McDonald’s investor day highlights and top risks in 2024
The Ronald McDonald balloon floats down Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2023, in New York City. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty…
The top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday
The 10 things to watch Wednesday, Dec. 6 1. U.S. stocks are higher in premarket trading Wednesday, with S & P 500 futures up 0.45% after back-to-back days of losses.…
McDonald’s to open first CosMc’s spinoff restaurant this week
McDonald’s CosMc’s Restaurant. Courtesy: McDonald’s McDonald’s will open the first location of its new spinoff brand CosMc’s this week in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The fast-food giant plans to open 10 CosMc’s…
L.A. poultry firm hired kids as young as 14 to work with sharp knives, Labor Dept. says
The Exclusive Poultry in La Puente, Calif. Google Earth The Labor Department says that a Los Angeles-based poultry processor hired children as young as 14 to debone chicken with sharp…
Mars’ $662 million acquisition bid sends Hotel Chocolat shares up 160%
Trafford Centre, Manchester, London, ENGLAND – September 2023: Hotel Chocolat External Store Sign (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) Peter Dazeley | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — U.S.…
Global rice markets are in crisis amid ‘artificial’ shortage
Rice is a crucial staple for over half the global population and the world is bracing for its most significant shortage in 20 years. India’s export ban on rice is…
Weight loss drug frenzy hits consumer giants in earnings season
A worker organizes cans of PepsiCo Inc. soda on a shelf inside a grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. PepsiCo Inc. is scheduled to release…
As Singapore’s aging population grows, businesses court older spenders
Citizens aged 65 and above make up almost a fifth of Singapore’s population in 2023. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s population is aging fast. Citizens…
Coke and Pepsi earnings comparison as KO and PEP stocks fall
Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsi Co. soda machines stand in a shopping center parking lot in Jasper, Indiana. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coca-Cola and PepsiCo’s rivalry spans decades,…
The war has forced Israel’s Arab citizens to explain that no, they are not Hamas
Haifa and Jerusalem CNN — When 20-year-old Aya Najame, an Arab Muslim, was a little girl growing up in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, she would go on…