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McDonald’s MCD 1.70% Corp. said higher prices and value menu offerings helped U.S. sales in the second quarter, but total revenue fell and the outlook remains uncertain amid inflation and weakening consumer sentiment. “The operating environment across the competitive landscape remains challenging,” Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski said. Mr. Kempczinski said Tuesday that McDonald’s is planning for a wider range of scenarios given weakening…

Scientists probing the intricate machinery behind hair growth have made a key discovery around the behavior of key cells in follicles. The study uncovers a previously unknown role for a signaling molecule, whose messages were found to be critical to new growth and could be leveraged to address hair loss in humans.The cells at the heart of this study are known as dermal papilla cells, which live in hair follicles and help determine how fast, thick and long hair grows. This role has placed dermal papilla cells front and…

Even if you vowed never to cruise again after Covid-19, there might just be a price to tempt you. Mass-market cruise lines need you to bite. Amid sky-high hotel prices, the best deals in lodging this summer are at sea level—literally. Cruise-review site Cruise Critic noted pricing for summer cruises is currently as low as it has been since the sector’s 2021 restart. The current average cost of a five-night Caribbean cruise begins at $100 a day, according to Cruise Critic, including…

BMW Group claims to be the first automotive manufacturer to use matt paints made from biomass instead of crude oil at its European plants. Plants in Leipzig and South Africa are also using sustainably produced corrosion protection. Renewable raw materials such as bio-waste or waste from sewage treatment plants serve as the starting material for the paints. The CO2 savings determined in a TUV-certified process amount to over 15,000 tonnes of…

November 10, 1938. That morning the Jews in Germany woke up to the sight of shards of broken glass littered on the streets after their synagogues, shops and houses were burnt down. 91 Jews were killed overnight and the Nazis subjected thousands to terror and violence. The earlier night’s horror, a planned pogram against Germany’s Jews came to be known as the Kristallnacht – the ‘Night of Broken Glass’. Exactly eighty years later, million miles away from Germany, a novel-in-stories borrows its title from the same…