Struggling drugstore chain Walgreens is going private. The company on Thursday said it inked a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners that will take it off the public market for an equity value…
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Applebee’s owner Dine Brands to lean on value, marketing to reverse sales declines
Dine Brands hopes to boost sales this year with a wider swath of value meals and buzzier advertising after a rough 2024 for Applebee’s and IHOP. “We had a soft year…
The egg aisle is anything but cheaper by the dozen these days — and that’s becoming a big problem ahead of the Easter holiday. The makers of Easter egg dye…
Nvidia CEO Huang says AI has to do ‘100 times more’ computation now than when ChatGPT was released
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said next-generation AI will need 100 times more compute than older models as a result of new reasoning approaches that think “about how best to answer” questions…
Musk says he’s sending Starlink tech to FAA while asserting, without evidence, that air safety is at risk
Elon Musk said Thursday that he’s sending his Starlink satellite internet terminals to the Federal Aviation Administration while saying, without providing evidence, that current technology poses a risk to air travel…
The largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission would drop its lawsuit against it, a signal that the Trump administration plans to take a friendlier…
Executives at Meta stand to get bigger bonuses this year. The company said in a corporate filing Thursday that it had approved “an increase in the target bonus percentage” for its annual bonus plan…
IMAX CEO expects $1.2 billion in box office receipts this year, the best in the company’s history
An “embarrassment of riches” at the box office could fuel a $1.2 billion year for IMAX, CEO Rich Gelfond told CNBC on Friday. That volume would mark the best box office…
Consumers sharply curtailed their spending in January, indicating a potential weakening in economic growth ahead, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. Retail sales slipped 0.9% for the month from an…
Egg rationing is here. With prices rising rapidly and showing no signs of slowing anytime soon, some of the nation’s biggest grocery store chains — including Trader Joe’s, Walmart and Costco…