If you’ve ever craved boba or cold foam with your Chicken McNuggets, McDonald’s, which reported a Q1 earnings beat yesterday, is now offering six jewel-toned specialty drinks, for which you can buy limited-edition beaded drink carriers by designer Susan Alexander. But for Diet Coke traditionalists, there’s some bad news: McDonald’s is removing its self-serve soda fountain machines.
Stocks retreated from Wednesday’s records as the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 all fell lower, with oil prices ticking up as the US awaited Iran’s response to its peace proposal.