Key Takeaways Chipotle is investing in back-of-the-house technology to maintain consistency across restaurants and lift efficiency. All restaurants will get produce slicers and busy locations may get more efficient grills. The company is experimenting with machines that prepare avocados and assemble burrito bowls and salads. The move to streaming restaurants is seen across the industry, […]

Here’s what to know as earnings approach. With its recent addition to the S&P 500, Palantir (PLTR 0.87%) is taking center stage. While the company isn’t new — it was founded by Peter Thiel, Stephen Cohen, and Alex Karp in 2003 — recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have supercharged its abilities. The intelligence company

The past several quarters already have been pretty successful for Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The company has built an artificial intelligence (AI) empire thanks to its strengths in the technology customers need to fuel AI projects. Nvidia’s AI chips, or graphics processing units (GPUs), are the fastest around, and customers are flocking to the company for

There’s no question that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the principal beneficiary of recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s graphics processing units (GPUs) quickly became the gold standard for generative AI, capturing a stunning 92% of the data center GPU market, according to market researcher IoT Analytics. Nvidia has parlayed that dominance into

The Washington Post office in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 27, 2024.  Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Days before the presidential election, former President Donald Trump and his campaign have launched legal actions against two major media outlets, claiming that they are illegally helping Vice President Kamala Harris through their news coverage

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Friday announced that it increased the amount that individuals can contribute to their 401(k) and other retirement plans to account for inflation. Each year, the IRS reviews tax thresholds and limitations for various retirement accounts and considers making a cost-of-living adjustment based on the impact of inflation since the previous

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Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free » It’s been a rough year for Norwegian energy giant Equinor (NYSE: EQNR), with the stock price falling 19.5% year to date. Equinor has been the worst-performing energy major in 2024, underperforming peers ExxonMobil, Chevron, TotalEnergies, Shell, BP,

The SBA Working Capital Pilot (WCP) program offers business lines of credit as part of the SBA 7(a) loan program. Although the SBA also offers lines of credit through the CAPLines program, the WCP program is designed to provide greater flexibility and serve a wider range of small-business owners. Like other SBA loans, WCP lines

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5 won’t affect oil production levels in the short to medium term, Exxon CEO Darren Woods told CNBC on Friday. Former President Donald Trump has called for unconstrained oil and gas production to lower energy prices and fight inflation, boiling his energy policy down to three