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Black British entrepreneurs find new ways to land funding as diversity efforts are scrapped
Former Goldman Sachs executive Ayesha Ofori was confident that investors would be keen to fund her investment platform startup — then came the wall of rejections. Some of the venture capitalists who gave the cold shoulder to Ofori’s female-focused financial investment platform, Propelle, ultimately rejected her, citing her lack of experience. Ofori notes her background at Morgan […]
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High-quality stocks that pay a hefty dividend they are unlikely to cut in 2025, according to UBS
With a bumpy start to 2025, quality stocks that have reliable dividends could become more appealing. The first trading day of the new year marked a volatile session for stocks, with all three major averages finishing yet another session in the red on Thursday after starting off the day with gains. The S & P […]
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Rate cuts are in the cards in 2025. Here’s what it means for dividend payers
Investors may not be getting as many rate cuts as they had hoped in 2025, but there are still plenty of solid tailwinds for dividend-paying stocks. The Federal Reserve last week penciled in two interest rate cuts in the new year, fewer than the four reductions policymakers predicted back in September. A falling interest rate […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Dull December Stocks enter the final full trading week of 2024 coming off a tough stretch. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost ground for seven straight sessions, and fell 1.8% last week. The S&P 500 also slid 0.6% […]
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Why fast-food companies like KFC and Chick-fil-A are betting on chicken tenders again
Fast-food companies like Yum! Brands’ KFC and McDonald’s are getting back into chicken tenders as a way to attract consumers with a low-risk, high-reward bet on a familiar favorite. Nearly half of all fast-food restaurants served the chicken item as of the third quarter, up 5.7% from the same period in 2019, according to […]
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From Chili’s to burger chains, here are the restaurant industry winners and losers in 2024
A “location closed” sign hangs in the window of a closed Red Lobster restaurant in Torrance, California on May 14, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images A rocky year for restaurants separated the industry’s biggest chains into winners and losers, as eateries competed for a smaller pool of customers who have grown […]
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Luigi Mangione wrote ‘these parasites had it coming’ in note found with UnitedHealthcare murder suspect
Luigi Mangione seen in a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, P.A. on Dec. 9th, 2024. Source: Altoona Police Department Luigi Mangione had a handwritten note that said, “These parasites had it coming,” when he was nabbed in Pennsylvania by police who recognized him as the suspect wanted for killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, NBC News reported Tuesday. Mangione, […]
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McDonald’s fired Pharrell Williams 3 times—and then he created its famous jingle ‘I’m loving it’
Before becoming a decades-long stable in hip-hop, R&B and pop music, Pharrell Williams was fired from three separate McDonald’s loctions. That didn’t stop the fast-food chain from calling on him when they needed a catchy jingle for their commercials. “I thought it was ironic, and I thought it was very funny,” Williams, 51, said during […]
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CDC says McDonald’s E. coli outbreak is over
In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said the deadly E. coli outbreak linked to slivered […]
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McDonald’s preparing a 2025 ‘McValue’ offering
A McDonald’s is seen in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, on Oct. 23, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images McDonald’s is preparing 2025 value offerings in a bid to hang onto customers who are fed up with high costs at restaurants. The company is working on a new “McValue” approach for […]
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