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Outgoing CEO Todd Penegor has been at the helm of Wendy's since 2016.

Sales volumes fell by 3.2% in December, after a poll by Reuters suggested a fall of just 0.5%.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he believes America and AI are both going to be 'fine' regardless of the outcome of this year's presidential election.

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Wednesday explained how shipping disruptions in the Red Sea are affecting the economy and investors' portfolios.

Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Thursday, with bitcoin falling back to $40,000.

The major indexes busted out of a slump on Thursday and CNBC's Jim Cramer pinpointed several unexpected market tailwinds helping the moves.

John Felton, Amazon's top logistics executive, will take over as chief financial officer of its cloud computing unit.

The legacy department store Macy's is aiming to trim costs and turn around slowing sales.

Around 100 million people in India will earn an income of more than $10,000 a year by 2027, according to Goldman Sachs. 

China's working age population is shrinking as a share of the total number of people in the country, according to official data.

Top CEOs are closely following tensions in the Red Sea, warning that this kind of volatility for supply chains is likely here to stay.

iRobot plunged on Thursday after a report said EU's antitrust watchdog intends to block Amazon's planned acquisition of the Roomba maker.

A judge rejected an effort by former President Donald Trump to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt in Trump's criminal election interference case.

Since the new year began, Amazon has laid off employees in its Prime Video, MGM Studios, Twitch and Audible divisions.

Donald Trump clashed with the judge and complained about E. Jean Carroll's testimony during her first day on the stand in his sex assault defamation trial.

The new allegations are part of a lawsuit against Meta over the company's steps to protect children online.

Peltz is pushing for the right kinds of changes to fix the entertainment giant's problems and lagging stock price.

Investors are increasingly bullish on AMD, which is the second largest standalone GPU maker,

Meta appears poised to spend billions of dollars by the end of this year on Nvidia's popular computer chips that are widely used for AI projects

Birkenstock shares dipped 7% Thursday after the company shared its first earnings report since its initial public offering.