Starbucks, McDonald’s, Yum earnings show consumers pulling back

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...

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CVS Health (CVS) earnings Q1 2024

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 10% in premarket trading.The drugstore chain expects 2024 adjusted earnings of at least $7 per...

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Johnson & Johnson will pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S.

Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it will pay $6.5 billion to settle nearly all of the thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. claiming its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer.The deal would allow J&J to resolve the lawsuits through a third bankruptcy filing of a subsidiary company, LTL Management. More...

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NBC could buy back ‘Roundball Rock’ rights if it gets NBA games, John Tesh says

Michael Jordan #23 and Scottie Pippen #33Nathaniel S. ButlerIn the pantheon of theme songs for TV sports, "Roundball Rock," John Tesh's anthem that accompanied National Basketball Association games on NBC until 2002, is arguably the greatest.If NBCUniversal wins the rights to air the NBA again, it would have a...

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