Jack in the Box Jumps, and Darden Raises Forecasts
Shares of Jack in the Box jumped Tuesday morning after the fast-food chain agreed to sell its Qdoba brand. Apollo Global Management will buy the Mexican franchise for $305 million
And Red Lobster parent Darden Restaurants beat estimates for the latest quarter and raised its forecast for next year. The company benefited from increased prices and traffic at its Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse restaurants.
Plus Citigroup raised its price target on Wal-Mart. Hosts Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec walk through using the TradeStation platform to set a "limit sell" order to lock in profits.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. in the current fiscal quarter will be sourced from India, while iPads and other devices will come from Vietnam as the company works to avoid the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on its business. Apple’s earnings for the first three months of the year topped Wall Street’s expectations thanks to high demand for its iPhones, and the company said tariffs had a limited effect on the fiscal second quarter’s results. Cook added that for the current quarter, assuming things don’t change, Apple expects to see $900 million added to its costs as a result of the tariffs.
Visa is hoping to hand your credit card to an artificial intelligence “agent” that can find and buy clothes, groceries, airplane tickets and other items on your behalf.
Skift Editor-In-Chief Sarah Kopit discusses how summer travel plans remain uncertain for most as many international travelers are leery to travel abroad. Watch!
Seth Schachner, Managing Director at Strat Americas, on Hollywood's latest blockbusters utilizing content creation. Plus, the future of YouTube and TikTok.
Ashley Gold, Axios' Tech/Policy reporter, discusses what the future of Google and search engines will look like after the tech giant faces an antitrust trial.
A labor rights group has alleged that Starbucks sourced coffee from a major Brazilian cooperative whose member farms were cited for keeping workers in slave-like conditions.
