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[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Waffle House had a welcome announcement for customers of its round-the-clock breakfast offerings: it has officially taken its egg surcharge off the menu. The Georgia-based chain that maintains an eerily accurate index for natural disasters may also now be providing a barometer for America’s food prices. The soaring price of eggs due to a severe outbreak of the bird flu led Waffle House to add a 50-cent surcharge to every egg it sold in February. It was a hefty surcharge for the chain’s most-ordered item: Waffle House says on its website it serves 272 million…

[ad_1] Grammarly announced Tuesday the acquisition of email client Superhuman in a push to build out its AI for its productivity suite. Neither companies provided details about the financial terms of the deal. Superhuman was founded by Rahul Vohra, Vivek Sodera, and Conrad Irwin. The company raised more than $114 million in funding from backers including a16z, IVP, and Tiger Global, with its last valuation at $825 million, according to data from venture data analytics firm Traxcn. “With Superhuman, we can deliver that future to millions more professionals while giving our existing users another surface for agent collaboration that simply…

[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Investors bought up long-term UK government debt on Tuesday after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey hinted that the BoE was considering slowing the pace at which it is selling its holdings of gilts.UK 30-year gilt yields fell as much as 0.1 percentage points to 5.19 per cent after Bailey responded to mounting pressure on the BoE to scale back its so-called quantitative tightening programme. Investors have said that QT is adding to pressure on the gilt market, which has driven long-term…

[ad_1] 2025-07-01T14:37:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. I tried on button-up tops at Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy. The shirts from Gap and Banana Republic were the same price, but were made up of different fabrics. In my opinion, the Old Navy option was comfortable, breathable, and versatile. As someone who has worked remotely for the past…

[ad_1] Analysts don’t have high hopes for Tesla ‘s quarterly delivery numbers due this week. The electric vehicle maker is set to release second-quarter numbers Wednesday, but analysts aren’t optimistic. Most have reduced their estimates, expecting the headwinds that have led Tesla deliveries to lately miss analysts’ estimates have not cleared. Analysts currently forecast Tesla will report 387,000 vehicle deliveries in the quarter, according to FactSet. The pessimism is nothing new, as Tesla’s sales have been pressured for several quarters, a result of public outcry from CEO Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration and partial factory shutdowns. The stock…

[ad_1] Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just hired his dream team of AI avengers, raising the stakes in the all-out battle between Big Tech companies for talent. On Monday, Zuckerberg announced the launch of Meta Superintelligence Labs, a group of star researchers that Meta poached from its AI competitors and has tasked with building a “personal superintelligence for everyone.”Interest in the new unit surged after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that Meta is offering recruits $100 million signing bonuses. But the team also offers a glimpse into what Meta is up to on AI, which it has mostly kept under wraps…

[ad_1] A new generation of consumer social startups is emerging.From social networks focused on getting people to meet IRL to dating apps taking on Tinder or Hinge, startups are disrupting the digital social scene.Founders of these startups are tackling problems like loneliness, dating app fatigue, and general dissatisfaction with the current social-media incumbents.Some founders come from Big Tech backgrounds, like the Instagram-heavy team behind photo-sharing app Retro, or the ex-Google employees building the social-mapping app PamPam. Meanwhile, Gen Z founders are also throwing their hats in the ring, like Isabella Epstein’s IRL-focused app Kndrd or Tiffany “TZ” Zhong’s Noplace app.Investors…

[ad_1] Whether you’re just entering the workforce or decades into your career, chances are your job is evolving — or will be soon.A recent Salesforce study suggested that with agentic AI adoption expected to grow 327% by 2027, chief human resource officers expect to re-deploy 23% of their workforce in the next two years. While 61% of the workforce is expected to stay in their roles, those jobs are also expected to change, the report said.Some tech CEOs still believe that foundational knowledge in areas like coding remains important. However, other skills are rising in importance and reshaping what it…

[ad_1] U.S. senators voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a controversial 10-year ban on states’ abilities to regulate AI from the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” reports Axios. The provision to the reconciliation bill was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Many prominent Silicon Valley executives — including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anduril’s Palmer Luckey, and a16z’s Marc Andreessen — were in favor of the so-called “AI moratorium,” which they said would prevent states from forming an unworkable patchwork of regulation that could stifle AI innovation. Opposition to the provision became a bipartisan issue, as most Democrats and many Republicans warned…

[ad_1] Two new ETFs aim to give investors a way to find positive returns even when the stock market declines, offering a new defensive tool for portfolios. On Tuesday, Innovator Capital Management is rolling out the Equity Dual Directional 15 Buffer ETF — July (DDFL) and Equity Dual Directional 10 Buffer ETF — July (DDTL). The funds are designed to deliver positive returns to investors in most market environments, including when the S & P 500 drops. In severe market downturns, the funds are expected to fall but still significantly outperform the index. The Innovator funds are an example of…