Whether you’re Catholic or not, all religious affiliations can agree on one thing — any religion that would stop us from getting our fast food fix is no religion at all! So if you worship at the church of fried chicken but can’t eat that meat because of the Lenten season, Chick-fil-A has got you […]
Public sector net borrowing was £8.8bn last month – the first January deficit since 2011. The figure was £18.4bn more than in January 2020 and was also the highest January borrowing amount since monthly records began in 1993. Public sector net debt has now risen by £316.4bn over the 10 months since the start of […]
Beto O'Rourke has officially dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. The former Texas representative shared his decision to end his bid hours before Iowa's annual Liberty and Justice celebration in October. O'Rourke, legally Robert Francis O’Rourke, began his political career as a clerk for Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist after graduating from Harvard […]
FILE PHOTO: William Ackman, founder and CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidBOSTON (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose bets on companies are closely watched, updated investors on how his flagship fund earned a record 70.2% return […]
Tauranga ratepayers have paid more than $6 million to help cover the city council’s prosecution and operational costs following the Bella Vista Homes fallout. And ratepayer representatives say people are “fed up” with the continued ongoing costs related to the saga. In March 2018, 21 homes and building sites that were part of the failed […]
FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks at the Economic Club of New York luncheon in New York City, New York, U.S.,September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Apollo has enlisted ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton as its lead independent director as part of efforts to tighten […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose as much as a dollar on Thursday, extending this week’s gains and hitting 13-month highs, as a cold snap sweeping Texas and surrounding regions shut at least a fifth of U.S. refining output and a million barrels of crude production.FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil […]
LONDON — Stella McCartney has inked a long-term worldwide licensing deal with the Italian company Simonetta, which specializes in children’s wear. Simonetta will begin developing, producing and distributing the Stella McCartney Kids collection beginning with the spring 2022 season. The brand said the strategic partnership “will turbocharge the growth” of the Stella McCartney Kids business. […]
The private equity firm Carlyle Group plans to announce on Wednesday a $4.1 billion credit line for its portfolio companies that will tie the price of debt to the diversity of a company’s board, the DealBook newsletter reports. Carlyle did not disclose the rates associated with the loans. To help companies increase diversity hiring, it […]
PARIS — When Gucci released its collaboration with The North Face last month, 1.7 million people registered for a raffle providing early access to the collection, causing the brand’s site to briefly crash. So why is Kering’s star brand struggling to keep pace with its sector peers? Gucci’s disappointing performance in the fourth quarter sent Kering […]