BIZARRE: 18 - What They Never Told You

Rotherham's Classic Lifts acquired by US investor HIG Capital

The Yorkshire firm has become H.I.G's latest acquisition in a wider effort to build a wider technical building services group

Birmingham Post · Jan 19, 2023

Elon Musk has ‘more to lose’ if he tries to skip Twitter debt payment

SAN FRANCISCO: By all accounts — including Elon Musk’s — Twitter has more than enough money to make its first interest payments, expected to total about $300 million.

The Times of India · Jan 19, 2023

WA Supreme Court clears way for Albertsons' $4 billion dividend

The Washington state Supreme Court has swept aside the last legal obstacle to a $4 billion dividend by Albertson to its shareholders ahead of a controversial proposed merger with rival Kroger.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2023

New details on shape of telecom giant

Merger details unveiled in the final lap of the planned amalgamation of True Corporation and Total Access Communication (DTAC) suggest DTAC's parent, the Norwegian firm Telenor, may want to serve as a passive or strategic investor rather than run the day-to-day operations of the new firm -- a sign of…

Bangkok Post · Jan 14, 2023

Huge coldstore logistics deal completes

HSH has bought fellow Grimsby business ACS&T

Birmingham Post · Jan 13, 2023

BCP has high hopes for buyout of Esso

Energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc (BCP) expects its buyout of Esso (Thailand) Plc for 55.5 billion baht to pave the way for higher revenue, gaining a larger market share in the oil retail business and lower costs, though the new asset acquisition will increase its debt.

Bangkok Post · Jan 12, 2023

Hundreds of jobs at risk as Liberty Steel mothballs manufacturing sites in Wales

The firm will stop production at its sites in Newport and Tredegar

Wales Online · Jan 12, 2023

Bangchak acquires most of Esso Thailand

SET-listed Bangchak Corporation Plc (BCP) has acquired a 65.99% stake worth 55 billion baht in Esso Thailand mainly from ExxonMobil Asia Holdings Pte.

Bangkok Post · Jan 12, 2023

Laid-off Twitter workers feared meager severance deals. Elon Musk just set the bar even lower

After months of waiting, hundreds of Twitter employees laid off by Elon Musk in early November received their separation agreements by email Saturday morning.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 10, 2023

Spirit Airlines pilots back contract with 34% average pay hike, union says

Spirit Airlines pilots have ratified a two-year contract with management that will produce $463 million in economic gains including an average 34% pay hike, the Air Line Pilots Association said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023