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Award-winning pizza restaurant chain files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The pizza dining sector has faced economic issues over the last year that have led to 100s of closings and bankruptcy filings. Restaurant chains have blamed fierce competition, rising labor and food costs, and high lease rates, which have required several companies to launch restructurings. Pizza chains close 100s of stores Papa John’s shared in its

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Cisco CEO predicts AI will force multi-billion dollar infrastructure reset

Cisco Systems (CSCO) climbed 25% in the past week as investors woke up to a simple shift. AI is driving a multibillion-dollar rebuild of the networks that power modern computing, and Cisco sits squarely in that spend cycle. That shift could ripple across the broader tech industry. As AI workloads become larger and more distributed,

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Social media site with 1.3 billion users sends harsh layoffs message

LinkedIn built its business around helping people find jobs, grow their careers, and connect with employers. Now, the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform is delivering difficult news to some of its own workers.  This comes within weeks of Microsoft’s voluntary buyouts for its senior-level workers, which apply to 7% of eligible US employees, CNBC reported. The

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Mortgage refinances tumble as high rates quash borrower savings

It seems the recent surge of refinancing has come to an end.  New data from the Mortgage Bankers Association show that refinance applications have fallen for the last three weeks. Rate-and-term refinances have tumbled the most, with cash-out refinances seeing less movement. It’s all a symptom of stubbornly high mortgage rates. The average contract rate

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Another iconic auto brand is taken down by low EV sales

Automakers around the world are learning just how much government subsidies propped up their electric vehicle sales, as the expiration of those subsidies is throwing cold water on the industry’s EV ambitions. Take Honda, for example. Over the last three decades, the Japanese automaker has gone from an afterthought in the U.S. market to the fourth-best-selling

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