Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that narrowly missed analysts’ expectations as same-store sales growth at Olive Garden slows. Shares of the company fell as much as 5% in premarket trading but pared back their losses as executives reassured investors on the company’s earnings conference call. The stock was down about 2% in morning
Workers put up wood framing for a home under construction at the Lilac Ridge community by Lennar Homes in Vacaville, California, July 14, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway has gone on a buying spree in beleaguered homebuilder Lennar, accumulating almost a 10% stake. The position is a “classic” value
Sonido Reyes, author of National Book Award finalist The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, is known for his amplification of Mexican and queer stories. Continuing these explorations within To Our Untamed Core, Reyes, who uses he and they pronouns, drops readers into a religious dystopian world of tyranny and resistance where “you’re bound only by
Four days after Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, Este Haim and Fergie were still recovering over sour cream and onion martinis in a candy-striped booth on the corner of Houston and West Broadway. At a neighboring table, Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s widow, and their daughter Natalia were sitting with the Bryants’ youngest girls, Bianka
Warner Bros has made some release date changes, unrelated to its pending marriage with Paramount. DC’s Robins-origin puppets-meet-animation feature Dynamic Duo is moving from June 30, 2028, to Septemer 22, 2028. The reasoning is that Warner Bros distribution believes this will be a good back-to-school animated feature slot for not just K-12 but also teens
Nene Royal, a 16-year-old music prodigy from Thailand, was named the winner of America’s Got Talent on Wednesday night. Just before being crowned this season’s champion, she performed with Linkin Park. Royal wowed the judges and viewers throughout the competition with her impressive guitar and vocal skills, bringing a metal attitude to the AGT stage.
Foundation Season 4 has enough Asimov material left to make me excited, nervous, and a little suspicious about what comes next. Season 3 ended with the Genetic Dynasty falling apart, the Mule exposed, and the Second Foundation finally showing what it can do. You would think that gives us some closure, but come on, when
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Melisha John has been named the sole chief executive of My Life My Say, after more than two years as co-leader. The appointment comes after her former co-chief executive, Dan Lawes, left the youth voice and democracy charity this week. Lawes had worked at the organisation for three years, two of them in the co-leadership
With the Midnight Jour Nuit Phase de Lune, Van Cleef & Arpels is taking the Jour Nuit series in a striking new direction: beyond 40mm, plus a combined moonphase and day/night display with on-demand moonphase indication. Designed and assembled by Les Ateliers Horlogers Van Cleef & Arpels, the movement took four years of development to
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a toast during a state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026 in Beijing, China. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — With two days to go before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to
Salesforce came through in the clutch. The enterprise software giant on Wednesday delivered better-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter and issued guidance for the current period that makes good on the company’s pledge to reaccelerate into the end of the year. The one-two punch not only validates the once-struggling stock’s recent resurgence. It is
Like capri pants and velour tracksuits, it seems that Shakespeare’s tragic tale of teenage love comes back around every 30 years. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey drew raves and included a brief nude scene that prompted “a lot of fuss” at the time and a lawsuit alleging child abuse decades
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is nearing its 20 year anniversary, and there are certain franchises that stand out as fan favorites. Folks who spent years watching the Marvel movies in order will likely put James Gunn‘s Guardians of the Galaxy films (which are streaming with a Disney+ subscription) at the top of that list. For
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Arts Council England has launched a “more straightforward” application process for its redesigned, longer National Portfolio programme, but has warned applicants that “money is tight”. The grantmaker has published the details of its redesigned National Portfolio funding programme, ahead of applications opening next month. For the first time, the programme will last five years, from
McDonald’s on Wednesday announced new financial targets for higher operating margins, a training program to improve food quality and plans to support franchisees financially as they invest in their restaurants. It unveiled those efforts to improve its business ahead of an investor presentation that will kick off from the fast-food giant’s Chicago headquarters at 9:30
Meta’s latest consumer AI product is sending such big shockwaves through the market that it’s even inflaming a long-time rivalry in the brokerage business between 55-year old investing giant Charles Schwab, and Robinhood, an icon of the post-Covid trading boom among young investors. Shares of Schwab fell 6% Tuesday, touching the lowest since early July
Tananarive Due’s Mazywood is an exceptionally crafted and paced horror novel with superb, surprising twists. The iconic writer and teacher of Black horror and Afrofuturism presents readers with a novel very much in the vein of her Bram Stoker Award-winning The Reformatory, where some of the most terrifying aspects of the plot are steeped in
Lionel Richie is taking a break from touring as he recovers from a heart procedure, a representative for the singer said on Wednesday. Richie underwent a common procedure for atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, and the “doctor said everything went perfectly,” his rep said in a statement to The Associated Press. “Lionel is doing great but
Warning! Spoilers ahead for the new Star Trek! It is a new day for Star Trek. There is a new Enterprise, embarking on a five-year mission unlike any before in franchise history. There are returning characters and new crewmembers to get to know. Most importantly, Trek is boldly going ahead with the next chapter of
Angine de Poitrine are this year’s Polaris Music Prize victors. The masked and polka-dotted duo took home the Canadian album of the year award for their math-punk LP Vol. II. They also scooped the prize for the best Canadian song of the year for “Fabienk,” making them the first act to score the double. Accepting
Two episodes into American Hostage, we already know the basic facts of the story are only part of what makes it so fascinating. Tony Kiritsis kidnapped mortgage executive Dick Hall in Indianapolis in 1977, wired a shotgun to his head, and spent more than two days parading him around while demanding an apology, immunity, and
An anti-racism charity says it is “disappointed” that a Reform UK-led council has withdrawn its support for the charity’s annual campaigning day. Sunderland City Council announced at a council meeting last week it was ending its formal affiliation with Wear Red Day, a national campaign run by the charity Show Racism the Red Card. Wear
Image courtesy of Latifa Alshamsi / @latifalshamsi on instagram. Luxury is deeply embedded in Abu Dhabi’s visual culture. The capital of the United Arab Emirates is home to some of the world’s most prestigious fashion and jewellery houses, while its own traditions of dress have developed alongside an increasingly contemporary fashion scene. Emirati dressing is
A luxury phone deserves more than an ordinary case. The iPhone Duo is expected to bring Apple’s take on a premium foldable, where the design itself will be a big part of the appeal. A thick case could take away some of that experience. The ThinBorne iPhone Duo case takes a more minimalist approach. It
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission advised some of its regulated entities on Tuesday that prediction markets’ “mentions” contracts are at greater risk of manipulation. In a press release announcing the letter it sent to designated contract market entities, the CFTC said that the contracts are more susceptible to exploitation “because their settlement turns on the
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang did it again. The AI chip powerhouse delivered better-than-expected quarterly revenue and earnings that more than doubled the year-ago period. Business is so strong that management felt comfortable enough to provide a financial outlook further into the future than ever before. Revenue in the company’s fiscal 2027 second quarter increased 106%
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