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The Bottom Line: Restaurant stocks have taken a big hit this year, along with most of Wall Street, brought on by economic uncertainty and the threat of tariffs. Large, quick-service companies are the exception.

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast features a conversation with Brennan Duckett, who has become the point man in the national effort to push back on credit card fees that are bleeding restaurants dry.

The bowling-and-bocce restaurant chain has seen sales plummet and recently said it was not meeting its loan covenants. The company just received a $7.5 million loan to fund operations.