The Popular Chicken Sandwich Gets a Redo at Panera Bread, Popeyes
Whatever you come in hoping to eat, restaurants want it to be chicken.Big chains are advertising it, cooking up new flavors and pushing poultry hard at the register in these...
America’s New Energy Crisis
America is wrestling with the worst energy crisis in nearly five decades, a period of high prices and limited supply. What makes this crisis different than the troubles that roiled...
Marvel Studios Box-Office Slump Shows Limits of Disney’s Superhero Universe
The movie’s second weekend wasn’t as impressive. Box-office receipts fell 68% to $46.6 million, tying with last year’s “Black Widow” for the steepest second-weekend drop for a Marvel Studios superhero...
McDonald’s Revenue Down 3% on Russia Exit, Weaker Euro
McDonald’s MCD -1.42% Corp. said revenue ticked down in the second quarter, dragged lower by fewer sales at its company-operated restaurants amid the closure of its locations in Russia and...
China Bets Big on Basic Chips in Self-Sufficiency Push
China is leading the world in building new chip factories, a step toward achieving more self-sufficiency in semiconductors that could eventually make some buyers reliant on China for many of...
More Shoppers Buy Store Brands, Eating Into Big Food Companies’ Sales
Cost-conscious consumers are buying more store brands at the supermarket, raising pressure on big food companies that are dealing with their own rising costs.Lower-cost oatmeal, pickles, granola bars and coffee,...
Steelmakers Pour On More Investments, Shaking Off Economic Concerns
Major steel companies this week turned in quarterly results that were mostly better than expected, after steel prices rose sharply in spring because of the war in Ukraine. While prices...
Macau Casinos to Reopen Saturday After Covid-19 Shutdown
Casinos in the gambling hub of Macau will be allowed to reopen Saturday after a nearly two-week shutdown amid a Covid-19 outbreak, according to the government.The citywide lockdown that began...
Tesla Ends Streak of Record Quarterly Profits After China Factory Shutdown
Tesla Inc. TSLA 0.80% reported its first sequential decline in quarterly profit in more than a year as it recovers from an extended shutdown at its Shanghai assembly plant.The electric-car...
Europe Fears Widespread Economic Fallout if Russian Gas Outage Drags On
As a deadline approaches for Russia to resume supplying natural gas to Germany this week, European officials and executives are growing concerned about a cascading economic fallout that would spread...