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Donald Trumpâs tax plan has top-heavy benefits. The Republican candidate would have the top 5% of U.S. households paying less and everyone else paying more.
Elon Musk likes those odds. He rallied with Trump on Saturday at the site of the former presidentâs near-assassination.
Panera settled a lawsuit over its âchargedâ lemonade. Still, itâs not the last of the litigation linked to the caffeine-boosted beverage.
The oil industry likes one aspect of Joe Bidenâs energy policy. No matter who wins in November, Big Oil wants to keep the Inflation Reduction Actâs carbon capture research subsidies.
Boeing returned to the bargaining table with its striking machinists. The impact work stoppage is compared by some to that of Hurricane Helene.
Is Bitcoinâs final boss about to be revealed?
A new HBO documentary teases that it may have solved one of the biggest mysteries in the world of cryptocurrency. Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery suggests that it will finally unveil the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
The director behind the film, Cullen Hoback, also de-anonymized the leader of the Q Anon conspiracy movement. He promises that a specific name will be exposed for the nom-de-chain of Bitcoinâs inventor as well.
Will one of the biggest figures in cryptocurrency become a little less cryptic? Quartzâs Vinamrata Chaturvedi breaks down what we know about Money Electric.
Giving away free food costs eventually somebody
It turns out that all-you-can-eat shrimp is not a good idea for a seafood restaurant chain. New Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun castigated the idea behind the erstwhile promotion, calling it a âbig mistake.â
Between the huge wait times it created and the âchaosâ it unleashed on the companyâs kitchens, nothing about it made sense, he said in a recent interview. Now, he wants to put his companyâs past behind it and focus on its âtremendous future.â
Quartzâs Francisco Velasquez cracks open the Red Lobster leaderâs comments and explains how they track with a formerly bankrupt business trying to stage a comeback.
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Businessmen in 16th century Venice didnât want anybody to know their business. The city-state had a booming industry of cryptology.
American restaurants are seeing red. Hibiscus shows up on 1 in 10 U.S. dining menus.
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