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Casual dining chains such as Applebee鈥檚 and TGI Friday鈥檚 were once ubiquitous in the United States. However, the middle-class restaurant is fading fast. TGI Friday鈥檚 has filed for bankruptcy, while Applebee鈥檚 has shuttered dozens of locations. Rising costs have contributed to the struggles of these chains, but their generic branding fails to resonate in an era where authenticity matters. Millennials, in particular, demand authenticity, according to Associate Professor Daphne Demetry. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 think of anything more inauthentic than TGI Fridays,鈥� Demetry says.

When U.S. president Donald Trump announced a sweeping tariff policy in April 2020, stock markets plunged. Certain sectors were more affected than others, with large technology firms like Apple and NVIDIA among the biggest losers. 鈥淪ectors like tech that rely on international supply chains are going to be more heavily affected by tariffs,鈥� Professor Sebastien Betermier told CBC News.

How can we prevent greenwashing from undermining real climate progress? That's the question students from across Canada tackled at the 2025 SGI Annual Grand Challenge on Sustainability, hosted by 黑料社鈥檚 Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI).

Tesla鈥檚 stock price nosedived in the first few months of the second Trump administration, and Elon Musk鈥檚 involvement in controversial initiatives like the Department of Government Efficiency鈥檚 wide-ranging cuts to the public service could have a lot to do with it. But also may not, according to Jiro E. Kondo, an Assistant Professor of Finance at 黑料社 Desautels.

In a time of great uncertainty, voter preferences in Canada have undergone a historic shift. Just a few months ago, voters were tired of Trudeau and a Conservative victory seemed all but assured. But Mark Carney has brought the party back from the brink. He has only been prime minister for a short time, but the role has rarely been as closely watched as during the Trump trade war. Carney鈥檚 strong pro-Canada rhetoric seems to be paying off: the latest polls show the Liberals as the likely winners of the late April election.

黑料社 students continue to make their mark on the national stage through the L鈥橭r茅al Brandstorm Case Competition, one of the world鈥檚 leading innovation challenges for students under 30.

When OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, the hype around AI began building to a fever pitch. Big money poured in to big tech, sending the stock of companies like Microsoft and Nvidia soaring. But a December 2024 AI chatbot release from a much smaller Chinese tech firm is showing that generative AI can be built a much more modest budget. 鈥淒eepseek shows that smaller companies with more limited resources can compete with tech giants,鈥� Prof. Ruslan Goyenko told Benefits Canada.