From The Times and The Sunday Times McDonald’s plans to create 24,000 jobs in the UK and Ireland in the next four years as it opens more than 200 restaurants. The expansion is its biggest since 2002.

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The US Federal Trade Commission has finalized a new role that codifies how they will begin pursuing creators and businesses that buy fake followers, views, or other metrics to boost engagement on an account or sponsored post.

All the supports for your business ever dreamt of, all in one place, all on E206 That Great Business Show featuring Conor O'Donovan from Enterprise Ireland Powered by humans! RT to the 100,000 businesses that haven't yet claimed government supports. Anne-Marie Curran The Skillnet Innovation Exchange open.spotify.com/episode/20UHvr…

Absolutely fantastic day and what an experience. The first ever live broadcast of a College Football game by an Irish broadcaster, as Gaeilge, and I got to share the moment with this man. There'll be a load more posts over the next couple of days but big shout-out to Michael.

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What a way to live? While Ken Chenault learned a lot in his 17 years as CEO of American Express he embraces the freedom he now has to do deeper dives as chair and MD of venture firm General Catalyst “I loved being CEO of Amex but I was scheduled two or three years out,”

Associated British Foods fell 67p, or 2.7 per cent, to £24.47 after Deutsche Bank downgraded the shares from “hold” to “sell”. Analysts at the bank believe the Primark margin recovery story has “played out”.

From Axios Summit Partners and Default hired Deutsche Bank to find a buyer for Trintech , a Plano, Texas-based financial software firm that could fetch $2b (including debt), per Reuters . axios.link/4g1MTd2

Women in STEM. For the first time in 133 years more than half incoming undergraduate class at the California Institute of Technology or Caltech are women; the university began admitting women in 1970. The incoming class welcomes 113 women and 109 men. Los Angeles Times That Great Business Show

Estate planning lessons from the $600M fight over Michael Jackson’s music catalog theconversation.com/estate-plannin… via The Conversation U.S.

No. Just no. From Axios New School Foods a Toronto developer of plant-based salmon fillets, raised US$6m from IKEA . axios.link/4753CIc

Final Numbers axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosprorata

Rarely seen archive photo of Samuel Beckett back when he was a member of Oasis. The third Gallagher. #oasis2025

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Podcasts now reach 53% of Americans 18+ every month – the first report of monthly consumption reaching the majority of adults in the US

🎓 Newest college major: Digital Media Influence axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosam

Intel reportedly weighs major changes axios.com/2024/08/30/int…

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PwC tells employees it will use location data to police ‘back-to-office’ rule cnn.com/2024/09/06/bus…