popularity in America—but they face a battle for the taste buds of “biscuit-mad” Britons, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Dipping biscuits (read: bland cookies) in tea is a sacred British ritual dating back centuries. Despite Kraft’s saturation of... More »

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Kraft Foods • Britain • snack foods • cookies • Oreo

EU Takes Aim at Search Engines Over Personal Data

Companies should delete users' info within six months, advisory group says

Apr 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - A European advisory body has sharply criticized Internet search companies’ use of personal data, the BBC reports. Its recommendations, likely to be adopted by the European Commission, say search companies should delete users’ information within six months. The opinion comes alongside reports of a new kind of computer cookie that... More »

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Yahoo • Google • MSN • online privacy • search engine • cookies • data tracking

Web Tracking Opt-Out Plan Gets Panned

Online ad group's proposal clashes with FTC guidelines, privacy group desires

Feb 25, 08 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - An online advertisers trade group has proposed guidelines for targeted advertising that don’t satisfy recent FTC recommendations. The Interactive Advertising Bureau proposal would make it harder for consumers to know if a website was storing their information; FTC guidelines suggest a “clear, consumer-friendly, and prominent statement” and easy... More »

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online advertising • online privacy • targeted advertising • Interactive Advertising Bureau • cookies • Web tracking

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