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John Swinney will return as first minister after a fifth Scottish election victory for the SNP. Source link
Burger King President Tom Curtis said customer phone calls helped the company revamp its signature Whopper and fuel a broader turnaround at the fast-food chain.”We’ve been listening to our guests a lot lately,” Curtis told Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Friday. “I’ve personally taken 1,800 calls from guests, and we got over 70,000 incoming calls.”Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Burger King and Tim Hortons, reported better-than-expected results on Wednesday, fueled by another quarter of strong international growth and a successful turnaround in U.S. stores. Burger King U.S. posted 5.8% same-store sales growth in the three months…
A profile of the broadcaster-turned-politician poised to be Plaid Cymru’s first first minister. Source link
The Clicks Communicater smartphone on display. Startup Clicks Technology makes a Blackberry phone.ClicksWhen Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, physical keyboards quickly lost ground to touchscreens and faded from mainstream smartphones.Now, a new wave of startups, including U.K.-based Clicks Technology and Chinese firm Unihertz, is bringing them back and carving out a niche for phones with tactile buttons.The shift away from buttons once seemed final. Blackberry, long known for its keyboard phones, stopped producing hardware in 2016 and shuttered its software services in 2022. But fans of its squarish phones with its signature keyboard remain loyal to the brand. The…
The party’s Zia Yusuf says it won’t take voters for granted, following its sweeping election gains. Source link
A massive rally in memory chip stocks drove them to huge gains this week, but that’s also left some of the highest fliers due for a possible decline soon. The artificial intelligence trade fueled this week’s hefty gains. The S & P 500 rallied more than 2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed higher by 4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average , filled with more old economy companies, eked out a small gain on the week. But it was semiconductor memory chip and data storage stocks that roared highest, with the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) ahead nearly 30% on the…
In Barnsley, south Yorkshire, 50 years of Labour rule ended on Friday with Reform UK taking control.Voters in the area said they wanted to see change, with one saying Labour had abandoned the working class.For others, a dislike for Keir Starmer was their main motivation when casting their vote. BBC’s UK editor Ed Thomas reports from Barnsley. Source link
Bank of America named a slew of stocks that have more room to run following quarterly earnings. The firm said companies like Apple are firing on all cylinders heading into the remainder of 2026. Other stocks Bank of America rated buy and highlighted recently include Baker Hughes , Caterpillar, Evercore and Disney. Caterpillar Shares of the machinery and agriculture giant have gained more than 175% in the past 12 months, but Bank of America said investors should keep buying the stock. Analyst Michael Feniger said Caterpillar is in a “sweet spot” with many levers to pull. “Today, CAT’s story is…
Reform UK and the Greens saw big gains in Sheffield’s local election. Source link
Kris Sampson was working from home in Missoula, Montana, when her phone lit up with a call that appeared to come from her adult daughter. Sampson says the caller ID showed her name and photo, and the familiar ringtone sounded. But when she answered, she heard what sounded like her daughter crying.”It was her voice, I know her scared cry,” Sampson tells CNBC Make It. “I thought maybe she’d been in a car wreck.”Moments later, a man came on the line, Sampson says. He spoke calmly at first, using her first name and asking if she was her daughter’s mother.Then his…