Walmart Pays Gen Z to Skip College and Earn Six Figures
Walmart's Associate to Driver program has moved 1,000+ workers into jobs paying up to $135,000 — tuition-free and debt-free — with technician and optician tracks now following.
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KFC Opens First Breakfast-and-Boba Prototype in Texas
KFC's first-of-its-kind 'Open House' restaurant in McKinney, Texas serves breakfast, boba tea and cronuts, with table service and…
35% of Bettors Are Abandoning Sportsbooks for Prediction Markets
A Fullstory survey of 1,000-plus US bettors finds 35% cutting sportsbook use as Kalshi and Polymarket exploit the same regulatory…
McDonald's Bets $8.5 Billion on the Ozempic Era
McDonald's plans an $8.5 billion, decade-long overhaul with protein-heavy menu items and Google-built AI, as GLP-1 use hits 11% o…
AI Didn't Kill Junior Jobs. It Ended the Hidden Apprenticeship Subsidy
Young workers in AI-exposed jobs run 19% behind peers, but a former Fed official argues the real story is firms quietly defunding…
McDonald's Commits $8.5 Billion to Restaurant Revamps and Tech
McDonald's will spend $8.5 billion on restaurant remodels, technology upgrades and expanded franchise support, one of its largest…
Lilly Claims 61% of US GLP-1 Market as Novo Bets $23B Pipeline
Lilly holds 61% of the U.S. GLP-1 market and is gaining in pills and Medicare. Novo counters with a $23 billion pipeline bet, but…
Vistry Cuts Home-Building Ambitions From 20,000 to 12,000 a Year
Vistry has cut its target from 20,000 to 12,000 homes a year, shrugging off the "capital light" partnership model that once doubl…
Virgin Atlantic CEO Warns Against Green Premiums Without Real Impact
Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss says passengers should not pay more for sustainable aviation fuel unless it delivers real environm…
Qatar Airways Grounded Its Entire Fleet for Six Days — and Beat Rivals on Recovery
Qatar Airways grounded its whole fleet for six days, absorbed a 90% fuel spike, and still posted 86% loads and flat July-August r…
Starbucks to Close Another 250 North America Stores
Starbucks will shutter about 250 North American stores, its second 1% cut in a year, taking $300 million in charges under CEO Bri…