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Wall Street Journal
2 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Japan's Core Inflation Picks Up in May, Complicating BOJ's Policy Steering
TOKYO—Japan's core consumer inflation picked up pace in May, but that may not induce any imminent action by the Bank of Japan as it waits to see how trade talks play out. Core consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3.7% in May from a year earlier, compared with April's 3.5% increase and the 3.6% growth expected in a poll of economists by data provider Quick.
USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Alabama pitcher Riley Quick gets new MLB draft projection
Alabama pitcher Riley Quick gets new MLB draft projection The 2025 MLB Draft is set for July 13-14 during All-Star Week festivities in Atlanta, and the Alabama Crimson Tide have a player who could be taken in the first round for the second year in a row. Right-hander Riley Quick has been on several MLB mock drafts this year and recently concluded a solid season as a redshirt sophomore for an Alabama team that won 40 games in the regular season for the first time since 2002. Quick made 14 starts in 2025, going 8-3 with a 3.92 ERA over 62 innings for coach Rob Vaughn's team. He started the year 5-0 before suffering his first loss on March 21 against Tennessee and had 70 strikeouts to 24 walks this past season for a combined 1.387 WHIP. Over the weekend, veteran baseball analyst Jim Callis of published his updated 2025 MLB mock draft. Callis has Quick going to the Seattle Mariners with the No. 35 overall selection as a supplemental first-round pick. An earlier mock draft by USA TODAY Sports back on May 7 had Quick going at No. 28 overall to the Kansas City Royals. Quick was the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year in 2022 as a senior for Hewitt-Trussville High School. He made his first appearance for the Crimson Tide in 2023, appearing in 16 games and going 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA in 22 innings in relief. He missed most of 2024 due to season-ending elbow surgery. Alabama has had seven players taken in the first round of an MLB draft dating back to 1966. Last year, the New York Yankees selected right-hander Ben Hess with the 26th overall pick. Hess became the first Crimson Tide player selected in the first round since the Marlins took left-hander Taylor Tankersley 27th overall in 2004. The first round of the 2025 MLB draft will be televised on ESPN, with subsequent rounds broadcast and streamed on MLB Network. The draft will feature 20 rounds over two days.
Time of India
12-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
QSR firms' margins under pressure, food delivery firms show improvement
The Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are facing pressure on margins due to factors like inflation, while the food delivery firms have seen improvement in their margins, according to a report. QSR firms have also slowed the pace of store expansion, the report from banking firm BNP Paribas said. Further, the report mentioned that now food aggregators such as Swiggy and Zomato have become larger over the last few years and provided reach to the restaurants smaller than QSR chains. "This, we believe, has resulted in increased competition for the listed QSR companies. Over the last four years, margins of food delivery firms have increased, while QSR margins have remained under pressure," it said. Moreover, online food aggregators have launched their own dark kitchen brands , Bistro and Snacc, respectively, offering 10-15 minute food delivery through dedicated apps. "This intensifies competition in the Indian QSR market , compelling existing players to innovate on speed, menu and delivery efficiency to maintain market share and remain profitable," it said. Amidst continued demand slowdown, QSR companies are refraining from taking any major price hike and focusing on value propositions for customers. "Though discounts are now being customised to target specific customers, the pressure on margins remains due to lower ADS (average daily sales) and rising delivery mix," it said. Moreover, rapid store expansion, coupled with higher operating costs, has kept EBITDA margin expansion at bay. "However, aggregators continue to improve their margins, even as margin pressure on QSR companies persists," it said. Though QSR firms have "incremental positives" such as reduction in income tax and lowering bank interests, which will help to trigger the demand, however, they "have been reluctant to raise prices due to weak demand". "Aggregate sales of Indian listed QSR chains increased by 10 per cent in FY25 vs 9 per cent in FY24. This was well below food delivery firms' gross order value (GOV) growth at 19 per cent in FY24 and 18 per cent in FY25," it said. QSR companies, such as Jubilant Foods, are facing raw material inflation, but due to weak demand, they have been reluctant to raise prices. However, " food delivery margins have improved sharply over FY22-25, indicating better pricing power," it added. In Q4FY25, the QSR companies continued their double-digit revenue growth momentum. Three of the top five listed QSR players delivered double-digit revenue growth, with Jubilant Foods leading at 19 per cent year-on-year. "However, growth was still below the 13 per cent CAGR (compound annual growth rate) achieved over FY20-25. The companies attribute it to a tougher urban consumer demand environment and reduced outside food consumption, but expect it to rebound, led by income tax rate cuts and other government initiatives," it said. PTI
Time of India
12-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
QSR firms' margins under pressure, food delivery firms show improvement
The Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are facing pressure on margins due to factors like inflation, while the food delivery firms have seen improvement in their margins, according to a report. QSR firms have also slowed the pace of store expansion, the report from banking firm BNP Paribas said. Further, the report mentioned that now food aggregators such as Swiggy and Zomato have become larger over the last few years and provided reach to the restaurants smaller than QSR chains. "This, we believe, has resulted in increased competition for the listed QSR companies. Over the last four years, margins of food delivery firms have increased, while QSR margins have remained under pressure," it said. Moreover, online food aggregators have launched their own dark kitchen brands , Bistro and Snacc, respectively, offering 10-15 minute food delivery through dedicated apps. "This intensifies competition in the Indian QSR market , compelling existing players to innovate on speed, menu and delivery efficiency to maintain market share and remain profitable," it said. Amidst continued demand slowdown, QSR companies are refraining from taking any major price hike and focusing on value propositions for customers. "Though discounts are now being customised to target specific customers, the pressure on margins remains due to lower ADS (average daily sales) and rising delivery mix," it said. Moreover, rapid store expansion, coupled with higher operating costs, has kept EBITDA margin expansion at bay. "However, aggregators continue to improve their margins, even as margin pressure on QSR companies persists," it said. Though QSR firms have "incremental positives" such as reduction in income tax and lowering bank interests, which will help to trigger the demand, however, they "have been reluctant to raise prices due to weak demand". "Aggregate sales of Indian listed QSR chains increased by 10 per cent in FY25 vs 9 per cent in FY24. This was well below food delivery firms' gross order value (GOV) growth at 19 per cent in FY24 and 18 per cent in FY25," it said. QSR companies, such as Jubilant Foods, are facing raw material inflation, but due to weak demand, they have been reluctant to raise prices. However, " food delivery margins have improved sharply over FY22-25, indicating better pricing power," it added. In Q4FY25, the QSR companies continued their double-digit revenue growth momentum. Three of the top five listed QSR players delivered double-digit revenue growth, with Jubilant Foods leading at 19 per cent year-on-year. "However, growth was still below the 13 per cent CAGR (compound annual growth rate) achieved over FY20-25. The companies attribute it to a tougher urban consumer demand environment and reduced outside food consumption, but expect it to rebound, led by income tax rate cuts and other government initiatives," it said. PTI
Business Wire
10-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Digital.ai Introduces Quick Protect Agent to Help Businesses Protect Mobile Applications in Minutes, Democratizing Access to Enterprise App Security with No Coding Required
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- the only AI-powered software delivery platform for the enterprise, today added a Quick Protect Agent to its long-trusted Application Security solution suite. With attacks on the rise, is democratizing access to robust, market-leading mobile application hardening. new Quick Protect Agent provides enterprise-grade protection quickly, with no coding required, including OWASP MASVS -aligned protections such as obfuscation, anti-tamper, and anti-analysis, plus a user-friendly interface that helps shield apps in minutes. Quick Protect Agent delivers the protections recommended by OWASP MASVS, the industry standard for mobile app security, so that mobile software architects and developers can secure mobile applications at speed and scale. The new tool offers a straightforward graphical user interface, enabling any team member to implement robust app security with minimal technical knowledge or skills. Any Android or IOS app can be protected within minutes, with no development resources required. The Quick Protect Agent adds to market-leading enterprise Application Protection suite, including code obfuscation, anti-tampering, whitebox cryptography, and real-time application self-protection across mobile, web and desktop. In a recent customer engagement, a large, multinational telecom company needed to get a new app up and running in two days. A key criteria for the project was protection against reverse engineering, and Quick Protect Agent made that possible almost instantly, as the team was able to easily point, click, and add app hardening protections. 'For years, has been trusted for having the deepest set of enterprise-grade app protections in the market,' said Derek Holt, CEO, 'With Quick Protect Agent, we are expanding application protection to a broader audience, enabling organizations both large and small to add powerful protections in just a few clicks. In today's AI world, all apps are at risk, and by democratizing our app hardening capabilities, we are enabling the protection of more applications across a broader set of industries. With eighty-three percent of applications under constant attack – the continued innovation within our core offerings, including the launch of our new Quick Protect Agent, could not be coming at a more crucial time.' As organizations race to deliver apps at an unprecedented pace, the rise of freely available AI tools has made it easier than ever for threat actors to effortlessly reverse-engineer, analyze, and exploit applications at an alarming scale. Every app made and released to customers increases an organization's threat surface. According to 's recent 2025 App Sec Threat Report, a staggering (83%) of all monitored applications had their security probed, representing a 20% year-over-year increase. Combined with a significant increase in digital transactions worldwide and a rise in lucrative ransomware payouts, today's threat surface is too risky to ignore. has an Application Assessment for organizations that want to quickly determine an app's security posture, including where there are hidden weaknesses and what actionable recommendations can be taken to harden defenses – fast. For more information, visit: To learn more about how Application Security protects enterprises by safeguarding mobile, desktop, and web applications in the wild, monitoring attacks in real-time, and reacting instantly to threats with automated in-app defenses, please visit our web page Quick Protect Agent. To see how Quick Protect Agent works, a short demo video is available here. About is the only AI-powered software delivery platform purpose-built for the enterprise, enabling the world's largest organizations to build, test, secure, and deliver high-quality software. By unifying AI-driven insights, automation, and security across the software development lifecycle, empowers enterprises to deliver innovation with confidence. Trusted by global 5,000 enterprises, is redefining how enterprises build better software in an AI-driven world. Additional information about can be found at and on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
