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The restaurant chain says it's at the start of its strategic review and it doesn't plan to make more public comments until the process is completed. The metric is considered a key indicator of financial health because it strips out the volatility of newly opened and closed locations.

The television networks no longer offer a stand-alone subscription you can buy without cable. CBS is televising 24 games, including the national championship and the Final Four. Games also will be available on individual apps for TBS, TNT and truTV — again with a password. CBS says it has deals covering more than 90 percent of the U.S. population, but that won't help if you're in that 10 percent. For Sling TV, get the "Orange" package with the "Comedy Plus Extra" add-on, or sign up for the "Blue" option. Читать дальше...

How major US stock market indexes fared on Monday The Federal Reserve may raise interest rates, more countries around the world may move to shake up the economic status quo and several high-profile updates on the U.S. economy are due.

A 3-year-old boy is expected to survive after falling from a second story window at a SeaTac hotel Monday morning.

U.S. regulators have approved a new drug as an initial treatment for postmenopausal women with a type of advanced breast cancer.

(AP) — Department store operator Gordmans said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to liquidate the inventory of its 106 discount stores. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, had been working to reduce its expenses over the past several months and laid off an undisclosed number of workers at its headquarters in January because of what it called the "sluggish retail environment." "Like many other apparel and retail companies... Читать дальше...

The premium service launching this month will let users choose specific songs or albums and will personalize recommendations based on people's listening habits. [...] the Pandora subscription mostly stripped out ads — for $5 a month.

Columbia Pictures announced Monday a follow-up to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" will begin production in September with a new cast, and Fede Alvarez will be the director. Columbia released a David Fincher adaptation of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in 2011 starring Mara and Daniel Craig.

The amount is lower than a $44 million valuation disclosed in September because $21 million in stock options and other awards have vested in Mayer's account since then. Besides her severance package, Mayer will gain control of stock options valued at $56.8 million, according to the filing. Yahoo's board is withholding Mayer's annual bonus of up to $2 million and a potentially lucrative stock award to punish her. Besides naming McInerney as Altaba's CEO, Yahoo also filled several other key positions at the new holding company.

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Twenty-one years after "Trainspotting" shocked moviegoers with depictions of drug use and directionless Gen-Xers, "T2" reunites the original writer, director and cast for another timely look at modern life. [...] director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge and stars Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle have experienced that same passage of time, making "T2" even more poignant than an ordinary movie about male friendships. Here, the fictional characters and real filmmakers... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has sued Verizon, saying the phone giant broke its 2008 promise to make its Fios cable service available to all city residents. The city said in a lawsuit Monday that Verizon missed a 2014 deadline to extend wire by every home or apartment building in the city — in technical parlance, "passing" the home. In a letter to the city Friday, Verizon says 2.2 million households have access to Fios, a phone, cable and high-speed internet network.

Washington, joined by five other states, asks a federal judge to extend his injunction that blocked President Trump's first Executive Order to cover the POTUS' revised "Muslim travel ban."

Health Minister Dr. Josiane Nijimbere said the death toll is "worrying" as pregnant women and children under age 5 are the most vulnerable. Burundi, which has been wracked by political violence since 2015, also faces food shortages that have left many at risk of starvation.

U.S. airlines have already canceled about 5,300 flights Monday and Tuesday as a late-winter storm is expected to dump enough snow to disrupt travel in the Northeast. Chicago is bearing the largest share of Monday's cancellations, while Tuesday's disruptions are hitting hardest from Washington to Boston including the New York City area.

Wall Street appears too busy extending the stock market rally that began with President Donald Trump's election in November, cheered by the prospect of tax cuts, an easing of regulations and higher spending for infrastructure to worry about a rate hike. When Chair Janet Yellen and several other Fed officials separately suggested earlier this month that the economy was sturdy enough to withstand a modest raising of loan rates, investors quickly raised their estimate of the probability of a rate hike... Читать дальше...

During the Obama administration, Bostic served from 2009 to 2012 as an assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Fed Up, a coalition of community groups and labor unions that has been pushing for more diversity among Fed policymakers, hailed the selection of Bostic.

BRUSSELS (AP) — An artist has installed a memorial metal sculpture near the European Union headquarters to mark the recent terror attacks in Europe and Africa and will unveil it on the first anniversary of the March 22 Brussels attacks.

The Seahawks' braintrust said Seattle would be aggressive at the start of free agency, but the team's first weekend of the NFL's spending season is more notable for a player they lost out on instead of a player they signed.

A broad rebound in the global economy and greater optimism among U.S. businesses have spurred more hiring. More positive jobs data came out last Friday, when the government reported hiring and wage gains were healthy in February, and the U.S. unemployment rate slipped to 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent.

Denise Pikka Thiem, 41, of Arizona, went missing in April 2015 in a rural area of northwestern Spain's Leon province while following the French route of the Camino de Santiago, a popular pilgrimage also called the St. James Way. According to the coroner's report, she had died as a result of serious brain injuries caused by repeated beatings. Munoz is also accused of stealing more than $1,100 dollars Thiem was carrying and that he allegedly exchanged for euros at a local bank days after she disappeared... Читать дальше...

Retailers hope to get some of that money, but so do debt collectors, buy-here-pay-here car lots and purveyors of interest-free loans that come with fat fees. Collectors step up calls and mailings during tax season because they know more people "will have some extra cash to address past problems," says Michael Bovee, president of debt settlement company Consumer Recovery Network in Spokane, Washington. "Use tax time as leverage (by telling) a debt collector the offer you are making is as good as it gets... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes stuck close to their record levels in early trading Monday, ahead of a busy week full of events that could swing markets. The Federal Reserve may raise interest rates, more countries around the world may move to shake up the economic status quo and several high-profile updates on the U.S. economy are scheduled for this week. Most investors expect the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates at its upcoming meeting, which ends on Wednesday. Usually,... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street, led by energy and materials companies. Range Resources rose 2 percent in early trading Monday. Israeli technology company Mobileye jumped 30 percent after agreeing to be acquired by Intel. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1 point to 2,373. The Dow Jones industrial average was little changed at 20,902. The Nasdaq composite rose 5 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,867. Читать дальше...