Conagra Strikes Deal to Sell Chef Boyardee to Private-Equity Firm
Conagra Brands has agreed to sell the nearly century-old brand to private-equity firm Brynwood Partners for $600 million.
May Day: Dovish Hold By BOJ And Broadly Firmer Dollar
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Moderna, Inc. 2025 Q1 – Results – Earnings Call Presentation
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Salesforce takes aim at ‘jagged intelligence’ in push for more reliable AI
Salesforce unveils groundbreaking AI research tackling “jagged intelligence," introducing new benchmarks, models, and guardrails to make enterprise AI agents more intelligent, trusted, and consistently reliable for business use.
U.S. veterans say games support their mental health and well being | ESA report
The ESA touted the benefits of games for U.S. veterans, with 77% of veterans saying they believe games have a positive impact on their lives.
Gillette and EA Sports FC partner on in-game ads and soccer Ultimate Team packs
Gillette and EA Sports FC have partnered in a global brand deal aimed at elevating how fans experience the game of soccer on and off the pitch.
Tesla denies report claiming board looked to replace Elon Musk
Wall Street Journal article saying headhunters were contacted is ‘absolutely false’, says company chairTesla has denied a report that its board sought to replace Elon Musk as its chief executive amid a backlash against his rightwing politics and declining car sales.Robyn Denholm, the chair of the board at the electric carmaker, said in a statement on Tesla’s social media account on X: “Earlier today, there was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search at the company. Continue reading…
Trump tariffs cause fastest slump in British factory export orders in five years – business live
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as UK manufacturers report falling export orders and China signals openness to US trade talks Fhaheen Khan, senior economist at Make UK, a lobby group for British manufacturing, said:UK manufacturers are caught in the eye of a perfect storm, with rising costs and international trade uncertainty undermining growth prospects. While actual changes in trade have been limited, the unpredictability, particularly around US tariff policy, is doing significant damage and paralysing decision makers. Many firms are delaying major investment decisions until greater clarity emerges, while being forced in the meantime to cut costs through redundancies while pushing through price increases.This has left manufacturing experiencing its most severe slowdown in years, with the UK at a competitive disadvantage compared to our European peers who are weathering current challenges relatively better. As a result, it is now vital that government delivers on its promise to bring forward a bold, ambitious and fully funded industrial strategy. This will be critical for businesses seeking an end to crippling uncertainty.The start of the second quarter saw UK manufacturing buffeted by adverse global market conditions, rising cost pressures, deteriorating supply chains and increased trade uncertainty. April saw further contractions in output, new orders and exports, as well as a slump in business confidence to its lowest ebb since November 2022.Although domestic demand remains soft, overseas demand is especially weak. New export business fell at the quickest pace for nearly five years, with demand from clients in the US, Europe and mainland China all declining. Surveyed manufacturers noted that US tariff announcements were having a noticeable impact on global markets as trading partners adapt to increased trade volatility. Continue reading…
Trump’s tariffs: ‘It feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted’
Pittsburgh residents, workers and business owners react to the increasingly fraught trading reality now upending supply chains and hitting prices“In a lot of ways it feels like Covid 2.0. So many things are getting disrupted so quickly.” Like so many businesses across Donald Trump’s America, Matt Katase’s craft brewery, Brew Gentleman, is having to contend with a bafflingly uncertain trading environment.The brewery’s chief operating officer, Alaina Webber, says: “For the first time, as a company in operation going on 15 years, we’ve started to get explicit emails that say: ‘On this existing order, you are now going to see a 30%, then to a 130% increase.’” Continue reading…
Wingstop: Unrealistic Expectations
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