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McDonald’s is spending big to bring customers back to its restaurants.The fast-food chain plans to devote $8.5 billion over the next 10 years to improvements to its restaurants, it said on Wednesday. The plan, called McDonald’s Next, includes adding more technology to stores, new training for employees, and increasing the…
It started with a Facebook ad in late April.Eighty-five-year-old Larry Aaronson responded on the first day. When I called, he said immediately that he was in the hospital, that he had “about a year to live”, and that he wanted me to produce a video for his memorial service.My business,…
AI can’t be managed by any existing department, so EY is creating a new one.The Big Four firm is setting up a new function called the “AI Value Realization Office” to centralize its AI spending and ensure the technology delivers measurable impact.Dan Diasio, EY’s global consulting AI leader, told Business…
Seven months ago, I left Canada after living in Ottawa my entire life.When my apartment lease was coming to an end, I knew I didn’t want to make another expensive yearlong commitment in the only city I’d ever lived in — especially as the cost of living kept rising.I’d visited…
When my wife and I moved from Calgary to Nelson, British Columbia, in 2017, we were mostly thinking about our kids. We wanted them to have space, freedom, and a childhood spent outdoors in nature rather than in a car seat during rush hour.What I didn’t think much about, though,…
