Papa John’s to close 300 restaurant as it moves to cut costs and boost growth

Papa John’s plans to shutter 300 of its restaurants by the end of 2027 as the struggling pizza chain moves to cut costs and close underperforming locations.  Chief Financial Officer Ravi Thanawala said in a fourth-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts that some of the restaurants slated to be closed are “not meeting brand … Read more

Wealthy universities, facing steep endowment tax hikes, cut PhDs and libraries

Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber lobbied members of Congress repeatedly to deter an increase in the endowment tax on colleges and universities. Instead, when the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last summer, Princeton became one of a handful of schools whose endowment tax ballooned. Now, President Eisgruber is preparing his institution for change as … Read more

Fed’s Waller says rate cut in March is a ‘coin flip’ following a strong US jobs report

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Monday that solid job gains in January could mean the central bank can skip a rate cut at its next meeting in March, a decision that would likely spur further attacks by President Donald Trump. At the same time, Waller said last month’s pickup in hiring, when … Read more

How We Cut CAC in Paid Channels by 2x with Predictive AI – Tomi.ai

​​At TripleTen, an online coding bootcamp that helps people launch their career in tech, user acquisition is a key growth driver. Аs we scaled, however, we ran into an algorithmic limitation: ad platform algorithms didn’t have enough conversion events to optimize effectively. This limitation pushed our customer acquisition cost (CAC) above benchmarks and limited campaign … Read more