Shares of Wendy’s jumped 15% at the opening bell Wednesday after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the struggling burger chain. Wendy’s shares are down 25% in the past year following a years-long decline. The chain, founded in 1969 by…
H-E-B arranged the vegetables in its new East Side store to spell out its name. H-E-B arranged fruit to spell out its name ahead of its new East Side store opening. The fish market features sustainably sourced seafood options. H-E-B’s…
Volare Italian Restaurant on McCullough Avenue in Olmos Park will carry on even though the original Volare Pizza on Broadway has closed. A busy intersection in a historic stretch of San Antonio is at a standstill as crews tear up…
SEOUL – South Korea on Wednesday fined Alphabet’s Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million), saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews. The…
HONG KONG – Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after AI stocks drove gains on Wall Street. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. South Korea’s Kospi rose 6.8% to close at 6,023.73. Memory chipmaker SK Hynix jumped 11.4% to its highest level…
LONDON – British Treasury chief John Healey faces a fine balancing act when he delivers his first budget statement Wednesday, with the economic backdrop made more difficult as a result of the turmoil caused by the Iran war. Healey, who was…
PHNOM PENH – A U.S. cruise ship on a residential world voyage suspended its operations in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to abandon their floating homes. The Odyssey set sail two years ago on a three-year voyage to…
The San Antonio Food Bank is breaking new ground in food rescue efforts, becoming one of the first Feeding America food banks to generate revenue through carbon credits tied to keeping edible food out of landfills. The initiative builds on…
Tesla Inc. announced its robotaxi service is closer to launching in San Antonio as it expands its ride-hailing operations in multiple cities and races to catch up to its main competitor, Waymo LLC. The Elon Musk-led company said in a post…
CAPE TOWN – A government-run company in South Africa says that it has sent the longest freight train ever on a test run. The train was 7.6 kilometers (4.7 miles) long and consisted of 696 freight wagons, according to Transnet, the state-run transport and…
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