Wingstop, the quick-service chicken chain which is Britain’s fastest-growing restaurant operator, is hoisting a “for sale” sign over its UK business. Sky News has learnt that the company, which is majority-owned by the trio of entrepreneurs who brought it to Britain in 2018, has hired Goldman Sachs to find new owners. City sources said the
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In this article XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Exxon Mobil gas station in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 28, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images ExxonMobil on Friday posted its second highest results for the second quarter in the past decade, as the company achieved record production in Guyana and the
The world (and life) moves fast and we humans can only do enough in our lives to keep up with it as best we can. One growing aspect that many are trying to find solutions to in the modern world is how to get to all our daily appointments – work, school, social events –
The US defence secretary has revoked a plea deal which would have seen the men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks avoid death sentences. On Wednesday, it was announced that prosecutors had reached a deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi to plead guilty to conspiracy charges. Just two days later,
Signage outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on March 23, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images With second-quarter earnings from tech’s mega-cap companies largely in the rearview mirror, one thing is clear: Wall Street is nervous. The Nasdaq slumped 3.4% this week, bringing its three-week slide to 8.8%. It’s the worst performance
Coterra Energy missed Wall Street expectations for sales and earnings in the second quarter. However, production volumes and more importantly cash generation both came in ahead of expectations. Revenue in the three months ended June 30 increased 7% year over year to $1.27 billion but came up short versus the $1.33 billion consensus forecast, according
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon shares plunged as much as 12% on Friday, a day after the company reported mixed second-quarter
A police station was set on fire and objects thrown at officers as a protest in Sunderland escalated into a night of “criminal thuggery”. Eight people were arrested for a range of offences – including violent disorder and burglary – after riots broke out apparently in response to the Southport stabbings. Three police officers were
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Founders of one of the hottest artificial intelligence startups Character.AI are rejoining Google along with other team members. Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, in addition to certain members of Character.AI’s research team, are joining Google’s AI unit
Although Ford’s EV sales rose by double-digits in July, fewer SUV sales led to lower US growth. Ford’s vehicle sales fell flat as new, updated models hit the market. Ford sold 8,242 fully electric vehicles in the US last month, up 31% (6,280) from July 2023. The Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning both had double-digit
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google pulled an ad it showed during the Olympics that touted its AI chatbot Gemini writing a fan letter to an athlete. Google has pulled an Olympics ad for its chatbot Gemini from airwaves following backlash for the way it depicts a little girl using
A very nasty summer sell-off has been under way now in stock markets around the world for the last 48 hours – and nervous investors got another reason to carry on selling on Friday. The US non-farm payroll figures – essentially a measure of how many jobs were added to the US economy last month
Fireworks and flares are now being advertised for sale on a Telegram messenger group that was used to call for a street presence in Southport in advance of this week’s riot. Sky News has identified the individual responsible. Follow latest:Updates as police deal with protests and disorder ‘If this is the wrong channel join ours’
ESPN News Services Aug 1, 2024, 05:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining another meniscus tear, general manager Perry Minasian told reporters Thursday. Earlier this week, the Angels shut down the rehab for Trout after his recent setback in his recovery
For over a decade, Fleabag has been the Edinburgh Fringe success story held up as something for performers to aspire to. This year, the festival returns fresh off the back of the success of Netflix‘s Baby Reindeer, one of the most talked about TV dramas of 2024 – it too plucked from the Fringe. Whether
A British citizen, who was freed in the biggest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War, has urged people not to “mix up Vladimir Putin’s regime with Russia”. Speaking in Bonn, Germany, Vladimir Kara-Murza was critical of how the Russian president rules the country, which he said, does not represent the entire population. “The