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Private equity is investing billions into franchise brands, but many franchisors are unknowingly creating a financial blind spot that can reduce valuations, slow growth and derail acquisition opportunities long before due diligence begins.

Sailormen Inc. built one of Popeyes’ largest franchise operations, but when it filed for bankruptcy in January, opportunistic buyers swept in.

Dalio looks for students who have battled adversity over those with spotless academic records.

AI is transforming every corner of higher education — from admissions to advising — faster than universities can write the rules to govern it.

The spinoff announcement sent Comcast’s stock up 23% — and may have turned NBCUniversal into a takeover target.

He says the strategy is “not that hard” to enact.

The automaker leaned on AI to solve its quality woes and got worse results. So it rehired 350 veteran engineers.

The metrics leaders are using to judge their AI progress are the wrong ones, and the window to course-correct is shorter than anyone wants to admit.

The Raj brothers just set a Golden Chick sales record and signed a 13-unit deal to take over Houston. Here’s what they’re doing right.

New research shows which hobbies people are using to earn big.