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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Mar 9, 2022
March 9, 2022
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Will Queen Elizabeth ever go back to Buckingham Palace? The Times of London says the Queen, who's now 95 years old, has many homes —and is living at Windsor Castle, about 20 miles outside London, since the pandemic hit two years ago this month. Now, she reportedly carries on royal business by video conferences and talks to her Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, daily --and usually by phone.
Problems for people who drive for Uber and Lyft --because gas prices have soared, the drivers say fuel costs --which used to take up about 10-percent of their take-home pay, now has soared to around 60 percent! Now drivers are pleading with the companies to help them out. We'll see.
Lotsa talk about Phil Collins, who was pictured sitting on a chair and not playing drums during a concert in Berlin with Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Phil --who's 71 years old-- has said he can no longer play the drums because of his declining health --but he can still sing with the guys.
Fast food #1: McDonald's has said it will be closing its roughly 850 restaurants in Russia because of what's happening in Ukraine. The company said it would be "impossible to predict" when they would reopen.
>Fast food #2: Starbucks also said it would be closing its 100 shops in Russia.
Fast food #3: The folks from Jack in the Box have picked up the Del Taco restaurant chain for a reported $585-million dollars. In case you were wondering, Del Taco has around 600 restaurants in the chain, while Jack in the Box has more than 2,200 restaurants in 21 states and Guam.
Fast food #4: While we're on the Taco restaurant chains, Taco Bell announced yesterday they were bringing back Nacho Fries beginning tomorrow (Thursday) at participating locations for a limited time. There's also deals where you can pick up a Nacho Fries Box for $5.49, which includes Nacho Fries, a Beefy 5-layer Burrito, Crunchy Taco and a medium drink... and others. The Nacho Fries by themselves would set you back $1.49.
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