Washington’s investment may well come with unintended consequences.

Many customers have gotten frustrated with price increases at fast-food restaurants, which means they’re going to casual dining restaurants like Chili’s. McDonald’s is trying to lure them back by cutting prices.

This move follows a trend of large conglomerates splitting into more focused businesses.

Keurig Dr Pepper plans to acquire the coffee and tea company JDE Peet's for about $18 billion.

Short answer? Viral fried cheese. Long answer: A strategy of courting Gen Z with kitschy marketing and affordable offerings.

And many of them are denying that the president’s import taxes are to blame.

SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, are touted as a quick way to take companies public — avoiding the usual, lengthier route of initial public offerings.

Tariffs are part of the story, of course. But not all of it.

The move carries some risk.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has confirmed that the Trump administration is considering taking a stake in the struggling U.S. chipmaker Intel.