• Rapper 50 Cent has settled a lawsuit against Taco Bell for using his name without permission in an ad. [NYP]
• Yokohama is producing a line of car tires using the oil in orange peels. [KABC]
• Mogul Richard Branson is opening a fifteen acre culinary resort called Natirar in New Jersey next week. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• China has executed two men for their role in last year’s contaminated milk scandal. [NYT]