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Brinker International CEO Kevin Hochman detailed how his company has improved its Chili’s chain in an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, saying new advertising strategies have helped bring in customers and return the brand to relevancy.”Progressively, every quarter, our results are getting better and better, now they’re being fueled by 19% traffic growth, and, quite frankly, we think the sky’s the limit,” Hochman said. “We don’t think this is the end, we think this is just the beginning of the Chili’s turnaround.”Brinker posted an earnings beat on Wednesday, sending share soaring to finish the session up more than 16%. The…

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SPIROS MICHALAKIS: You may think quantum, Why should I care? You should care because even if 1% of what we expect comes to be, it will exponentially transform your business. SCOTT LIKENS: Quantum will give us an advantage to go solve big, global societal problems that are just impossible to solve today on classical computers. SPIROS: What really gives it its power, is this function it has to push you to look at the world from a new perspective. LIZZIE O’LEARY: From PwC’s management publication strategy and business, this is Take on Tomorrow, the podcast that brings together experts from…

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends an event, “Investing in America,” held by President Donald Trump in Washington, April 30, 2025.Leah Millis | ReutersU.S. tech giants Nvidia, Cisco, Oracle and OpenAI are supporting the “UAE Stargate” artificial intelligence data center announced this week, multiple people familiar with the deal confirmed Friday.AI chip leader Nvidia will supply hardware with the latest Blackwell GB300 systems, one person, who asked not to be named in order to speak freely, confirmed.The data center will collaborate with the AI infrastructure project of the same name in the U.S. announced by President Donald Trump shortly after his inauguration…

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As the market reels from ever-changing news about President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen detailed how his customers are dealing with a volatile global trade environment in a Monday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer.”It’s very hard to plan a supply chain when it’s changing day to day, so I think it’s really hard for these businesses to figure out, you know, what is the government going to do, and how should they set themselves up,” he said. “Possible that this will lead to higher prices in, for consumer goods, but there’s all kinds of variables that may…

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The shifting fortunes of leading US broadline retailers across these three eras—and the Big-Box Era that preceded them—shed useful light on the importance of timing when it comes to reinvention.  In 1990, the broadline subsector was dominated by three companies, each commanding a roughly equal share of the market: Kmart, Sears, and Walmart. Walmart led the Big-Box Era by building mega-stores that offered much greater economies of scale and convenience, based in part on technology adoption, including barcode scanning capabilities, and the strategic placement of distribution centers to support its growing locations. A decade later, it had doubled its market…

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Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWith President Donald Trump’s private dinner for top meme coin holders less than a week away, the leaderboard is awash with crypto wallets that are effectively anonymous.On May 22, the top 220 $TRUMP holders are invited to a dinner with the president at his Virginia golf club outside of Washington, D.C. The event was announced last month, and the tally closed Monday night.The nature of the pseudonymous wallets raises questions about the true identities and motivations of the token’s largest holders, who have bought a seat at the table with a U.S. president.Documents from…

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