Brinker International CEO credits Chili’s growth to marketing strategies
Economy

Brinker International CEO credits Chili’s growth to marketing strategies

Brinker International CEO Kevin Hochman unpacked the company’s recent quarter in an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramerdescribing marketing strategies that have improved business. “We refortified our marketing budgets. Three years ago, we spent about $32 million in marketing,” Hochman said. “This past fiscal we just finished, we spent $137 million. So they actually have ammo […]

Trump’s crypto coin goes on sale with Election Day just three weeks out
Economy

Trump’s crypto coin goes on sale with Election Day just three weeks out

Collect Trump Cards Source: Collecttrumpcards.com With shares of his nascent social media business in the midst of a sharp rebound and with just three weeks until the presidential election, Donald Trump is bringing his latest proposed money-making endeavor to market, this time in crypto. On Tuesday, the former president and current Republican nominee aims to […]

Election betting: Appeals court fast-tracks CFTC challenge to Kalshi political bets
Economy

Election betting: Appeals court fast-tracks CFTC challenge to Kalshi political bets

People vote on the first day of Virginia’s in-person early voting at Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center on September 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A federal appeals court has fast-tracked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s case challenging the right of the event exchange Kalshi to offer U.S. political […]

Musk-Altman battle escalates as Tesla CEO drags Apple into the spat
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Musk-Altman battle escalates as Tesla CEO drags Apple into the spat

Sam Altman, left, and Elon Musk. Muhammad Selim Korkutata | Anatolia | Getty Images There’s a new company at the center of the intensifying battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman: Apple. Musk and Altman, who helped start OpenAI a decade ago with a group of other co-founders, had a public falling out that led […]