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Starbucks on Wednesday raised its full-year outlook after reporting its fourth straight quarter of same-store sales growth. For fiscal 2026, Starbucks now expects adjusted earnings per share in a range of $2.55 to $2.65, up from its prior outlook of $2.25 to $2.45 per share. It now also projects global same-store sales will rise nearly…

The rise of superstar firms has made dominant companies central to modern economic life, and antitrust enforcement is one of the main policy tools for regulating their market power. Public opinion can shape the political and regulatory environment in which antitrust enforcement takes place, yet there is little direct evidence on what drives these preferences….

We acknowledge the financial support from Fondazione Cariplo and University of Milan. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Milano (Parere 7/25), and the Homewood IRB at Johns Hopkins University (HIRB00015374). We thank seminar participants at the Università di Verona, Université de Lausanne, Florence Behavioral Economics Conference, RFBerlin Migration Forum,…

The Odyssey Source: Universal Pictures Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is racking up box office dollars for IMAX and fueling investor confidence that the company will reach record ticket sales in 2026. Shares of IMAX jumped more than 8% on Thursday after the company reported it was still on track to deliver a record $1.4 billion…