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☆ Poppy Harlow announces she will exit CNN after nearly two decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Poppy Harlow, the longtime CNN anchor who most recently co-helmed “CNN This Morning,” announced Friday that she will exit the network. “The nearly two decades since have been a gift,” Harlow wrote in an email to colleagues. Jeremy FreemanThompson, after taking over from Licht, announced in February that he would reconfigure CNN’s morning lineup. CNN engaged in discussions with Harlow, but ultimately she decided to exit the network. ), and to support the evolution of journalism in every way I can, while preserving the human(ity) in it,” Harlow wrote.

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☆ A note from Business Insider's new CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Barbara Peng | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Today I am excited to share some news: we're officially returning to the name Business Insider. There is so much I love about Business Insider. Two years later, we adopted the name Business Insider. We help them discover the ideas and the people who are changing business, tech, and beyond. A future as Business Insider reaffirms our center of gravity around business, tech, and innovation.

Persons: we're, It's, We've, Henry Blodget, —, Henry, doesn't, we've, We'll, – Organizations: Business, Financial Locations: New York, London

Bain has been interviewing investment banks to hire financial advisers that will help the private equity firm come up with a plan to cash out on its majority stake in Varsity Brands, the sources said. Varsity Brands generates more than $400 million in 12-month earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the sources added, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential. Varsity Brands and Bain declined to comment. Varsity Brands consists of two main businesses, BSN SPORTS and Varsity Spirit. Varsity kept the yearbooks business when it sold Herff Jones to private equity firm Atlas Holdings earlier this year.

Persons: Kim Kyung, Bain, Varsity's Herff Jones, Herff Jones, Catterton, Abigail Summerville, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Bain Capital, REUTERS, Varsity Brands, BSN SPORTS, Spirit, Nike, Varsity, Atlas Holdings, Bain, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Partners Group, Birkenstock, ACON Investments, Kelso, Co, Equity, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, U.S, Varsity's, New York, Augusta

NFL football helmets are seen on display in Tampa, Florida, U.S., February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Eve Edelheit/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. maker of football helmets and gear Riddell is exploring a sale, the company told Reuters, in a deal that could value it at around $800 million, people familiar with the matter said. Riddell was founded in 1929 by John T. Riddell who invented gear such as removable football cleats and plastic helmet shells. Fenway Partners acquired Riddell Sports Group in 2003 and combined it with Bell Sports in 2004. In 2014, Fenway again changed the company's name to BRG Sports for its core Bell, Riddell and Giro brands and sold its Easton baseball and softball business to Bauer Performance Sports.

Persons: Eve Edelheit, Riddell, Robert W, Baird, John T, Abigail Summerville, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, National Football League, UBS Group, Co, Fenway Partners, Riddell Sports Group, Bell Sports, Easton Sports, Fenway, Sports, Bell, Giro, Easton, Bauer Performance Sports, Vista, Blackburn, BRG Sports, Marucci Sports, Fox Factory Holding, Thomson Locations: Tampa , Florida, U.S, Easton, Bell, New York

Oct 26 (Reuters) - GOJO Industries, the maker of Purell hand sanitizer, said on Thursday it would refinance its debt after sources told Reuters that negotiations about the sale of the company to paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific fell through. The suitor that made the most progress in the sale process for GOJO was Georgia-Pacific, a company owned by Koch Industries, the sources said. Silver Point, Georgia-Pacific and Koch Industries did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The company expanded into skincare and invented Purell, an alcohol-based hand cleaner which dries on its own, in 1988. The company launched Purell in the consumer market in 1997.

Persons: GOJO, Goldie Lippman, Jerry, Clarence Cook, Abigail Summerville, Stephen Coates Organizations: GOJO Industries, Reuters, Silver, Koch Industries, Thomson Locations: Georgia, Pacific, , Georgia, New York

☆ Mark Maurer — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Mark Maurer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Mark MaurerMark Maurer is a reporter on The Wall Street Journal’s CFO Journal team. Based in New York, he writes about corporate finance, accounting, auditing and regulation of companies. Before joining the Journal, he covered New York commercial real estate as associate web editor and reporter at The Real Deal. Prior to that, he was a copy editor at the Star-Ledger. He completed the Knight-Bagehot fellowship program in economics and business journalism at Columbia University in 2019.

Persons: Mark Maurer Mark Maurer Organizations: Real, Star, Columbia University Locations: New York, Real Deal

Since then, Unilever has worked to make Elida an autonomous unit that could also appeal in its entirety to private equity firms, the sources added. Morgan Stanley and Evercore have now contacted several parties to gauge acquisition interest in Elida for what could be a multi-billion-dollar deal, according to the sources. Unilever, Morgan Stanley and Evercore declined to comment. This has prompted Unilever, the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, to review its portfolio of non-core assets it can sell to raise cash. Unilever beat underlying sales growth forecasts in the second quarter after raising prices to offset the higher costs.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Hein Schumacher, Ives, Moussel, Alberto Balsam, Evercore, Abigail Summerville, Richa Naidu, Chizu Organizations: Unilever Plc, Evercore Inc, Unilever, Credit Suisse, Elida, Breyers, Thomson Locations: St, Zwitsal, Elida, Klondike, New York, London

Jenny StrasburgJenny Strasburg is a reporter in London, where she writes for The Wall Street Journal about oil and gas, climate, the transition to lower-carbon energy and the people, money and politics setting the global energy agenda, in conflict with it, or left behind because of it. Jenny previously covered global investment banks in the U.S. and Europe, as well as hedge funds, trading and markets, with a focus on in-depth investigations, before pivoting to Covid-19 vaccines and geopolitical responses to the pandemic. Jenny has shared collaborative-reporting honors including the George Polk Award, Gerald Loeb Award, New York Press Club Award, National Headliner Award and Sabew Best in Business Award. She completed the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in economics and business journalism at Columbia University before writing about private investment funds at Bloomberg News. She joined the Journal in 2008 in New York, before moving to the U.K. in 2013.

Persons: Jenny Strasburg Jenny Strasburg, Jenny, George Polk, Gerald Loeb Organizations: Wall Street, New York Press, Columbia University, Bloomberg News Locations: London, U.S, Europe, New Mexico, West Texas, Corpus Christi, San Francisco and New York, New York

☆ Dalvin Brown — Personal Tech reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Dalvin Brown | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Dalvin BrownDalvin Brown is a Personal Tech reporter at The Wall Street Journal and host of a tech YouTube channel. Dalvin previously covered innovation for the Washington Post, and before that wrote about consumer tech at USA Today. A graduate of Baruch College and an Ida B. Wells Scholar at City University of New York, Dalvin has a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in business and economics reporting. He’s a 2020 recipient of the Frederic Wiegold Prize for Business Journalism.

Persons: Dalvin Brown Dalvin Brown, Ida B, Dalvin, Craig Newmark, He’s, Frederic Wiegold Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA, Baruch College, Wells, City University of New, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Business Journalism Locations: City University of New York

☆ Lauren Thomas — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Lauren Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Lauren ThomasLauren Thomas reports on M&A and shareholder activism for The Wall Street Journal. Previously, she covered the retail industry at CNBC. There, she broke news on companies ranging from Peloton to Kohl’s to Lululemon, and frequently appeared on CNBC programming. A native of Spartanburg, S.C., Lauren is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied business journalism and Spanish.

Persons: Lauren Thomas Lauren Thomas, Lauren Organizations: Wall Street, CNBC, University of North, Chapel Hill Locations: Kohl’s, Spartanburg, S.C, University of North Carolina, Chapel

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Bain Capital on Tuesday agreed to buy Fogo de Chão, in a deal people familiar with the matter said valued the Brazilian steakhouse chain at about $1.1 billion, including debt. The deal marks a win for private equity firm Rhone Capital, which took Fogo de Chão private for $560 million in 2018. The restaurant chain confidentially submitted paperwork for an initial public offering to regulators in late 2021, the sources said. Earlier in August, the Pollo Tropical restaurant chain was sold to Authentic Restaurant Brands for $225 million. Morgan Stanley & Co LLC is serving as financial adviser to Fogo de Chão and Rhône, while Sullivan & Cromwell served as legal counsel.

Persons: Paulo Whitaker, Rhône, Bain, Burger King, Dunkin, Ellis, Morgan Stanley, Sullivan, Cromwell, Abigail Summerville, Anirban Sen, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Fogo de Chao, REUTERS, Bain Capital, Rhone Capital, Dunkin ’ Brands Inc, Brands Inc, Benihana, Deutsche Bank, Kirkland, Thomson Locations: Fogo de, Fogo de Chao Brazilian, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Chão, Fogo, Rhone, Southern Brazil, dealmaking, Sandwich, New York

REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Body Art Alliance is exploring options including a sale that could value the supplier of tattoo and body art products at nearly $1 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Representatives for Body Art Alliance and Jefferies declined to comment. Body Art Alliance's move to explore a sale comes amid a global surge in the popularity of body art, especially among the younger generation. The company was launched in 2020 by the founders of four body art companies - FK Irons, Painful Pleasures, NeoMetal and World Famous Ink. It is now affiliated with dozens of global brands that sell tattoo and body art products, which include body ink and piercing equipment, to artists and customers.

Persons: Ravan, Navesh, Jefferies, Abigail Summerville, Leslie Adler Organizations: REUTERS, Alliance, Jefferies, Group Inc, Body Art Alliance, FK Irons, Thomson Locations: Kathmandu, Nepal, Hanover , Maryland, U.S, New York

July 26 (Reuters) - The private equity owners of popular emergency contraception pill Plan B, Foundation Consumer Healthcare, have hired advisors to explore options including a potential sale of the company, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. A sale could value the company at more than $4 billion, the source said, adding that the process is at an early stage. Foundation Consumer Healthcare also owns brands such as Breathe Right nasal strips, Dimetapp, which is a medicine for cough and cold for children and allergy drug Alavert. Foundation Consumer Healthcare or its private-equity owners Kelso & Co and Juggernaut Capital Partners did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment. The report on the potential sale was first reported by Bloomberg News.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Mariam Sunny, Sriparna Roy, Abigail Summerville, Shilpi Majumdar, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Foundation Consumer Healthcare, Reuters, Kelso & Co, Juggernaut Capital Partners, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Consumer Healthcare, Bloomberg News, Thomson Locations: United States, Israel, Bengaluru, New York

A spokesperson for the Washington Post, which Bezos bought in 2013 for $250 million, said it is not for sale. "A Bloomberg acquisition of the (Post) is not necessarily just a business decision. According to Axios, Bloomberg sees Dow Jones, also the publisher of Barron's and MarketWatch, as the ideal fit but would buy the Post if Bezos was interested in selling. Dow Jones did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. Reuters competes with Dow Jones and Bloomberg News, a unit of Bloomberg L.P., a provider of financial news.

☆ Jurnalism economic pentru studenții internaționali la una dintre cele mai prestigioase universități din China. Află despre ce este vorba
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Jurnalism economic pentru studenții internaționali la una dintre cele mai prestigioase universități din China. Programul GBJ, un parteneriat dintre Centrul Internațional pentru Jurnaliști, Universitatea Tsinghua și Bloomberg News a fost desemnat ca unul dintre cele mai prestigioase programe de jurnalism economic în limba engleză de pe continentul asiatic. GBJ a instruit peste 200 de absolvenți internaționali din peste 65 de țări;# laboratorul Bloomberg are cel mai mare număr de terminale Bloomberg donate oricărei universități din lume. Astfel, noul Tsinghua Future Media Lab este un centru multimedia de ultimă generație, disponibil pentru studenții GBJ. Acești solicitanți trebuie să aibă un pașaport valabil și o diplomă de licență.

Persons: GBJ, Alții Organizations: Global, Journalism, Universitatea Tsinghua, News, Global Business, South China Morning Post, Xinhua News, New Media, Ogilvy Locations: China, Beijing, asiatic, Chinei, New, Tsinghua, CNBC, South China, Ogilvy China, Bank, America

☆ Jonathan Weil — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2000-09-20 | by ( Jonathan Weil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Jonathan WeilJonathan Weil rejoined The Wall Street Journal in October 2022 as a reporter, covering finance. He previously was an analyst at the investment firms CPMG Inc. and Kynikos Associates, a columnist for Bloomberg News, and a managing director at proxy adviser Glass Lewis & Co.Jonathan started with the Journal in 1997 as a reporter for its Texas regional edition and moved to New York in 2000, where he covered the accounting beat for five years. He won Best in Business Journalism awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2009 and 2010. He began his career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Persons: Jonathan Weil Jonathan Weil, Glass Lewis, Jonathan, ” Jonathan Organizations: Wall Street, CPMG Inc, Kynikos Associates, Bloomberg News, Texas, Columbia Journalism, New Yorker, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Business, Society of American Business, Arkansas Democrat, Gazette, University of Colorado, Southern Methodist University School of Law Locations: New York, Little Rock, Boulder

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