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An outbreak of E. coli linked to McDonald’s Corp. Quarter Pounder burgers has killed one person and hospitalized 10 people in 10 states.

Shares of Starbucks fell on Tuesday after the coffee chain offered fresh signs of its struggle to bring back consumers, saying its turnaround efforts “will take time” as its new chief executive settles in.

The standard deduction will be $15,000 for individuals next year, and $30,000 for married couples filing jointly.

Strategists at Citi are concerned about the possibility of a repeat, though they aren’t recommending investors trim their positions.

When Tesla Inc. reports third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, the results, for Wall Street, could be about getting back to basics, after some investors soured on a robotics event this month that was heavily-hyped but seen by some as light on specifics.

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management and Southwest Airlines are in talks to settle their months-long battle, according to reports Sunday, with a potential deal that would give Elliott representation on the budget airline’s board.

“I don’t expect equities to do as well over the next decade as they have in the past, but I still think they will outperform other options.”

“The probate attorney says I could ask the court to remove sister No. 3 as co-executor, since she has acted unethically and illegally.”

Andrew Feldman leads Cerebras Systems, a company whose eventual IPO could pave the way for more AI chip companies to go public

The federal budget deficit for fiscal 2024 was $1.8 trillion, up 8% from a year ago, as the government’s spending continued to swamp revenue.

Grayscale Investments’ Digital Large Cap Fund and Bitwise Asset Management’s Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund could provide attractive opportunities to bet on Donald Trump’s victory in next month’s U.S. presidential election, according to Fundstrat. 

The combined cost in new debt of former President Donald Trump’s and Vice President Kamala Harris’s tax and spending proposals would dwarf those put forward in previous election cycles, according to a recent analysis by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.