A change at the top for Chipotle: the chain is bringing in Taco Bell CEO Brian Niccol to run the company. Chipotle has seen a drop in sales partly related to food safety issues. Niccol has run Taco Bell for three years.
Netflix adding yet another big producer to its roster for its upcoming original content. Award-winning producer-director, Ryan Murphy could be offered $300 million to work exclusively with Netflix for the next five years. Murphy is known for such hits as Glee, American Horror Story, and Nip/Tuck.
Flynn, a five-year-old Bichon Frise, took home Best in Show honors at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Tuesday. He beat out six other finalists, including Biggie the Pug, Slick the Border Collie, and Ty the Giant Schnauzer. Almost 2900 dogs competed in the big show, representing 202 breeds and varieties. This is Flynn's final year competing at Westminster.
Investors weren't jolted by the downgrade because they already know the fractured state of U.S. politics, the size of the country's public debt, and the challenges it faces to pay for Social Security, Medicare and other expenses.
The national average for gas prices stood at about $3.78 a gallon on Tuesday — about 25 cents higher than that seen one month ago, according to motor club AAA. While today's prices at the pump remain far lower than they were last year, when energy costs soared worldwide in the months following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, experts say such a jump is unusual.
