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McDonald's Targets 50,000 Restaurants by 2028 but Its US Traffic Has Yet to Follow

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- 50,000 restaurants worldwide by 2028, a new building template, and a cost-reduction target the company said would largely fund itself. The two-day Chicago presentation was the ... Read More


Novo Nordisk CEO Lays Out New Drug Strategy as Rivals' Stocks Climb

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- five new blockbuster drugs launched by 2030, a weight-loss pill priced to reach patients who had never been able to afford the injections, and a research agenda that no longer t... Read More


Eli Lilly Bets $100M on Oura as Smart Ring Maker Files $15.6B IPO

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 -- The most revealing line in Oura's IPO filing was not the revenue figure, the subscriber count, or the $15.62 billion valuation. It was Eli Lilly's name. The pharmaceutical compan... Read More


Meta Glasses Are Now at Spectrum: The Carrier Play That Could Make AI Eyewear Mainstream

MENLO PARK, Sept. 23 -- The harder sell at a Spectrum store was never broadband. It was persuading a customer that the next device they carry everywhere might sit on their face instead. That pitch ar... Read More


UUCA replacement Bill expected to be tabled in December, says Zambry

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 23 -- The first reading of the Bill to replace the Universities and University Colleges Act (AUKU) is expected to be tabled at the Dewan Rakyat sitting in December, said Higher Edu... Read More


Trump-Xi Summit Puts Boeing, Chips, and Soybeans on a Three-Day Clock

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- By Thursday afternoon, investors holding Boeing, Nvidia, or any of the two dozen semiconductor names tied to US export controls will know which of three numbers moved their stoc... Read More


SoftBank Launches Record $11 Billion Junk Bond Sale: Masayoshi Son's $64B AI Bet

TOKYO, Sept. 23 -- Masayoshi Son's current bet is being framed as far larger and more concentrated than his earlier Vision Fund investments, whose exposure to companies such as WeWork and Uber contrib... Read More


Silver Price Today September 21, 2026: XAG/USD $66 After Fed Hike, Summit in Focus

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered the interest-rate hike the silver market had spent six weeks dreading, and silver answered back. The 25-basis-point increase on Sep... Read More


Fiserv (NYSE:FI) Stock Falls 4.3% to $47.19 on September 21: Rate Hike Pressure and CEO Overhaul Challenge Payments Recovery

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 -- Three months into Takis Georgakopoulos's tenure running Fiserv, the company's market capitalization has not stopped falling. On Monday, the stock shed 4.3 percent to $47.19, exte... Read More


Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) Stock Rises 5.2% to $371.47 on September 21: AI Chip Test Volume and Cantor's $550 Target Drive Recovery Rally

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Every chip that powers an AI data center must pass a test before it ships. The equipment that runs those tests - Teradyne's automated semiconductor testers - is, at this point, ... Read More