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America has a new favorite grill and bar chain.For the first time, Chili’s overtook Applebee’s in terms of U.S. systemwide sales in 2024, according to Technomic.Data from the restaurant tracking firm shows that from 2021 to 2024, Chili’s grew U.S. sales from about $3.6 billion to $4.6 billion, while Applebee’s $4.1 billion U.S. sales were about flat over that same time period.In their most recently reported fiscal quarters, Chili’s saw its same-store sales spike 31%, while Applebee’s domestic same-store sales fell 2.2%. The first quarter of 2025 was Applebee’s eighth consecutive quarter of declines. “When you look at the long-term historical…

Growing up, Gabrielle Heyman, 53, did not know what she wanted to do with her life.”I thought that I wanted to be in film when I was younger because I’m from L.A. and I have family in film,” she says. “But then when I tried it, I found people were just really mean,” especially to those in the assistant positions she was taking.It was while working as an assistant at CBS in 1998 that she decided to apply for a job at the company doing sales for online campaigns. “It was the dawn of the internet,” she says, “so they…

An attendee wearing a cow costume while playing Mario Kart World by Nintendo Switch 2 during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at the Excel London international exhibition and convention centre in London on April 11, 2025.Isabel Infantes | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday talked up the capabilities of Nintendo’s new Switch 2, days before the long-awaited console is set to hit store shelves.In a video posted by Nintendo, Huang called the chip inside the Switch 2 “unlike anything we’ve built before.””It brings together three breakthroughs: The most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device, full hardware ray tracing, high…

Hezbollah can recover from the heavy military defeat it suffered at the hands of Israel because it still has the backing of the Lebanese people, Ibrahim Mousawi, a sitting MP from Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, has told Middle East Eye. Speaking in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Mousawi, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, however, accepted that Hezbollah was facing several hurdles after much of its leadership was wiped out, and after it lost control of key assets such as Beirut airport and smuggling routes along the Syrian border. “Everybody knows we are in a difficult situation,” Mousawi said. “[But…

McDonald’s Snack Wrap.Courtesy: McDonald’sMcDonald’s snack wraps will return to U.S. restaurants next month as the fast-food giant looks to boost sales after a sluggish start to the year.McDonald’s introduced snack wraps nearly two decades ago but discontinued the item in 2016 because it slowed its kitchens down too much. Some franchisees kept snack wraps around until 2020, when McDonald’s slashed its menu during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns to keep service running as smoothly as possible. Snack wraps disappeared along with salads and parfaits.McDonald’s customers have been clamoring for the return of the snack wraps for years, starting petitions, asking about…

Kelleher proved adept at saving penalties during regulation time, too. Last year, he became just the second Liverpool goalkeeper in history – and first since Augustus Beeby in 1909 – to save spot-kicks in consecutive games.First, he stopped Adam Armstrong’s attempt in a 3-2 Premier League win at Southampton and, three days later, he thwarted Kylian Mbappe as Real Madrid were beaten 2-0 at Anfield in the Champions League.Incredibly, Kelleher had also saved a penalty for Ireland against Finland during the international break that preceded the Reds’ trip to St Mary’s, meaning he stopped three spot-kicks in just 13 days.Vital…

Employers increased job openings more than expected in April while hiring and layoffs also both rose, according to a report Tuesday that showed a relatively steady labor market.The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed available jobs totaled nearly 7.4 million, an increase of 191,000 from March and higher than the 7.1 million consensus forecast by economists surveyed by FactSet. On an annual basis, the level was off 228,000, or about 3%.The ratio of available jobs to unemployed workers was down to 1.03 to 1 for the month, close to the March level.Hiring also increased for…

Jan Williamson, retired, age 72, of Penn Argyle, Pennsylvania, often finds herself chatting up ChatGPT for answers to questions instead of what used to be the old searching standby: Google.”It will give you plenty of basic information, and expanded information if you ask for it, on any topic you can think of. I now use it regularly to give me information on anything I don’t understand or am curious about,” said Williamson.But if Williamson engages in conversations with it that are too long, she’d notice ChatGPT might start to run out of gas, despite the massive data farms that power the…

The Republic of Ireland goalkeeper finalised his move to the Premier League club, bringing his 10-year Liverpool career to an end.The 26-year-old joined the Academy from Ringmahon Rangers in his home city of Cork in the summer of 2015 and went on to make 67 senior appearances for the Reds, winning seven trophies.Kelleher departs Anfield having lifted two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Emirates FA Cup, two Carabao Cups and the UEFA Super Cup.He is a record-holder, too, having won four penalty shootouts as a Liverpool player – the most of any ’keeper in the club’s history.The most…

CNN  —  The New York Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau as the organization’s head coach just days after being eliminated from the playoffs at the hands of the Indiana Pacers. Thibodeau had led the team for five seasons and brought the Knicks back to prominence after years of struggling near the NBA’s basement. The franchise went to the playoffs in four of his five seasons on the bench, but had high hopes of competing in the NBA Finals this year after finally advancing to the conference finals for the first time in a quarter century. “Our organization is singularly focused on…