McDonald’s first-quarter sales boosted by higher prices
McDonald’s reported higher-than-expected sales in the first quarter as store traffic grew despite higher prices. Global same-store sales rose 12.6% compared to the January-March period...
Citadel boss Ken Griffin donates $25 million to Success Academy
Billionaire Citadel boss Ken Griffin is donating $25 million that will help fund a planned expansion of the Success Academy’s charter-school network in New York...
Fake remote, hybrid jobs shared online to trick candidates
Some job seekers who are looking for fully remote or hybrid jobs say they’re coming across opportunities that claim to be work-from-home-friendly, but will later...
Hadley Gamble also linked to TPG head amid Jeff Shell affair
The TV anchor who brought down NBC Universal CEO Jeff Shell also had a romantic entanglement with a married Texas buyout tycoon who treated her...
Microsoft preparing to close Activision deal despite FTC suit: sources
Microsoft is making plans to complete its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard — despite the Federal Trade Commission’s December move to block the deal...
Disney-owned ABC News to part ways with Nate Silver
Data journalist and FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver will not have his contract renewed by ABC News when it expires this summer as corporate parent Disney...
Don Lemon, Jeff Shell ‘lucky’ to be fired same day as Tucker Carlson
Howard Stern said on Tuesday that ousted CNN anchor Don Lemon and fired NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell were both fortunate to lose their jobs at...
First Republic Bank down nearly 30% after customers pull $100 billion in deposits
Shares of First Republic Bank slumped 49% on Wall Street on Tuesday after the lender reported that its deposits shrank by $100 billion in the...
First Republic clients pulled $100B in deposits during panic
Customers of First Republic Bank pulled more than $100 billion in deposits out of the bank during last month’s crisis, as fears swirled that it...
Bud Light sales decline proof brands need to know their audience before going woke
It may be hard to believe now, but the Budweiser marketing officials who reached out to trans social-media influencer Dylan Mulvaney probably thought they had...