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If you fly regularly, you understand that delays happen, and as a frequent flyer myself, I’ll say that they’re forgivable, as long as the airline gets me to my intended destination eventually.Airlines, however, have been bragging about their ability to get you there on time.Cirium has published punctuality data for 17 years, and its annual report is one of the industry’s most widely accepted benchmarks.The aviation analytics firm’s CEP Jeremy Bowen told Skift that on-time arrival has actually become a bragging point.”Airlines are now overtly sharing this with their passengers. They’re saying: If you fly with us, we will get you there on time,” he said.But airlines are much less likely to market how often flights are canceled, particularly when those cancellations stem from operational problems. That has become a growing problem for Delta Air Lines.Delta Air Lines has a pilot problemCancellations happen, and although passengers may not be happy when that happens, there are times they understand it. If, for example, your flight gets canceled due to a blizzard or a hurricane, that’s much easier to accept than a flight that gets canceled because there’s nobody to fly the plane.Broadly, canceled flights are the biggest concern airline passengers have, according to a survey by Qualtrics cited by Forbes.More Travel:Disney World shuts down part of legendary resortPopular Disney World ride shut down with no explanationTourists stranded as travel agency files bankruptcy, cancels trips”Canceled flights (26%), lost luggage (11.4%), and delayed flights (8.7%) took the top three spots for the single most frustrating experiences for passengers. But additional fees — whether it’s checked luggage fees (8.2%) or hidden fees (6.3%) — were still high on the annoying airline experience,” the data showed.Delta Air Lines has been canceling more flights than its rivals, according to View From the Wing’s Gary Leff.”Delta’s once-vaunted operation has become terrible. They canceled nearly 3% of their flights in July, which was worse than United and American and even about 2.6 times as many cancellations as Southwest,” he wrote.The problems, he noted, start with weather, but that’s not the underlying issue.”Delta has gotten much worse at recovering its operation once problems hit. They now tend to spiral. Management correctly blamed pilot scheduling as a challenge, but it’s also very much on their own management, not just for agreeing to provisions of their own pilot contract that their IT systems can’t keep up with, and for running an operation too short of cockpit crew,” he added.

Delta Air Lines has struggled with flight cancellations. Shutterstock

Delta Air Lines knows it has a problemDelta CEO Ed Bastian addressed the situation during the airline’s first-quarter earnings call.”Over the past several months, particularly following severe weather, our reliability and recovery haven’t met our high standards consistently enough. We understand the drivers, and this has our full attention,” he said.He promised that the airline would address the issue. “Teams are taking targeted actions to improve resilience and recovery as well as addressing challenges that have resulted from contractual changes to our pilot working agreement that came into effect over the past year,” he added.Leff made it clear that the issues between the airline and its pilots will not go away quickly.”The airline and pilot union went into negotiations to revise scheduling practices. The pilot union set up a website to blame management for cancellations even before Delta’s July meltdown. They wanted to make sure that when Delta says the problem is crew availability, that customers heard management has failed to invest in its operation rather than pilots refuse to work,” he wrote.Delta Air Lines has been canceling flights”Delta has an operational problem,” said The Cranky Flier Brett Snyder.”Delta is not living up to the carefully-constructed brand image as an operational rock star over the last couple of decades,” he added.Snyder used data from Anuvu to demonstrate the problem.”Remember, a good standard is to try to complete 99% of flights or better, so if Delta is consistently up by 1 to 2 points on the industry as it was for years? That’s a huge difference. But it has slipped, and this year it has been downright worse than the industry overall in more than one month,” he wrote.The airline’s problems, he shared, aren’t just an isolated issue or a few months. “Outside of April, it has not been above 99% in any single month this year,” Snyder added.Delta COO Ed Janki admitted to the pilot scheduling problem during the Q1 earnings call.”We don’t have the resilience that we’re known for related to that. We know what the drivers of that are,” he said. Bastian promised, during the same call, to fix the issues that were leading to cancellations.”While this will take a little bit of time to work through, we’re partnering with our pilots and union leadership to ensure we deliver the reliability that Delta is known for. Reliability and experience go hand in hand, and we’re continuing to invest for our customers,” he added. Leff, however, is not as optimistic that the airline’s issue with its pilots will be solved soon.”The Delta pilots contract becomes amendable on December 31, 2026. The last negotiation took nearly four years from opening to ratification (25 months of active bargaining after excluding the pandemic suspension). So this may not be resolved soon. It’s also strong bargaining leverage in negotiations,” he wrote.Related: Costco’s new service beats Amazon at its own game

A well-known restaurant operator has quietly been shrinking the footprint of several of its brands, with some once-expansive chains now operating far fewer locations than they did just a few years ago.The latest closure involves a high-end steakhouse in a major U.S. city, where a longtime location has shut its doors and is already expected to make way for a new restaurant concept. The move follows a series of closures involving the same chain and comes as its parent company continues to reshape an extensive portfolio of restaurant brands. Founded in 1981, Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse is a fine-dining American steakhouse operating 14 locations across the U.S. The chain has been owned by Landry’s Inc. since 2019, when the company acquired Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse and Del Frisco’s Grille as part of its expansion into upscale dining.Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse continues restaurant closures in 2026 Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse has closed its restaurant at 888 Boylston St. in Boston’s Back Bay after roughly eight years in the neighborhood.The location, which opened in 2018, was one of two Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse restaurants in the Boston area. The chain’s remaining Boston location is in the Seaport neighborhood, according to its website.The Boylston Street property is not expected to remain vacant for long. Din Tai Fung, the Taiwanese dumpling chain, is seeking to open its first Massachusetts restaurant at the location, although the proposal still requires approval from Boston officials and an opening date has not been announced, according to Corbett Restaurant Group.Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse owner has closed other restaurantsThe Boston closure follows other Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse shutdowns in recent years, including locations in Los Angeles, California, in 2025 and Dunwoody, Georgia, in 2024.The chain’s parent company has also closed restaurants across several of its other brands. Recent Landry’s-owned restaurant closures include:Morton’s The Steakhouse: Closed a West Palm Beach, Florida, restaurant in May 2026 and a Baltimore Inner Harbor location in January 2026, The Palm Beach Post and CBS News reported.Joe’s Crab Shack: Now operates 14 restaurants, down from its peak of 140 locations in 2014, News10 ABC noted.Landry’s Seafood House: Closed its oldest restaurant in Katy, Texas, in December 2025, Chron reported.Oceanaire Seafood Room: Closed its Galleria Mall location in Houston, Texas, in December 2025 after two decades, Chron confirmed.Houlihan’s: Now lists 22 locations, down from 29 at the end of 2024, TheStreet reported. Del Frisco’s Grille: Closed its Center City Philadelphia restaurant in July 2025, according to 6abc Philadelphia.Landry’s has also replaced its restaurants with other concepts instead of completely shutting them down.

Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse owner closes another restaurant.Yuliya Taba / Getty Images

Why Landry’s is closing restaurantsLandry’s operates a broad collection of restaurant concepts, spanning steakhouses, seafood restaurants, casual dining, and other hospitality businesses. Its portfolio includes nearly 50 brands, enabling the company to evaluate individual restaurants and properties rather than treating every location the same.Landry’s has not publicly attributed every recent closure to one specific factor. However, the company’s continued trimming of locations comes as restaurant operators across the country face higher operating costs, changing consumer spending habits, and increased competition.Here’s some of my previous coverage of restaurant closures:Popular breakfast chain closes more restaurants17-year-old Mexican restaurant chain closes all locations57-year-old burger chain closed 28 restaurants, 100s more comingThe environment can make it more difficult for individual restaurants to justify remaining open, particularly when sales are not strong enough to offset labor, food, rent, and other operating expenses.Restaurants are also dealing with higher prices. Food away from home increased 3.4% over the 12 months ending July 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.At the same time, consumers have become more selective about dining out as restaurant prices have risen. Industry data from Circana showed restaurant traffic declined 0.3% in 2025 compared to the prior year, with a 0.5% bump in the fourth quarter. This highlights that while modest growth is expected to continue through 2026, expansion will likely remain uneven across the industry.What this means for Landry’s futureFor Landry’s, the size of its portfolio allows it to close less viable locations while continuing to operate the broader brand. It can also potentially replace a restaurant with another concept that it believes is better suited to the property and local market, an advantage many smaller restaurant companies may not have.Landry’s used this approach across parts of its portfolio. The company has steadily closed Joe’s Crab Shack, McCormick & Schmick’s, and Oceanaire Seafood Room locations, with some properties being replaced by other restaurant concepts, SeafoodSource reported.The shutdowns do not necessarily signal that Landry’s is abandoning its restaurant business. Instead, they point to the company continuing to reshape a large and diverse portfolio, retaining locations and concepts that make sense while allowing other properties to close or transition to different concepts. For Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, the Boston closure is another example of that strategy playing out at the individual-location level. The brand continues to operate elsewhere, while the former Back Bay space moves on to a new restaurant concept.Related: 17-year-old Mexican restaurant chain closes all locations

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Let’s get one thing straight: dating an entrepreneur is not normal. It can be the most exhilarating, fast-paced and deeply rewarding experience of your life, or it can drive you absolutely insane.
If you are dating a 9-to-5 employee, the rules of engagement are fairly standard. You clock out, you come home, you watch Netflix, and you go to sleep. But when you date a founder, you are dating someone whose brain is fundamentally wired differently. They are in the hunt. They view life as a sport, and they are playing to build an empire.
If you are the entrepreneur trying to get your partner to understand you, or if you are the partner trying to figure out if your significant other is crazy, this guide is for you. Here are the brutal truths about dating an entrepreneur—and exactly how to make the relationship thrive.
1. You Have to Fall in Love With Their Vision
The normal rules of romance simply do not apply here. When you date an entrepreneur, there is no separation between the person and their vision. They are all-in, 24/7.
If you are someone who just wants a quiet life, a guaranteed paycheck, and your partner’s undivided attention every evening at 5:00 PM, you are going to be miserable. If an entrepreneur is trying to build a massive empire, acquire assets, and create a legacy, their partner must be on board. You have to be their one-person pit crew. If you fight their ambition, they will eventually resent you. You must love their vision just as much as you love them.
2. They Never Actually “Clock Out”
You might be sitting at a romantic dinner, and right in the middle of a sentence, their eyes glaze over. You ask them a question, and they don’t hear you.
They aren’t ignoring you because they don’t care; they are ignoring you because their brain just connected two massive ideas. They might have just seen how a waiter handled a complaint and figured out how to apply that exact framework to their customer service team. An entrepreneur’s mind is always running. They might wake up at 2:00 AM to type out an idea for an hour. Don’t take it personally; it is simply how they are wired.
3. Solitude is Their Oxygen
Entrepreneurs deal with extreme emotional highs and lows. They can be ecstatic one hour and deeply frustrated the next because they take the wins and losses of their business incredibly personally.
Because their “product” relies heavily on managing people and numbers, their emotional bandwidth gets tapped out. Sometimes, they just need to disappear. They might need a Sunday entirely to themselves, or four hours in a quiet room to just decompress and regain their sanity. A jealous or insecure partner will view this as a threat. A supportive partner will recognize it as vital recovery time.
4. You Must Define Your Language
Miscommunication destroys relationships, especially when time is scarce. Highly successful entrepreneurial couples learn to define their terms to avoid war.
For example, establish what the word “important” means. If one of you says, “It is important to me that you are there,” it should mean everything else stops. No alarm bells, no arguments—you just show up.
Similarly, create an emergency protocol. If you call once, they can ignore it. If you call twice, they can text you back later. But if the phone rings three times in a row, they know they need to walk out of a boardroom meeting immediately because the house is on fire. Defining your language removes the friction of assumed expectations.
5. The Schedule is God
If you want guaranteed time with an entrepreneur, put it on the calendar. Spontaneous moments will absolutely happen—entrepreneurs love random weekend getaways or sudden date nights—but for the day-to-day survival of the relationship, the schedule rules all.
Treat your dates, family gatherings, and vacations with the exact same level of respect as a major investor meeting. If it is on the calendar, it happens. If it is not on the calendar, do not expect them to magically read your mind and show up.
6. Build Your Own Identity (They Despise Laziness)
Entrepreneurs are intensely driven, curious, and obsessed with growth. Because of this, they generally despise laziness.
If you sit at home waiting for them to finish work so they can entertain you, the relationship will fail. You must have your own identity. Commit to your own personal development. Read books, start a side hustle, learn a new skill, or dive into a passion. Entrepreneurs want to date someone who is also in the hunt for greatness. The more you grow your own life, the more attractive you become to them.
7. You Must Be Their Unshakable Number One
Here is the ultimate paradox: an entrepreneur will work inhuman hours, obsess over their business, and sacrifice sleep for their vision. But at the end of the day, you must be their number one priority.
Studies show that a successful relationship isn’t necessarily about the quantity of time spent together; it is about the quality and happiness of that time. If they work 12 hours but come home thrilled to see you, fully present, and deeply connected, the relationship will thrive.
The business means a lot to them, but it shouldn’t compare to you. If the company crumbles, the market crashes, and they lose it all, they need to know they still have the one thing that actually matters. Be their safe haven, be their biggest cheerleader, and never stop building together.
“Behind every amazing entrepreneur that does something big, there is an even stronger partner that backs them up and gives them their strength.”
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The latest jobs report gave Wall Street another reason to bet big on America’s largest bank.Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. are trading near all-time highs at the time of writing, helping lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average to record levels in August 2026. The Dow 30 bank stock touched a fresh all-time high this week, even as the labor market lost 23,000 jobs last month.The job losses drove concerns over inflation lower, as the Fed will most likely hold interest rates at the next meeting.For a bank that has spent the past year warning about global risks, despite beating its own targets, the rally says as much about JPMorgan’s (JPM) underlying business as it does about the labor market.Here is what is driving the move, and why investors keep coming back to this Dow 30 stock.Softer labor numbers lift key Dow 30 stock JPMorgan ChaseCompared to most other economic data points, a healthy jobs market matters more to a bank.Basically, it raises the demand for loans across verticals such as housing and automobiles. It also helps banks keep delinquency rates lower and expand profit margins consistently. Analysts were keeping a close watch on the July jobs report, CNBC noted, given rising oil prices driven by the war in Iran. The Dow Jones consensus projected an addition of 83,000 jobs in July, which could have forced the Fed to hike interest rates.Despite an unemployment rate of more than 4%, consumer spending remains resilient in the U.S.More JPMorgan:JPMorgan CEO cuts to the chase on stock market dangerJPMorgan is nearing $1 trillion for a reason investors missedJ.P. Morgan’s stock price is flashing valuation warningJPMorgan Consumer and Community Bank CEO Marianne Lake emphasized that link at the Morgan Stanley US Financials Conference in June. She said the consumer “remains resilient,” pointing to stable spending, manageable debt levels, and solid card usage.CEO Jamie Dimon has echoed this view, while also cautioning against complacency. Speaking at the Bernstein conference in May, he said the bank tracks credit risk “through the cycle,” not quarter to quarter, because a downturn always eventually arrives.Still, for now, the data back up the optimism.Lake noted that JPMorgan’s own card charge-off rate, essentially the share of card balances the bank writes off as unpaid, is running at the low end of its guided range this year.JPM stock rides a trading and deal-making boomBeyond the jobs data, JPMorgan’s second-quarter results give investors plenty to like.The bank posted net income of $16.9 billion and earnings of $6.14 per share, with return on tangible common equity at 23%. Revenue climbed 15% year over year, and the bank’s Markets and Investment Banking arm led the way. Investment banking fees jumped 30% from a year earlier, fueled by large stock offerings and a wave of merger deals closing faster than expected. The Equities trading desk had an especially strong stretch, with revenue up 86% year over year.Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum said the quarter benefited from some deals getting pulled forward, but added that the pipeline “is actually quite robust” heading into the second half of the year.Dimon was blunter about the current good conditions: “It’s getting close to as good as it gets. We just don’t know how long it’s going to last.”

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon remains cautious about near-term growth.Alex Wong/Getty Images

Why this bank stock beat expectations againJPMorgan’s size gives it an edge that smaller banks cannot match. Its deposit base, branch network and trading business all work together, letting it capture additional revenue during bull markets and absorb losses more easily during economic downturns. The bank’s capital position backs that up. Its standardized common equity tier one ratio, a key measure of a bank’s financial cushion, stood at 14.1% last quarter, among the strongest of its peers. The board raised the quarterly dividend to $1.65 per share starting in the third quarter.Management also raised its full-year guidance, now expecting net interest income of roughly $105.5 billion for 2026, up from earlier forecasts, driven largely by stronger deposit balances.Barnum summed up the quarter: Results indicated “exceptional performance principally through the lens of like returns.”Is JPM stock still undervalued?Dimon has repeatedly flagged risks that go well beyond interest rates and jobs data, including the war in Ukraine, tension in the Middle East, and growing government deficits around the world.He has also warned that banks, including his own, may be “over earning” right now, since both trading volumes and credit performance are unusually strong at the same time. History suggests that this combination does not last forever.According to consensus data compiled from Tikr.com:Analysts tracking JPM stock forecast adjusted earnings per share to expand from $19.73 in 2025 to $30.27 in 2030. If JPM stock is priced at 12x forward earnings, which is in line with its historical mean, it should trade around $365 in early 2030, similar to the current price. Out of 16 analysts covering the Dow 30 bank stock, 10 recommend “Buy,” and six recommend “Hold.” The average JPM stock price target is $376, indicating an upside potential of 3% from current levels. Even so, for now, a resilient labor market and a booming Wall Street business are giving JPMorgan, and the broader Dow Jones Industrial Average, plenty of reason to keep climbing.Related: Jamie Dimon just sent a warning about the market

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Jim Cramer fired a triple buy call Aug. 11 on the “Mad Money” Lightning Round. It came for a stock most people still have not heard of. He backed it up with four words that tell you exactly why. Let’s see where he finds that conviction call.[Buy, buy, buy]. What a quarter they had.Hinge Health (HNGE) has surged 85.83% year to date, according to Yahoo Finance. That’s after hitting a fresh all-time high of $93.13 on Aug. 10.On top of that, Hinge reported record second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 4, growing revenue 53% year over year to $213 million, tripling free cash flow to nearly $100 million, and raising full-year guidance. Then it announced a $105 million acquisition to expand into gastrointestinal care. For a company most investors know nothing about, the numbers behind the business are genuinely impressive.What Hinge Health actually does and why the market is paying attentionHinge Health was founded in 2014 by Daniel Perez and Gabriel Mecklenburg, both of whom had personal experiences with musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries and the frustrating recovery process that followed. The company built an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform that delivers automated, personalized MSK care — covering chronic pain, acute injury, and post-surgical rehabilitation — at scale through enterprise employers and health plans.More Jim Cramer:Jim Cramer has terrifying one-word message for tech stock investorsJim Cramer says he’s steering clear of one popular stockJim Cramer reveals 4 surging chip stocks he likes bestThe business model targets the MSK market from the employer side, not the consumer side. Corporations and health plans pay Hinge Health to provide their covered populations with digital physical therapy and care management, reducing downstream medical costs on conditions that are among the most expensive to treat in U.S. health care.As of June 30, 2026, Hinge Health serves 2,929 clients, up 24% year over year, including more than half of the Fortune 100, according to its Q2 earnings release. The Last Twelve Months (LTM) calculated billings reached $861.8 million, up 52% year over year.The Hinge Health Q2 results that made Cramer say “what a quarter”The second-quarter financial performance was strong across every metric that matters for a growth company.Revenue of $213 million grew 53% year over year (YoY). Non-GAAP operating income of $61.5 million more than doubled YoY Non-GAAP operating margin expanded to 29% from 19% in Q2 2025. Free cash flow of $99.6 million grew 3x from $32.6 million in the prior year period, with a free cash flow margin of 47%.
Source: Hinge Health Second-Quarter 2026 Results
The free cash flow acceleration is the detail that stands out most to me. Why? A company growing revenue 53% while simultaneously tripling free cash flow and expanding operating margins is demonstrating genuine business leverage. That’s the kind that makes growth look sustainable rather than bought. Full-year 2026 guidance was raised to $856 million to $860 million, reflecting 46% year-over-year growth at the midpoint. Non-GAAP income from operations guidance was raised to $236 million to $244 million, representing 101% year-over-year growth. For Q3, the company guided revenue of $223 million to $225 million, up 45% year over year.

Hinge Health Migraine Care Program, launched in April 2026, already has more than 450 clients signed up and covers more than 5 million lives.Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Hinge expands beyond musculoskeletal careThe most strategically interesting part of Hinge Health’s 2026 story is not the core MSK business that is performing well. It is the platform expansion into adjacent conditions.First, its Migraine Care Program, launched in April 2026, already has more than 450 clients signed up and covers more than 5 million lives, according to The Motley Fool Q2 2026 earnings call transcript. That adoption speed for a new product line is proof that the existing enterprise client base is willing to expand its relationship with Hinge Health across conditions.Related: Jim Cramer sees the writing on the wall for SpaceX investorsSecond, the Cylinder Health acquisition, confirmed the same day as Q2 results, extends the platform into gastrointestinal care. The $105 million cash deal brings nearly 100 enterprise clients, 2 million covered lives, and partnerships with two of the three largest pharmacy benefit managers, as well as three of the top five health plans by self-insured market share.The strategic logic is compelling. GI conditions affect approximately one in four U.S. adults and represent $135 billion in annual medical spending. A surprising 69% of U.S. counties lack a gastroenterologist, creating the same access gap MSK care has, according to a Hinge Health report.Chronic GI issues frequently co-occur with the musculoskeletal and migraine conditions Hinge Health already treats. An integrated multi-condition platform in a single app — targeted for 2027 — makes the enterprise value proposition significantly broader.What the Hinge Health buyback expansion tells youThe board approved a $300 million increase to the share repurchase program on July 29, bringing total authorized repurchases to approximately $496.5 million, according to the Q2 earnings report. Hinge has already repurchased $196.5 million in shares.I think for a company growing 50%-plus with 47% free cash flow margins, aggressively buying back stock signals confidence in the business trajectory. It also means the dilution risk that plagues many growth companies is being actively managed. Those are a few more reasons to entertain that buy call.Cramer’s triple-buy call on a stock up 85% year to date reflects his read that Q2 results and the expansion into migraine and GI care represent a business compounding faster than its market position implies. The numbers on Aug. 4 gave him the evidence. The Cylinder acquisition gave him the platform story. Put together, I see the case building for Hinge Health as more than a niche digital health name.Related: Jim Cramer makes bold call on controversial fintech stock