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McDonald's reported slowing same-store sales growth last quarter, but one Milwaukee franchisee is bucking that trend hard. Robert Pyles, who has owned seven locations since nineteen ninety-eight, says his stores are up double digits, crediting operational discipline and local community investment as the differentiators where corporate strategy alone falls short.
Shifting to the auto sector, a new powertrain format is gaining serious traction with manufacturers. The extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV, pairs full electric performance with an onboard gas generator for backup range. Scout Motors and Hyundai are among the brands betting this hybrid architecture solves the range anxiety that has kept mainstream buyers on the sidelines of EV adoption.
And on the labor market, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has identified over two hundred jobs with very high exposure to artificial intelligence, and more than one hundred of those carry median pay above seventy-five thousand dollars annually. Software developers and management analysts top the list, with developer employment projected to grow by roughly one hundred seventy-five thousand positions between twenty twenty-five and twenty thirty-five.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
