Tag: Ownership changes

Belgian soccer clubs favor merger with Netherlands teams

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BRUSSELS — Belgium's leading soccer clubs support a possible cross-border league with Netherlands teams. ...

Battling bigness: Congress eyes action against monopolies

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WASHINGTON — The battle against bigness is building. Whether it’s beer, banks or book publishing, lawmakers are targeting major industries they say have become...

Luxury seller Saks to spinoff website into separate company

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NEW YORK — Saks Fifth Avenue is spinning off its website into a separate company, with the hopes of expanding that business at a...

Hertz eyes bankruptcy exit through $4.2 billion stake sale

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In a deal to jettison itself from under bankruptcy protection, Hertz said Tuesday that it may sell a controlling stake in the company to...

AT&T spinning off DirecTV after losing millions of customers

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AT&T is spinning off its DirecTV into a new company for a fraction of the $48.5 billion it paid for the satellite TV service...

Palestinians say Israel blocks shipment of vaccines to Gaza

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority said Monday that Israel was preventing it from sending coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip that are...

Bally’s acquires SportCaller free-play game provider

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Bally's Corp.'s shopping spree shows no signs of slowing down as the Rhode Island-based gambling company snapped up yet...

Businesses start to rethink Myanmar as coup ignites protests

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BANGKOK — Businesses are just beginning to reassess their investments in Myanmar after the military seized power, detaining civilian leaders and sparking mass protests....

UK tech tycoon fights US extradition over ill-fated HP deal

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LONDON — A British tech entrepreneur appeared in a London court Tuesday to fight extradition to the United States on fraud charges stemming from...

US gun maker Colt bought by Czech company

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PRAGUE — Czech firearms company Ceska Zbrojovka has signed a deal to acquire Colt, the American gun maker that helped develop revolvers in the...