A sign hangs above the front of a Pizza Hut restaurant on Feb. 9, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday announced it is selling Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital for roughly $1.5 billion. The deal excludes the pizza chain’s locations in mainland China; Yum China…
Shares in Delivery Hero rose over 10% on Monday morning following a Financial Times report that U.S. rival Uber weighed an improved bid for the German food delivery firm. Delivery Hero confirmed in a statement on Saturday that it had received a takeover offer from Uber of €33 ($38.29) per share, which would value the…
Google Vice President of Android XR Shahram Izadi speaks during the keynote address at Google I/O on May 19, 2026 in Mountain View, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Images Google gave a first look at its first audio smart glasses on Tuesday, as the company tries to crack a corner of the wearables market where…
An Android character is displayed in front of a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Alphabet‘s stock is up 140% over the past year, with a cloud business that is growing faster than Amazon’s and Microsoft’s. But 18 months ago, the Google…
Timeka Gomillion is working two jobs — as an usher at an event space, and a receptionist at the student center — while finishing her computer engineering studies at the University of the District of Columbia. The 35-year-old said she’s juggling multiple jobs out of financial necessity — and with rising living expenses, she expects…
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images DoorDash reported mixed first-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday as it pours more money into new technology and features. Shares popped 14% following the report. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 42 cents vs. 36 cents expected Revenue: $4.04 billion vs. $4.14…
FILE PHOTO: Veeva Systems Founder and CEO Peter Gassner gives an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Veeva Systems, which sells cloud software to life sciences companies and drugmakers, is joining the S&P 500, becoming the latest tech company to get added to the benchmark. The stock…
USPS and United Airlines. Joe Raedle | Grace Hie Yoon | Anadolu | Getty Images As the U.S.-Iran war enters its fifth week, consumers are facing economic consequences that impact everything from travel planning to mail delivery. Companies and other organizations are increasingly preparing for an environment in which the conflict — and subsequent jolt…
Escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and elevated oil prices continue to weigh on global stock markets. Investors aiming to invest in stocks for the long term, despite the ongoing volatility, can consider the recommendations of top Wall Street analysts. These experts assess macroeconomic factors and sector and company-specific drivers before assigning their ratings….
Travis Kalanick, chief executive officer of City Storage Systems (CSS) during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority conference in Miami, Florida, US, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Zak Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick has renamed his latest venture as Atoms and said on Friday that he’s expanding…
