Subway was sold for billions of dollars in one of history’s most significant fast-food acquisitions. Private equity firm Roark Capital has acquired Subway. Roark Capital is a nearly 60-year-old family-owned enterprise with other sandwich shops in its portfolio. Thursday’s press release announced that the sandwich company had received an offer from Roark. According to the Wall Street Journal, Roark offered $9.6 billion for the sale, initially listed for $10 billion in February. Read more: The Justice Department sues SpaceX for Asylee and Refugee Employment Discrimination. According to Reuters, Subway must achieve cash flow milestones within two or more years of…
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Milan registers its warmest day since 1763. Milan in northern Italy set a new record high for the highest average daily temperature on Wednesday when it hit 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 degrees Fahrenheit). This occurred when a heatwave that began around mid-Aug reached its climax, as the Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA) reported on Friday. Since 1763, when the Milano Brera meteorological station first began keeping records of temperatures, this was the hottest day ever recorded there. On August 11, 2003, Milan established its previous high temperature record of 32.8 degrees Celsius. During July, the Italian capital city of Rome…
Giants acquire Isaiah Simmons from the Cardinals for a seventh-round choice in 2024. The time that Isaiah Simmons had with the Cardinals has finally ended. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Cardinals and the Giants have agreed about the trade of the Cardinals’ first-round pick in 2020. In exchange for Simmons, the Arizona Cardinals will get a seventh-round draft pick from the New York Giants in 2024. Read more: Chris Jones of the Chiefs suggests he will hold out until Week 8. As a result of Simmons’s stellar performance as a star and versatile member of the Clemson defense…
The Justice Department sues SpaceX for Asylee and Refugee Employment Discrimination. Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers. The lawsuit alleges that SpaceX violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) between September 2018 and May 2022 by routinely discouraging asylees and refugees from applying and refusing to hire or consider them based on their citizenship status. Throughout several years of job postings and public statements, SpaceX falsely asserted that under federal regulations known as “export control laws,” it could only hire U.S. citizens and lawful permanent…
Chandrayaan-3 rover moves onto the moon’s surface as India celebrates ecstatically. The moon rover of India’s Chandrayaan-3 left the spacecraft on Thursday to begin exploring the lunar south pole and conducting experiments. The space agency chief said the rover was prepared for new challenges. On Wednesday, the spacecraft landed on the unexplored south pole of the moon, making India the first nation to accomplish this accomplishment just days after Russia’s Luna-25 mission failed. After a failed attempt in 2019, the soft, textbook landing of the lander ignited widespread jubilation and celebration in the world’s most populous nation. The media lauded…
Chris Jones of the Chiefs suggests he will hold out until Week 8. On social media, defensive stop Chris Jones indicated he will continue his holdout from the Kansas City Chiefs until Week 8. He is ready to forfeit his weekly game check, approximately $1.1 million, because “I can afford it.” Tuesday, Jones responded to fans in a thread on X, formerly known as Twitter, by posting a photo of a sign that read, “If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind as well.” It is difficult to determine whether Jones intends to hold out until…
Equinor unveils the largest floating wind farm in the world in Norway. On Wednesday, Norwegian energy company Equinor (EQNR.OL) and its partners inaugurated the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm. It will supply adjacent oil and gas platforms and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Hywind Tampen wind farm, in which Equinor is partnering with other oil companies, including OMV (OMVV.VI) and Vaar Energi, which is majority-owned by ENI (ENI.MI), began producing electricity in November of last year and has now attained total output. Read more: Why does a labor union influence the US Steel bidding war? Its 88 megawatts of…
China’s President Xi suddenly missed a big BRICS meeting. Chinese leader Xi Jinping skipped a business forum of the BRICS economic group in South Africa on Tuesday, instead dispatching his commerce minister to deliver a fiery speech condemning US hegemony. Xi, who arrived in Johannesburg on Monday for the annual BRICS summit of key emerging economies, was scheduled to deliver a speech at the forum’s business forum alongside the leaders of India, Brazil, and South Africa on Tuesday. Read more: Four children were rescued from a stranded cable car in Pakistan as rescuers raced to save others. However, the Chinese…
Sha’Carri Richardson crowns revival by winning the 100m at the world championships. Track and the pursuit of fame can be brutal sports. Over the past two years, no one sensed this more than American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson. On a sweltering Monday evening, half-world from where her problems began, the 23-year-old won a gold medal in the 100-meter race at the world championships. Her victory in 10.65 seconds over Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson and five-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce concluded a two-year comeback, validated the mantra she’s recited all year, and reiterated after her latest victory: “I’m not back. I’ve improved.” Read…
Why a labor union has so much influence in the US Steel bidding war, a bidding war for U.S. Steel is intensifying, and one participant wields enormous power: the steelworkers union. Significant provisions in the union’s contract give it a surprising amount of influence over who purchases the emblematic American company. Last week, U.S. Steel denied a $7.25 billion cash-and-stock takeover offer from competitor Cleveland-Cliffs, which, like U.S. Steel, has been in business for over a century. Read more: Australia’s petrol prices increase due to labor unrest. Instead, U.S. Steel initiated a review of “strategic alternatives” — deal jargon for a…