Fox Business Briefs: Winn-Dixie will now require face masks as its parent company Southeastern Grocers says the mandate is for the safety of its customers, workers, and communities; eBay is selling its classified ad business to a Norwegian company, Adevinta, for more than $ 9 billion. Dollar Tree and Family …
Read More »The New York Times Company acquires Serial Productions and forms a strategic alliance with “This American Life”
NEW YORK–(COMMERCIAL WIRE) – The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today that it would acquire Serial Productions, the company that produces the groundbreaking “Serial” podcast. In addition to the acquisition, The Times also announced that it had entered into an ongoing creative and strategic alliance with “This American …
Read More »In a matter of days, the Florida family loses two brothers due to coronavirus
Mychaela Francis was at home with her brother, Byron, when she saw that he was struggling to breathe. Paramedics took him to the Florida Medical Center on June 27. That day he died of the coronavirus. I was 20 years old. Three days later, the 22-year-old Francis began complaining of …
Read More »The 2009 ‘Shark Tank’ episode mysteriously predicts the future: ‘The next big trend’
Vulture writer Megh Wright was watching a replay of “Shark Tank” on CNBC on June 21 when she caught a haunting moment of omen during one of the releases. The first season of “Shark Tank” aired in 2009, and the premise of the reality show is that entrepreneurs hope to …
Read More »SoftBank reached out to Apple to gauge interest in Chip Designer’s arm
(Bloomberg) – SoftBank Group Corp. recently approached Apple Inc. to assess the iPhone maker’s interest in bidding for chip design firm Arm Ltd., according to people familiar with the discussions. The two firms had preliminary discussions, but Apple does not plan to seek an offer. Arm’s licensing operation would be …
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