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...Late on Friday the rebranded Virgin Trains USA filed preliminary documentation for an initial public offering to fund its expansion and list on Nasdaq....
...Dr Soon-Shiong was brought in as an investor by Mr Ferro in 2016 when Tronc was fending off a takeover attempt from Gannett, the publisher of USA Today....
...Equity investors were pleased: shares in Altice NV climbed 10.5 per cent and Altice USA was up over 9 per cent....
...Before joining FS Investments, he was chief executive officer at ORIX USA Asset Management, and co-chief executive officer and chief investment officer at FrontPoint Partners....
...Tribune Publishing’s board has unanimously rejected an $815m bid from Gannett, the owner of USA Today, saying the unsolicited offer undervalues the publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune...
...Gannett, the publisher behind USA Today, has proposed to buy Tribune Publishing for $12.25 in cash per share, valuing the deal at about $815m including debt....
...A California billionaire who has long coveted the Los Angeles Times has acquired a 13 per cent stake in Tribune Publishing, its parent company, which is being stalked by rival Gannett, the owner of USA Today...
...The LA Times has, over the years, attracted significant bid interest....
...Today) – Matt Pearce (LA Times) We also recommend the curated feed of St Louis Public Radio....
...Specialist tour operator La Fuga has formed a partnership with Orica-Greenedge, the Australian team that won last month’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège race....
...colleagues and managers about his plan to use data gathered from home wireless networks gathered by the company’s Street View cars, but the practice continued for two years after the internal disclosures, the LA...
...The move comes a month after the company abandoned a $39bn bid for Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA unit and could signal possible asset sales....
...These include Ralph de la Vega, chief executive of AT&T Mobility, and Glenn Lurie, president of emerging devices, resale and partnerships....
...The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week was awash with new smartphones from Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony and Nokia designed to run on the new 4G mobile networks that the largest US mobile network...
...Tropical Storm Lee weakened late Sunday into a depression as it came ashore and moved slowly northwards, USA Today reports, but there were warnings further flooding could be seen....
...Despite the increased competition, Ralph de la Vega, chief executive and president for AT&T’s mobile business, said the company’s sale of 1m 4S handsets through the end of Tuesday represented, “our most...
...Mr de la Vega also highlighted how AT&T was pledging to expand its new high-speed mobile broadband network to cover 95 per cent of the US population....
...LightSquared, formed last year when Harbinger Capital Partners acquired SkyTerra Communications, was planning to begin trials of its new network in Baltimore, Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix early this year...
...• Henry Bath LLC is a [—] organized under the laws of [—]. Its principal office is located at 2500-A Broening Highway, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA....
...Terra Industries, the fertiliser producer, rose 5.7 per cent to $41.27 after CF Industries Holdings lifted its offer to buy its smaller rival to about $4.6bn. CF gained 1.1 per cent to $89.56....
...“Today’s decision was made after evaluating our customers’ expectations and use ofthe device compared to dozens of others we offer,” Ralph de la Vega, AT&T Mobility president, said....
...Sony said, however, that Reader users would be able to buy single editions of the FT, the LA Times and the Tribune, as well as monthly subscriptions....
...Gannett, publisher of USA Today, slashed its dividend by 90 per cent. The Washington Post’s fourth-quarter earnings fell 77 per cent....
...After a 40 per cent fall in new music sales in the year to March, EMI Music has had a better run with Katy Perry’s breakthrough and the success of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida, the year’s biggest-selling album...
...London boutique sharply dressed à la Saharienne, showing off his African-themed ready-to-wear collection....
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