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Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
30Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk

Updated Oct. 30, 2023 12:23 pm ETThe latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET.1206 ET – McDonald’s reports that digital sales of nearly $9B made up more than 40% of systemwide sales in the burger chain’s top six markets during 3Q. CFO Ian Borden says on a call with analysts that McDonald’s now has more than 57M customers that actively use its digital channel at least every 90 days in those top markets. “We’re learning when they visit, how they visit and what they buy, with more and more of our sales coming through identified channels than ever before,” Borden says. Digital channels include the company’s mobile app, delivery and digital kiosks at its stores. (dean.seal@wsj.com)Copyright ©2023 ...
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Choice Hotels Unveils $7.8 Billion Takeover Offer For Wyndham
17Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Choice Hotels Unveils $7.8 Billion Takeover Offer For Wyndham

Updated Oct. 17, 2023 12:22 pm ETChoice Hotels made public a $7.8 billion offer to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, a bid to unite two of the biggest budget hotel owners in the country.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The NLRB Doesn’t Like Starbucks
14Oct By adminNo Comments
Health

The NLRB Doesn’t Like Starbucks

We told you last summer about Starbucks’ complaint that the National Labor Relations Board was colluding with union representatives to tip organizing elections at its coffee stores in the union’s favor. Now the suspicions are confirmed, and the NLRB has some housecleaning to do.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Ken Burns Turns His Camera on America’s Beleaguered Buffalo
13Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Ken Burns Turns His Camera on America’s Beleaguered Buffalo

Listen to article(3 minutes)Ken Burns says he has been thinking about the American buffalo all of his life: “It may be the most important mammal in the history of the United States.” He explains that this “magnificent” yet beleaguered animal, which roamed the Great Plains in the tens of millions less than 200 years ago, has often stalked the background of his films—figuratively and literally—during his career as a documentarian of Americana. “The buffalo intersects with all these interesting parts of American history,” he says, which is why he’s been plotting a project about its fate for nearly 40 years. But he’s glad that he waited. Time, he says, has helped him to better understand the nuances of what he calls an “epic American calamity.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All...
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