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Jan 2025
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🍒 “Pop-Tart Problem” — Red dye’s food b...

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From Pop-Tarts to Peeps, Red #3 artificial food coloring is now banned
 40 years too late.

JPMorgan just had its best quarter in 200 years
 so it’s time to kill the most hated fee in banking.

There’s a hot new side-hustle that can make you $30k/year
 Job Referrals as a service.

Plus, male and female Instacart shoppers pick out food differently
 so should you be able to choose the gender?


$KO $GIS $K $JPM $CART


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