(Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has amassed a 4 percent stake in Zayo Group Holdings Inc and is asking the U.S. communications infrastructure provider to consider a sale, according to a letter sent by Starboard to Zayo on Thursday. Starboard’s letter comes after Zayo on Wednesday canceled its March 14 analyst day […]

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play This week on “The Argument,” Mara Gay of the Times editorial board joins the columnists to discuss the merits and potential pitfalls of universal prekindergarten initiatives. Michelle Goldberg argues that universal pre-K can be […]

To the Editor: Re “Don’t Pay College Athletes,” by Cody J. McDavis (Op-Ed, Feb. 26): Wait a minute. Isn’t the purpose of college to provide an education? Division I sports (particularly football and basketball) have so corrupted college athletics that we have totally lost sight of the purpose of college. Higher education would be much […]

To the Editor: Re “Massage-Parlor Sting Unveils Thriving Trade of Human Trafficking” (news article, Feb. 24): The sting operation that led to the disruption of a sex-trafficking ring in South Florida, and to criminal charges against some high-profile customers, is exceptional because it reflects a cultural shift and a fundamental change in law enforcement’s approach […]

John Belushi threw me into the air. In memory, I soar a good 20 feet over his head, as if I have been launched in some coked-out version of the blanket toss. It’s spring of 1981. I’m 23 years old, a closeted trans woman and the managing editor of American Bystander magazine. I want to […]

There is a larger story behind the bitterness expressed inside the House Democratic caucus last week after 26 moderate Democratic members defied the leadership to support a Republican proposal to require reporting undocumented immigrants who try to buy guns to immigration authorities. Two key wings of the congressional Democratic Party have divergent political interests — […]

Businessman Denis O’Brien’s defeat in the Supreme Court was the second significant ruling on speech in the Oireachtas in less than a week. The court found in favour of former Rehab Group chief executive Angela Kerins in her battle with the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last Wednesday. Yesterday, the same court rejected Mr O’Brien’s […]

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has warned that a disorderly Brexit would be a ‘lose-lose-lose’ scenario for Ireland, the EU and the UK. In the area of higher education and research, this is particularly so, and determined action is required to preserve existing collaborations and exploit possibilities of a ‘Brexit bounce’ for Ireland. The British Irish Chamber […]

The discovery in London of three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) contained in packages which were apparently posted from Dublin is, needless to say, a worrying development – but it raises a number of important questions. The fact that the Met’s counter-terrorism unit is being assisted by gardaí immediately points the finger of suspicion towards dissident […]

(Reuters) – Aon Plc said on Tuesday it is in early stages of considering an offer for rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc. The potential all-stock transaction is at a preliminary stage and there is no certainty that it will take place, Aon said. Willis Towers was not available for comment. Shares of Willis […]