Most all of that 15% is in how much the yen has slipped in relation to the US dollar on top of the US inflation.

They don't have 1.7 million employees. The have about 150,000 and most of those work outside the US. Most everyone employed at a McDonald's works for a franchisee that rents space and buys supplies from corporate.

Problem is McDonalds isn't a food or restaurant company but a real estate REIT that runs a food supply business on the side so its customers, the franchisees, can pay rent. It makes money by doing things like this and forcing then forcing the franchisees to buy them at a high markup. The McFlurry machine that's always broken is by design because they've cut side deals with Taylor to sell machines that break down, have the franchisees buy the maintenance contract that prevents them from fixing it, and then Taylor charges an arm and leg to fix the machines.

It's worse than that because even if it is working, it defeats the purpose of why the window is there. To see what the hell is in the fridge or freezer so one can buy it. Showing a screen of what's not in there just makes the customers think it's an empty case and walk way.

Not just rent seeking, but actively trying to tie all Windows servers into the Azure infrastructure so the cost of moving to somewhere else will be so high no one will do it. It'll make no sense to the accountants to pay for AWS or Oracle cloud services and then still have to pay Azure to do any server management.

Yes, it's also what North Korea uses to refer to itself and the Korean Peninsula.

They’re also paying Microsoft for Office365 and this is also only part of their likely expenses.

AWS has a classified cloud host as well.

There is Classified AWS. Also Azure Government Top Secret.

The New York State Liquor Authority has released a statement indicating that the Dolan company’s unique lawyer ban could lead to Madison Square Garden (MSG) losing its liquor license.

See here. Part of the reason this news is they’re going after MSG’s liquor license.

It's now 24 owners max, they recently dropped the total number of owners.

They won't be allowed to buy the team. You have to have one owner with at least 30% of the team and no more than 24 people in the ownership group in total (though I think there is some wiggle room for spouses), and a combined net worth to show you're not buying the team leveraged (you can get loans, you just have to be able to pay them off instantly if needed).

The NFL will shoot this down instantly and they won't even be allowed in the room to appeal.

That shouldn't be an issue since Blackberry hasn't made a phone since 2017. It just licenses its name now to other manufactures to slap on Android phones.

The 30 Meter Telescopes protests center around Maura Loa on the Big Island and not Haleakala on Maui.

Maura Loa is both higher and more isolated than Haleakala making it the preferred telescope location.