CIABC, a liquor industry group lobby, has urged the consumer affairs ministry to allow unfettered advertising rights for brand extensions, provided there is no misrepresentation or miscommunication. This request follows a recent government directive asking alcohol makers to submit a list of surrogate products sold under identical brand names within 15 days.
for the market. it s the delta variant and if it doesn t derail the trajectory of reopening plans and employment across the country, neil. neil: thanks, jackie. let s go to susan li. this is coming at a time when investors are apparently clear to think all right, things are going back, company are in good shape, earnings are strong. more than a few of them have been citing inflationary pressures. what s going on? that s right. over and over again, we have been hearing from the biggest companies complaining about higher prices that they have to pay for labor, fuel and raw materials. so these companies will protect their bottom line so they re going to pass on the costs. clorox being the latest. beer brewers, alcohol makers, food companies, consumer products brands. every earnings call, you had executives asking about inflation and saying prices were going up. clorox wipes will cost more.
todd: congresswoman omar guilty of private and campaign-finance law, $500 and find and reimburse $3500 to her campaign. officials say shoe used the funds for out of state travel and tax returns as a state representative. he will comply with the bull. drinking a beer could make you feel good and might also be healthy. carley: bring your green hat. some alcohol makers marketing their products as wellness drinks. companies like 26.2 brew targeting athletes by including ingredients like salts to replenish electrolytes. vitamins and antioxidants and host of becoming postworkout drinks. the idea of making beer a little healthier.
this much money aside, 20, 30, $40 billion for treatment, drug companies could do their fair share, we would be off to the races to solve this problem. my guess is they re going 0 it fiddle around in washington, they re going 0 it fiddle around in the board rooms of these companies and we ll have to take them to task in lawsuits and some of them are going to end up bankrupt. mike moore, thanks so much for being here. thank you. let s check in on your twitter action and facebook comments. i think it s another tweet that comes this way. smerkonish, a big pharma is sued for addiction, then sue mcdonald s for obesity and alcohol makers for d.u.i.s. my response would be the level of deceit that might be the conduct of one of those industries and not the others, right? i mean wherein lies the idea that mcdonald s, my old employer, hid anything from us? or that alcohol manufacturers hid anything from us? i think what you just heard from the lawyer here is that much like the case was wit