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Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are cranking up the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.
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Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are cranking up the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.
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Restaurant owners are worried that a tough new drunk driving law, which would make it illegal to drive with at blood-alcohol content level above 0.05, may hurt their business.
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Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are upping the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.
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Star Trek is licensing its first official alcoholic beverage, Dogfish Head Brewery and the Grateful Dead team up for a brew.
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Discussing the future of the social network, with CNBC's Julia Boorstin; Roger Kay, Endpoint Technologies Associates; and David Pearl, Epoch Investment Partners.
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The blurring of the line between what you watch on TV and what you stream over the Internet continues to get hazier, TheStreet.com reports.
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Australia is looking to fill six dream jobs, from outback adventurer to chief funster. What sort of qualifications do you need to be the CHIEF funster? Read on.
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JC Penney CEO Mike Ullman told shareholders: "I have an enduring affection for J.C. Penney." They appeared to return the favor, at the company's shareholder meeting.
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The next week investors get the last wave of reports from retailers. Here's Pisani's take on the Weather effect and the names that count.
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Today, Facebook rings in its first year as a public company. CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports.
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Facebook needs to be careful about protecting the user experience. The way it handles ads, watch privacy issues, and avoid the "ice" factor when ads feel *so* targeted.
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Gene Munster, Piper Jaffray, and Ken Sena, Evercore Partners, discuss the future of Facebook. It's the worst-performing stock on the Nasdaq since its IPO a year ago.
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After trying its products this Hollywood star bought an equity stake in the company. Could her endorsement lead to an IPO?
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In the past few months several new names have come into the spotlight. Here are a few of them...beyond the big three to watch.
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Paul Swinand, Morningstar analyst, breaks down the retailer's first quarter results and suggests possible turnaround strategies for the company.
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JC Penney reported a bigger quarterly loss and lower revenue than expected. CEO Mike Ullman vowed to put the retailer "back on a path to profitable growth."
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Parents might not recognize E. Robert Kinney by name, but they owe him a debt of gratitude for popularizing what might be the only kind of fish their kids will eat.
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A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of well-heeled bidders flocking or phoning in to Geneva's luxury sales.
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Flying red flags over the quality of Tesla's earnings would appear to be foolhardy. Still, to ignore it is just as foolhardy.
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The food supply is under siege from a blitz of man-made hazards, from arsenic-laced chicken to dying bee colonies, and some favorites may someday vanish from the plate.
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To the creative, go the spoils. Hoping to boost sales, restaurants are launching a slew of innovative items.
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From waffle tacos to doughnut-bacon-and-egg sandwiches, restaurants pull out all the stops to capture your taste buds.
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Restaurant owners are worried that a tough new drunk driving law may hurt their business.