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Popular pasta chain closes 20 more restaurants

Even the biggest, most successful restaurant chains close locations regularly. Starbucks, for example, closes hundreds of locations every few years. That’s because populations shift, rents increase, and other factors change that make a once-viable restaurant… 

Morgan Stanley resets Applied Materials stock price forecast

Applied Materials has become one of Wall Street’s clearest ways to play the AI infrastructure buildout without buying the chip designers that dominate the headlines. The company sells the equipment needed to manufacture advanced semiconductors,… 

Mortgage Mayhem: Welcome to the Squeeze

Mortgage rates, starter homes, and generational homebuying trends — real estate expert Deidre Woollard breaks down where mortgage rates stand in mid‑May 2026, why buyers aren’t rushing back despite slightly lower rates, and what’s changing…