It’s finally here: the long-predicted consumer pullback. Starbucks announced a surprise drop in same-store sales for its latest quarter, sending its shares down 17% on Wednesday. Pizza Hut and KFC also reported shrinking same-store sales. And even stalwart McDonald’s said it has adopted a “street-fighting mentality” to compete for value-minded diners. For months, economists have
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Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon responds to a question during a keynote conversation at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 10, 2024. Steve Marcus | Reuters Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that surpassed Wall Street expectations, and provided a strong guide for the current quarter. Shares rose
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An editorial recently published on SpaceNews took the position that my company’s Luna Memorial Spaceflight service should not be permitted on the Moon because the Navajo Nation views the Moon as sacred. In essence, the author is arguing that lawful space missions should be subject to the religious test of a single culture. The heart
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Cryptic quantum-physics word search: the solution – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
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A person walks by a CVS Pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters CVS Health on Wednesday reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that missed expectations and slashed its full-year profit outlook, citing higher medical costs that are dogging the U.S. insurance industry. Shares of the company dropped
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Beats today announced the Solo 4, a $200 set of familiar-looking cans with significant upgrades inside, even if they look almost entirely the same as the Solo 3. At this price, the Solo 4s don’t have any active noise cancellation and, according to Billy Steele, who tested the new headphones, they sound a bit thin.
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Protestors clash with the police as they block the exists of the parliament building to prevent the ruling Georgian Dream Party’s deputies from leaving within a protest against the bill on ‘Transparency of Foreign Influence,’ in Tbilisi, Georgia on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Davit Kachkachishvili/Anadolu via Getty Images) Davit Kachkachishvili | Anadolu | Getty
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Will the Real Mary Please Stand Up? Androgynous Mary Self Portrait (in robe with masks attached), Claude Cahun, 1928 I’m seeing it now, my ghost, and telling it to behave as if it were me, which leaves me to wonder what it will do.I walk, it walks; I sit, it sits. The chair is covered
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Do you want to up your game when it comes to dating, work and nearly every other aspect in life? Focus on your body language. It says a whole lot about you before you even open your mouth. It might even be more important than what you’re wearing. Here’s a quick and easy guide to
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Jeopardy! Instagram Jeopardy! Masters While the syndicated daily version of TV’s greatest quiz show has thankfully shed the yoke of non-stop tournaments, six of the game’s greatest players return for a second season of prime-time contests, with the winner taking home $500,000 and 2024’s Masters title. Last year’s champ, James Holzhauer, faces returning Jeopardy! Masters
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(L to R) Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart in ‘Hacks’ Season 3. Photograph: Beth Dubber/Max. Debuting on HBO and Max with the first two episodes of its third season on May 2nd, ‘Hacks’ returns to our screens with more outrageousness from Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance and more conflicted, panicky support from Hannah Einbinder’s Ava. While
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