A Chipotle logo is displayed on a sign outside a restaurant on Jan. 9, 2026 in San Diego, CA. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill on Wednesday reported surprising same-store sales growth, signaling the burrito chain could be starting to put last year’s woes behind it. Shares of the restaurant company rose about…
Kevin M. Warsh moved one step closer on Wednesday to becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve, after Republicans on a key Senate panel advanced his nomination to the full chamber for a final vote. The development all but guaranteed that Mr. Warsh, a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, would eventually take over…
Across the United States some of the music industry’s legacy indie stores have been reporting their best day ever thanks to this year’s Record Store Day (RSD 2026) release line-up. As usual, Retail Track implemented the annual RSD store crawl on Saturday (April 18), visiting 10 stores that day to witness first-hand how RSD was performing. But…
On the first day of testimony in a landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, two notably different tales were offered of how OpenAI evolved from a nonprofit artificial intelligence lab into one of the most influential tech companies in the world. In Mr. Musk’s telling, OpenAI’s shift was one of the greatest…
Megan Thee Stallion will be departing the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical early. On Monday, the Grammy-winner announced that her final performance as Moulin Rouge’s owner and MC, Zidler, will be on May 1. Megan was originally slated to stay with the production until May 17. “It’s been such an honor to be part of thee…
‘It’s magical,” says Loie Hollowell. “It’s such good timing!” The artist, speaking via Zoom from her studio in Queens, New York, is referring to the Artemis II moon mission. Little did she know, when she named her latest painting series Overview Effect, after the term used by astronauts to describe the experience of seeing Earth…
Sonia Pressmen Fuentes, an early women’s rights lawyer who told the feminist author Betty Friedan that women needed an advocacy group to fight for them the way the N.A.A.C.P. fought for Black Americans, planting the seed for the National Organization for Women, died on Dec. 20 in Sarasota, Fla. She was 97. Her death, which…
SiriusXM is in early-stage discussions to acquire iHeartMedia, a deal that would create an audio giant with a foothold in traditional and satellite radio and podcasts, two people familiar with the discussions said Friday. Should a deal come to fruition, it would be the culmination of years of speculation about a tie-up. Liberty SiriusXM Group,…
If there’s a lesson about projecting the quarterback position for the NFL draft in recent years, it’s that any long-term predictions could quickly look outdated. Consider the past two NFL drafts. Both Cam Ward and Fernando Mendoza weren’t in the conversation for the top pick until well into their final seasons at Miami and Indiana,…
Sarah Vacchiano on Experiencing a “Soft Launch” to Adulthood—and Writing About It It began with a starter marriage at 21. At the time, I didn’t know anyone else who had so neatly checked all the proverbial boxes: I’d graduated from college, got married, bought a house, and sized myself up for potential motherhood. I had…
