Most stocks in the S&P 500 were in the green today. But the ones that weren't had the weight to pull the index negative.
Several Big Tech names fell today, including Nvidia (-2.3%), which ended what had been the best two-week stretch of the year for major indexes, per WSJ.
Red Lobster will be led by former P.F. Chang's CEO Damola Adamolekun when it emerges from bankruptcy, lender Fortress Investment Group announced.
Why it matters: With more than 540 locations across 44 U.S. states and Canada, the casual-dining chain was one of the largest restaurant bankruptcies in recent years.
Adamolekun came from private equity to take over P.F. Chang's in 2020.
He guided the 220-unit chain through the pandemic, overseeing a refresh of its restaurants, menu and tech infrastructure. He implemented an in-house delivery operation and monthly subscription program, Restaurant Business wrote late summer when the exec left to return to Paulson & Co. He's now an operating partner at Garnett Station Partners.
Eileen Fisher, the women's clothing brand, launched a new communications strategy today aimed at raising awareness of political issues in this election cycle.
Why it matters: The founder-led, privately held company wants the world to know exactly what it stands for at a time when fewer Americans want companies to speak publicly about current events and societal issues compared to a few years ago.
Reproductive health care, workers' rights, protection from discrimination, equal representation, bodily autonomy, voting access for all, climate action and democratic integrity are the issues that "hinge" on the outcome of the 2024 election, the company says.
The world is no longer on fire.That's the central takeaway from the annual assemblage of the grandees of global economics in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that concluded Saturday.
The big picture: Global central bankers largely feel that a long period in which the world economy has been whipsawed has come to an end, and that the outlook is for a return to steady growth and low inflation.
Select Walmart Great Value apple juice is being recalled in 25 states because the product contains potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic.
Why it matters: The Food and Drug Administration has designated the recall as Class II, which means it "may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences."
Toncoin, a cryptocurrency tied to Telegram, shed more than 20% of its market value after the weekend arrest of Telegram co-founder CEO Pavel Durov in Paris.
The big picture: It since has experienced a slight recovery, and currently is the world's 10th largest crytpocurrency with around a $14.2 billion market cap.
SpaceX will bring home NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams from the International Space Station next year, NASA announced Saturday.
Why it matters: The decision marks another setback for Boeing's space program and troubled autonomous spacecraft Starliner, which originally ferried Wilmore and Williams to the ISS in June.