McDonald’s Corp. reported quarterly U.S. sales on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations, helped by higher prices, larger order sizes, and newer menu items such as the crispy chicken burger. The company’s shares rose 3 percent to $243.30 in premarket trading, as the fast food giant’s global same-store sales jumped 12.7 percent in the third…
McDonald’s Sales Soar on Higher Prices, Newer Menu Items
October 27, 2021
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Australia Moves to Protect Children From Increasing Social Media Harms
The Australian government is seeking to implement new laws to protect teens and children from harmful content on social media platforms. Announcing the draft legislation on Oct. 25, Attorney-General Michaelia Cash and the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, David Coleman, said in a joint media release that the landmark Privacy Legislation…
St. Augustine: A Model on How to Thrive During a Pandemic
Tourism dollars from the historic St. Augustine area help Florida’s St. Johns Count fund its schools, roads, and bridges. So when the CCP virus shut down the tourism industry in the United States and the world, the county faced the prospect of a devastating hit to its budget. Instead, the opposite happened all thanks to…
Vaccine Sackings Spark Lawsuit, Safety Concerns at Nuclear Facility
A group of 80 workers sued their South Carolina nuclear-waste management company [WHEN] over the firings related to the facility’s vaccine mandate. The plaintiffs are asking the local court for a declaratory judgment, a temporary restraining order, and a permanent injunction to block the vaccine mandate imposed by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS). The plaintiffs are among an…
Civilian AI Companies at the Forefront of US Strategy to Defend Taiwan
October 25, 2021
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Analysis The United States is deploying advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and autonomous defence systems to defeat an invasion of Taiwan. The U.S. considers AI as a key enabler for Taiwan to hold out long enough to receive assistance from allies. Known colloquially as the ‘Taiwanese Porcupine’ strategy, or more formally as the Overall Defense Concept…
Firefighters Say Florida County’s Vaccine Mandate Causing Rifts Among First Responders That Compromise Public Safety
ORLANDO, Fla.—Firefighter, paramedic, dispatcher, and EMT morale in Florida’s fifth most-populous county is so low due to a vaccine mandate that public safety is being compromised, first responders say. About 500 of the men and women who fight fires and rush to medical 911 calls are receiving written reprimands in their employment files for refusing…
Young Republicans Stick Together in Deep Blue New York
Gavin Wax is president of the New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) and a regular target of far-left extremist group Antifa. “They covered my whole neighborhood with posters claiming I was all sorts of things,” Wax told The Epoch Times. “‘Meet your new neighbor.’ It was just a whole slew of libel and defamation.” “They…
Hamstrung by New Law, Portland Police Make No Arrests in Latest Riot
As a group of about 100 anarchists raged through a Portland neighborhood on Oct. 12, police reportedly remained in their vehicles. Some say their inaction is a direct result of confusion over an Oregon police-reform law passed last summer, which restricts how they can respond to such crowds. In less than two hours, the group…
S&P 500 Climbs to Record Closing High; IBM Weighs on the Dow
The S&P 500 boasted a record closing high and its seventh straight session of gains on Thursday while the Nasdaq was boosted by such high-profile stocks as Tesla Inc. and Microsoft Corp. but a tumble in IBM shares weighed on the Dow. After hitting an intraday record the previous day the Dow was in the…
‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Sets His Sights on Being Toughest Mayor
To millions of his conservative admirers Sheriff Joe Arpaio is something of a living legend, though he’s viewed as a heavy-handed law enforcer by his detractors. Whether you love him or hate him, Arpaio is a powerful personality—even at the age of 89—with strong opinions on where America is heading. It’s not looking good, he…
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