The retailer announced to the Australian Stock Exchange that it would ‘exit’ Masters Home Improvement and Home Timber & Hardware (also purchased by Woolworths) by either selling the business or winding it up. A consortium made up of an aged care provider Aurrum, the Spotlight Group and Chemist Warehouse, have…
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“Cerberus”), a global leader in alternative investing, today announced that one of its affiliates has acquired an 80% interest in Off Lease Only, LLC (“Off Lease Only” or the “Company”), a leading independent, used-car dealer in the United States. Most auto leases provide the…
Billionaire Yvon ChouinardYvon ChouinardBorn in 1938 in Lisbon, Maine, Chouinard and his family moved to Burbank, California, when he was about 8. There, Chouinard joined a falconry club as 14-year-old and learned to rappel down cliffs.https://www.forbes.com › sites › danielasirtori › 2017/03/20From Climber To Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia…
On July 17 Mellon Financial announced it was selling its retail banking business, including Mellon PSFS, to Citizens Financial Group for US$2 billion. Continuing to lose money, Meritor sold 54 suburban branches of PSFS, more than half of its branches, to Pittsburgh -based Mellon Bank for US$335 million in 1989.…
Cyril Abiteboul (born on 14th October 1977; age: 44 years) is a Formula One motor car engineer from France. He shares his identity as a motor racing engineer and manager, director, and team principal for Renault and Caterham. Cyril was seen earlier in the famous Netflix series Formula1: Drive to…
Morley Candy Makers and its Sanders brand were acquired Wednesday by Kar’s Nuts. The combined Madison Heights-based company will be led by Kar’s President Nick Nicolay. Regional chocolate and caramel icon Sanders is being acquired by another Detroit-born snack maker, Kar Nut Products Co. In 2018, Sanders® became a division…
Netflix bought the worldwide rights to “Seinfeld” in 2019 in a deal that allowed the show to stream on Hulu until 2021. Hollywood trade outlets said at the time that the deal was worth more than $500 million and beat offers from other streaming platforms as they raced to sign…
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African American player in Major League Baseball’s modern era when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50…
Alexis and Caitlin chatted on FaceTime for 88 hours, 53 minutes, 20.00 seconds. What is the longest call ever 2021? Eric R. Brewster ’14 and Avery A. Leonard ’14 fought off drooping eyelids and the urge to sleep last week as they held a phone conversation that lasted for 46…
Following the conquest of North Africa by Muslim Arabs in the 7th century CE, Islam spread throughout West Africa via merchants, traders, scholars, and missionaries, that is largely through peaceful means whereby African rulers either tolerated the religion or converted to it themselves. Stated simply, the Arabic language and the…