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The privately held brand has become a lunchtime staple in America, thanks to its reputation for quality and what some call a “ruthless” approach to dealing with the competition.

South Korea’s exports grew for a 10th straight month in July on brisk demand for semiconductors and other goods overseas, notching the fastest pace of growth in six months.

Recent data from Meta indicated that over 40 million U.S. and Canadian young adults are daily active users, the highest in three years.

Mining giant Rio Tinto said its first-half profit rose by 14% and underlying earnings were up a smidgen, as increased copper production and prices helped to offset a softer result from its dominant iron-ore business.

The dichotomy in Wall Street’s reactions to the results from Microsoft Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. — two tech giants that have been investing heavily in AI — is a perfect example of the AI optics game.

Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founders and CEOs of Nvidia Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc., respectively, sat down for a chat at a computer-graphics conference Monday, and indicated that Meta may be one of the biggest consumers of Nvidia’s chips to date.

Japan jobs data released Tuesday gave mixed signals but suggest that the relatively tight labor market would continue to add pressure to wage growth.

July’s FOMC meeting is on deck and could influence whether investors keep selling large growth stocks to buy small-cap stocks.

With results due this week from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp., markets will get four opportunities for a rebound.