This Fast Food Giant Is Hungry For Growth with 10,000 New Outlets

The world’s most recognisable fast-food brand is gearing up for its biggest expansion in history.

Over the next four years, 10,000 new restaurants are expected to open worldwide, further cementing its dominance in the global market. Hungry for more? Read on.

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Oil & Gas

When Your $60 Billion Operation Smells Like Burnt Plastic

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) just got a harsh reminder that even oil giants can have bad days.

Its massive El Segundo refinery, the one pumping out 20% of Southern California’s gas, decided to take an unplanned “smoke break.”

A fire knocked several units offline, forcing Chevron into damage-control mode while the state watches nervously for price spikes at the pump.

You can almost feel the collective sigh in San Ramon HQ.  When one refinery coughs, half of California catches a cold.

And for Chevron, every hour offline is cash literally evaporating into thin air.

Old Pipes, New Problems

Here’s the real kicker: El Segundo isn’t new. It’s a workhorse running on decades of patchwork, pressure, and prayers.

California’s strict safety rules don’t make life easier either.

So when things heat up — literally — the repairs come with paperwork, fines, and about twelve committees asking why it happened.

Chevron’s Tightrope Act

Chevron says it’s already bringing parts of the plant back online, but the challenge is bigger than this one blaze.

It’s about proving it can keep aging infrastructure humming while chasing clean-energy targets and global output goals.

For now, Chevron’s trying to turn a fiery mess into a PR win. But when your refinery’s having a midlife crisis, “quick recovery” sounds more like wishful thinking than strategy.

CVX currently trades at $155 and pays a dividend of $6.84 per share, a yield of 4.42%.

Enterprise

IBM’s New AI Play Could Be Its Smartest Move in Years

IBM (NYSE: IBM) is shaking off its “legacy tech” label with a bold move.

It’s partnering with Anthropic, the company behind Claude, to wire cutting-edge AI straight into IBM’s enterprise software lineup.

That’s not hype, that’s hard savings for enterprise clients, and you know how much CFOs love that.

It’s IBM doing what it does best, taking new tech and making it reliable, scalable, and boardroom-approved.

Building the Safe AI Playground

While most AI headlines focus on flashy consumer tools, IBM’s chasing a different prize: trust. You can’t run a bank or hospital on models that hallucinate, and IBM knows it.

By blending Anthropic’s AI with its own security and compliance infrastructure, IBM is providing companies with a rare AI that passes audit checks and legal reviews.

This is where IBM’s long history actually becomes an edge. You might call it the “boring but billable” version of AI, and it’s exactly what large corporations want.

What It Means for You

IBM isn’t trying to win the AI popularity contest; it’s trying to own the enterprise wallet.

The partnership with Anthropic brings it closer to that goal and gives its software division a fresh lease on life.

In a world chasing hype, IBM just made the grown-up move by turning AI into something you can actually trust, deploy, and profit from.

IBM currently trades at $293 and pays a dividend of $6.72 per share, a yield of 2.29%.

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Consumer

McDonald’s Just Went Full 2000s and It Might Actually Work

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) just brought back its Monopoly promotion to the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, and the timing is sharp.

Spending is cooling, and this game gets people back through the doors.

Free food, million-dollar prizes, and that classic thrill of peeling stickers? You know exactly why you’ll end up ordering more fries than you meant to.

The move taps into memory and motivation at once. When budgets feel tight, fun feels like value, and McDonald’s knows that perfectly.

Marketing Wrapped in a Happy Meal

This isn’t a small rollout. McDonald’s is backing the campaign with heavy marketing, franchise perks, and app-driven rewards.

Each prize peel means one more download, one more order, and one more reason you stick around the brand.

If you’ve ignored the McDonald’s app, this might be what pulls you back.

The digital tie-in is key. It isn’t just about selling burgers; it’s about re-training customers to live in McDonald’s ecosystem.

The Golden Play

By blending nostalgia with smart tech, McDonald’s is proving that sometimes the oldest tricks still work best.

It’s a board game, a marketing machine, and a reminder that nobody sells joy with a side of fries quite like McDonald’s.

MCD currently trades at $295 and pays a dividend of $7.08 per share, a yield of 2.40%.

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Everything Else

• The Arkansas regional bank, Bank Ozark, is looking to expand its footprint. New planning records reveal the company has purchased a $1.35 million plot of land to open a second branch in Winston-Salem. 

• Honeywell International has set a record date of October 17, 2025, for the previously announced spin-off of Solstice Advanced Materials. Solstice is expected to commence trading on the NYSE on October 30^th.

• AstraZeneca has partnered with Algen Biotechnologies to develop drugs for immune disorders. The pharmaceutical company will undertake development of therapies that the U.S.-based biotech discovers using its AI-driven gene-editing platform.

• JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has revealed that the company spends around $2 billion per year on AI development, but notes that the investment is now matched by savings generated by those AI tools.