A Currys Plc store on Oxford Street in central London, UK, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images British electronics chain Currys experienced more rejection Friday with Chinese online retailer JD.com walking away from a takeover race for the firm, just days after Elliott Investment Management did the same. In a brief … Read more
A Currys Plc store on Oxford Street in central London, UK, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Elliott Investment Management said Monday it had decided not to make another takeover bid for British electrical retailer Currys after repeatedly being rejected. Shares of Currys were down 10% in early … Read more
Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital is “looking at everything” regarding the company’s future, CEO Marc Bell told CNBC, as it considers Lockheed Martin’s acquisition offer. “We found out about [Lockheed’s takeover bid] when the rest of the world found out about it,” Bell said on CNBC’s “Manifest Space” podcast. Lockheed’s proposal submitted last week values Terran … Read more
Factory Town is back and bigger than ever before with a monumental five-night takeover to celebrate Miami Music Week 2024. With sets and showcases from the biggest players in the electronic music scene, the sprawling Hialeah venue will span five eye-popping stages this year. Expect sunset to sunrise partying from Wednesday to Sunday during this … Read more
Photo: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Last week, it was revealed that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff had been buying up lots of land in Hawaii at an accelerating clip. Benioff, who is worth billions and billions of dollars, has procured approximately $100 million in land parcels throughout the Big Island via a series of nondescript LLCs. … Read more
An effigy of Elon Musk is seen on a mobile device with the X and Twitter logos in the background in this photo illustration on 23 July, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has to testify in a probe by the U.S. Securities and … Read more
BANGKOK, Thailand — Myanmar was a rising star in Southeast Asia before its military seized power three years ago in a takeover that has brought civil strife and a tightening vise of international sanctions, undoing years of progress and leaving the economy 10% smaller than it was in 2019. Economists say the generals who toppled … Read more
Move over young people, it’s time for the seniors to shine! While TikTok may have appealed more to the younger generation for years, it’s slowly becoming more and more a granfluencer‘s paradise. The older generation is finding success on the app with millions of followers, viral videos and online fame. The Trend Of Online Granfluencers … Read more
Photo: Chesnot (Getty Images) Over 90,000 users on X experienced an outage on Thursday morning, marking the platform’s most severe outage since Elon Musk’s takeover in October of 2022, according to Bloomberg. Data from Google Trends shows that many users rushed to Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads during the outage. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet X … Read more
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has acquired 25 per cent of Manchester United and taken control of football operations. An announcement finally came on Christmas Eve, bringing an end to 13 months of talks about a potential takeover of the Old Trafford club. Ratcliffe is acquiring the interest for $33-a-share (£26) in a deal that “will include … Read more