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Goldman: Fast Food's 'Bang For The Buck' Gains As Casual Dining Appeal Craters
Goldman: Fast Food's 'Bang For The Buck' Gains As Casual Dining Appeal Craters
Goldman analyst Christine Cho has published her latest quarterly survey of 2,000 consumers for 1Q26, pointing to a softer restaurant environment. Muted demand backdrop suggests that the K-shaped economy continues to fester, with working-poor consumers still facing the greatest downward pressure.
Respondents expect their visits to limited-service restaurants (LSRs), restaurants where customers generally order and pay at a counter, kiosk, drive-thru, or app, such as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Chipotle, CAVA, Sweetgreen, Panera, and others, to hold steady...
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Feb 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump Plans Venezuela Trip, First U.S. President Visit Since Bill Clinton
Trump Plans Venezuela Trip, First U.S. President Visit Since Bill Clinton
President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House on Friday afternoon that he plans to visit Venezuela, but offered no details or timeline. If it happens, it would be a historic trip, coming as Venezuelan oil flows accelerate under tighter U.S. oversight.
"I'm going to make a visit to Venezuela... We haven't decided [when]," Trump told reporters, adding that he also had a "good meeting" with Venezuela's neighbor, Colombia.
.@POTUS: "I'm going to make a visit to Venezuela... We haven't...
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Jun 19, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Federal Court Allows National Park Service To Replace Slavery Exhibit In Philadelphia
Federal Court Allows National Park Service To Replace Slavery Exhibit In Philadelphia
Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A federal appeals court ruled on June 18 that the Trump administration can move forward with replacing a slavery-related exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.
FILE - A person views posted signs on the locations of the now removed explanatory panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at President's House Site in Philadelphia, Jan. 23, 2026. AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
The decision from the Philadelphia-based Third U.S....
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Apr 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
ECB Backs Tokenized EU Capital Markets (With Strict Guardrails)
ECB Backs Tokenized EU Capital Markets (With Strict Guardrails)
Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com,
The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.”
In its latest Macroprudential Bulletin published on Monday, the ECB said distributed ledger technology (DLT) could help deepen the European Union’s savings and investments union, but warned that benefits will depend on interoperable infrastructure and policymakers keeping pace with...
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