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.
Oracle soars as it cashes in on the AI boom, Plus: Starbucks shares continue to fall under its new CEO, and does anybody actually want a new iPhone Air?
Swedish buy now, pay later company Klarna is making its highly anticipated public debut on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year. The offering priced at $40 Tuesday, above the forecasted range of $35 to $37 a share, valuing the company at more than $15 billion. The valuation easily makes Klarna one of the biggest IPOs so far in 2025, which has been one of the busier years for companies going public. Other popular IPOs so far this year include the design software company Figma and Circle Internet Group, which issues the USDC stablecoin..
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison wrested the title of the world’s richest man from longtime holder Elon Musk early Wednesday as stock in his software giant rocketed more than a third in a stunning few minutes of trading. That is according to wealth tracker Bloomberg. A college dropout, the 81-year-old Ellison is now worth $393 billion, Bloomberg says, several billion more than Musk, who had been the world’s richest for four years. The switch in the ranking came after a blockbuster earnings report from Oracle. Forbes still has Musk as the richest, however, valuing his private businesses much higher.
Aurimas Sabulis, CEO of Dextall, unveils how AI‑driven prefabricated façades slash design time by 80%, labor by 87%, and accelerate affordable housing delivery.
