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- Darden Restaurants stock falls as Olive Garden reports slower growth
Olive Garden's same-store sales growth has slowed in recent quarters. [TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago - Starbucks to close 250 stores: ‘Difficult decision’
Starbucks announced plans to close roughly 250 stores across North America this week, company COO Mike Grams revealed Thursday."We have carefully reviewed our North America coffeehouse portfolio and identified locations where we do not believe we can consistently deliver the experience we want for customers and partners or where we don’t see a path to acceptable financial performance," Grams said in the announcement, which was in the form of a letter to "Partners.""As a result, we will close approximately 250 coffeehouses later this week. This represents approximately 1% of our more than 18,000 North America coffeehouses," he added."Closing any coffeehouse is a difficult decision, and we know today’s news will be hard for the partners, customers and communities affected," the statement said.This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates. [TheTopNews] Read More.17 hours ago - Google partners with veterans groups to help 25,000 enter skilled trades careers...Exclusive: Google on Thursday announced a new initiative to partner with veterans groups to help 25,000 veterans, service members and military spouses enter the skilled trades, according to an announcement viewed by FOX Business.Google's announcement will feature a partnership with several prominent organizations that serve veterans around the nation, including Hiring Our Heroes, Student Veterans of America and the Home Builders Institute.The move comes against the backdrop of a shortage of workers in the skilled trades amid surging demand driven in part by the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout.Tim Chadwick, Google's data center operations area lead for Ohio and Indiana who served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years, said in the company's announcement that the initiative is "making it easier for veterans to make career transitions to high-growth careers like mine."GOOGLE PARTNERS ON AI TRAINING FOR THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURING WORKERS"As a leader for Google's data centers in Ohio and Indiana, I know there's a major need for these types of professionals," Chadwick said."Currently, there are hundreds of thousands of skilled trade roles open across the U.S. just waiting to be filled. These are jobs like master electrician, lead pipefitter, and project manager – high-growth careers that offer long-term financial stability.""But beyond just the growing need, these roles also make the most of the kinds of skills veterans and military families know better than anyone – skills like problem-solving under pressure, teamwork, and getting a job done right," Chadwick wrote.GOOGLE LAUNCHES GLOBAL STUDY OF MILLIONS OF AI CHATS TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCECory Boatwright, president and CEO of Student Veterans of America (SVA), said in a statement to FOX Business that the group's "work with Google took us to 11 states to host 22 roundtables, and one lesson that stood out was that veterans want more pathways to meaningful careers.""We're broadening what 'student veteran' means to anyone continuing their education in pursuit of something more: a degree, a certificate, a skilled trade. The student decides the path and what is meaningful to them," he said."Our job is to make sure their pursuit is successful and leads somewhere great – skilled trades are an important part of that equation, particularly as states and employers look for talent to fill critical workforce needs," Boatwright added. "If we weren't thinking about skilled trades, then we'd be left behind."GOOGLE COMMITS $1B TO NORTH CAROLINA DATA CENTERS AS AI DEMAND SURGESGoogle's announcement follows… [TheTopNews] Read More.17 hours ago
- Lowe’s is launching a drone delivery service in partnership with DoorDash,...Lowe's is launching a drone delivery service in a partnership with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing, CNBC has learned exclusively. [TheTopNews] Read More.17 hours ago
- Starbucks to shutter about 250 stores in latest round of cafe closuresStarbucks will close about 1% of its North American cafes in the latest stage of its turnaround. [TheTopNews] Read More.17 hours ago
- Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarett...
The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job. [TheTopNews] Read More.18 hours ago
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