McDonald’s tried a new value menu. Customers aren’t loving it.The fast-food giant’s comparable US sales growth slowed to 0.8% during its second quarter, a slower clip than the 2.5% it…
Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.comSeniors enjoy discounts for just about everything. Did you know that can even include the cost of higher education? Some schools think it’s a smart idea. Whether through…
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David Ellison and his billionaire father may need to get their checkbooks ready.Paramount Skydance is expected to need to pay Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders more than $1 billion in so-called ticking fees after a federal judge set the date for…
You’re standing in front of a giant wall of toilet paper, trying to figure out if you’re actually saving money or just paying for the privilege of buying a lifetime supply. Most people treat warehouse clubs like a religion, but let’s be real: They’re businesses designed to get you to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hannah Valentine, 25, cofounder of Drop Soda Market, a monthly vintage market. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I graduated from Lindenwood University with no student loan debt. After scholarships, my tuition cost about $4,000 to $6,000 a semester,…
For a brief moment, we looked for love in a hopeless place: TikTok.TikTok tested a new dating feature over the past week that thrust users into live group chats with…
Walgreens is closing stores across the country as part of a multiyear downsizing effort, and Missouri is not immune. Inc., a business news outlet, reported this week that the drugstore…
Remember David Ellison’s warm relationship with President Donald Trump?The Paramount Skydance CEO seems to wish you wouldn’t.Ellison courted Trump as he sought approval from the Department of Justice for his Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Now, Ellison is facing a lawsuit…
The rustic trend, which features wood paneling on interior walls, has some style benefits. However, the designer said, it’s overdone and dated.”It’s also impractical — if a piece of shiplap gets damaged, it can be difficult and expensive to fix…
Modern cars include several standard features that were once desirable upgrades drivers would pay hundreds to thousands of dollars for. Some of these features were only available as aftermarket upgrades and required complicated installations. Today, new cars come straight out…
When my husband and I bought our house in 2019, the real-estate agent knew the house two doors down from us would eventually be up for sale.My husband and I joked that his parents would buy it when it was.Two…
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Candice DeLong didn’t plan to spend her career interviewing killers. She started as a psychiatric nurse, helping patients at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, before an FBI agent attending one of her lectures suggested she consider joining the bureau.DeLong entered…
Michael Burry looks to be in the chips after a timely bet against semiconductor stocks.The investor of “The Big Short” fame said in a June…
OpenAI says Apple got some of its facts wrong — and says it has the receipts to back it up.In a Tuesday blog post, OpenAI…
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For most of my working life, I lived in or near London, where I was surrounded by bustling, big-city energy. Lots of the people I knew were focused on climbing the career ladder and earning more money.My own definition of…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp took a victory lap over the company’s explosive growth, saying it managed to boost its commercial business using a “miniscule and…
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James Bond films track the agent’s vagabond lifestyle, spending one night in London and the next in Montenegro. But if Bond could settle down, he might choose this mansion in Delray Beach, Florida.Villa Skyfall, a newly constructed, about 23,000-square-foot home…
7th Street Burger is a small chain of quick-service burger restaurants with dozens of locations across New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.Since opening in 2021, the chain has quickly built a reputation for its no-frills approach…
Here’s some delicious AI irony for you.For years, tech giants have argued that if information is available on the internet, it can be used for AI model development and outputs. They call it fair use. Content owners have tried to…
Cara West and her family moved to Europe for a better quality of life.Photo Courtesy of Cara WestIn 2024, Cara West moved from the US to Greece with her husband and young daughter.The family wanted a better quality of life,…
Growing up, my sisters and I had no opportunities for family trips or exciting travel adventures. Mom didn’t know how to drive, and Dad was out on the road all week as a salesman. For us, an exciting, adventurous family…
I didn’t get an Amazon Prime membership until the pandemic, when the allure of delivery finally outweighed the yearly cost for me. I was impressed by the convenience, and never looked back — until three months ago when my Prime…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Kidd, the chief operating officer at Chipotle, based in Newport Beach, California. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I’m the COO at Chipotle — and this is my dream job.I…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christina Jones, a 57-year-old in Philadelphia. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Although I didn’t expect to be laid off from my business analyst role at United Healthcare last year, after…
I am fortunate to be able to travel with my children often. However, sometimes the travel bug bites, but I don’t have the time, energy, or budget for a true vacation. When that happens, I plan a staycation close to…
“I’ll try to meet you there,” I told my mother a few months ago, one evening before bed. “I’m not feeling great, but I’ll do my best,” I confirmed before hanging up the phone. The next morning, my 71-year-old mother…
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OpenAI is facing intense legal scrutiny over the July hacking incident on Hugging Face.In a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday, the attorneys general of 15 states wrote that the Hugging Face hack showed that OpenAI is unable or unwilling to ensure…
