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Jeff Snider
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Intel just suffered its worst trading day in more than half a century, wiping out nearly $140 billion in market value. And here’s the strange part: its data-center business grew almost 80% in a year. Not AI, the trouble is consumers. 

It's becoming impossible to ignore. McDonald’s is preparing another value deal. Wendy’s is confronting a different crisis as one of its largest franchisees filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Then there’s Walmart. 

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