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Burger King sold to buy-out firm for $3.26bn (£2.1bn)
Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn), it has been announced. The fast food chain, with 12,100 outlets worldwide, ...
Burger King, 3G Capital, USD, GBP, Food chain, All keywords...
bbc.co.uk
25 minutes ago
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Correction: Bald Hills wind park :
In last week’s story on wind energy, we said Australia’s Bald Hills wind park was in Queensland. It is in Victoria. Sorry.
Wind energy, Australia, Queensland, Bald Hills, Victoria, All keywords...
economist.com
1 day ago
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Correction: Czechoslovakia :
Last week’s story on drug use in the former Czechoslovakia incorrectly conflated the velvet revolution and the velvet divorce. The country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, ...
Czech Republic, Slovakia, All keywords...
economist.com
1 day ago
4.
Correct me if I'm wrong... : Software: A new approach to speech recognition gives users the chance to fix misunderstandings without having to repeat themselves
THERE is often something sweet, intimate even, about couples who finish each other’s sentences. But it can also be a source of irritation, especially when they get it wrong. A ...
Speech-recognition, Keith Vertanen, Ola Kristensson, Speech-recognition software, Speech recognition, All keywords...
economist.com
1 day ago
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Burger King Accepts Bid From Brazilian-Backed Buyout Firm
Burger King Holdings said Thursday that it was selling itself to a little-known Brazilian-backed private equity firm, 3G Capital, in a deal valued at $3.26 billion. The $24-a-share offer comes ...
Burger King Holdings, 3G Capital, USD, McDonald, Co-chairman, All keywords...
nytimes.com
2 days ago
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Burger King to Sell Itself to 3G for $4 Billion
Burger King agreed on Thursday to sell itself to the investment firm 3G Capital for about $4 billion, including the assumption of debt, marking the second time in eight years ...
Burger King, Food, 3G Capital, Brazil, McDonald, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
2 days ago
7.
Burger King’s Post-I.P.O. Stock Price Isn’t Royal
As Burger King holds talks with prospective buyers, including Brazilian-backed 3G Capital, it’s worth looking at how the buyout-backed fast food giant has performed since going public again in 2006. ...
Burger King, McDonald, Prospective buyers, Buyout-backed fast food giant, 3G Capital, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
3 days ago
8.
Burger King in Buyout Talks, but Not With 3i
11:02 a.m. | Updated Burger King is in advanced talks to sell itself to a little known private investment firm called 3G Capital, people involved in the negotiations told DealBook ...
Burger King, Alexandre Behring, USD, Van der Kroft, Latin America, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
3 days ago
9.
Burger King Said to Consider a Sale
Burger King Holdings, the No. 2 U.S. hamburger chain, has been considering a possible sale and has held talks with potential buyers, a source familiar with the situation said on ...
Burger King Holdings, Hamburger chain, Potential buyers, United States, USD, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
4 days ago
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Correction: Bald Hills wind park :
In last week’s story on wind energy, we said Australia’s Bald Hills wind park was in Queensland. It is in Victoria. Sorry.
Wind energy, Australia, Queensland, Bald Hills, Victoria, All keywords...
economist.com
1 week ago
11.
The landscape of a blighted planet : A collection of pleasingly quirky essays
Book of Days: Personal Essays. By Emily Fox Gordon. Spiegel & Grau; 320 pages; $15. Buy from Amazon.com“TO CALL oneself a born essayist seems implicitly ironic,” writes Emily Fox Gordon ...
Emily Fox Gordon, Anne Fadiman, Book of Days, USD, Spiegel, All keywords...
economist.com
2 weeks ago
12.
Where’s The Money In America?
Infographic
America, All keywords...
mint.com
1 month ago
13.
Rent a White Guy
The next morning was the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. A stage and red carpet had been set up near the construction site. Pretty girls in red dragon-patterned dresses greeted visitors, and ...
Construction site, Sun Tzu, China, Director, Guy By Mitch, All keywords...
theatlantic.com
2 months ago
14.
A Modest Proposal - A King and Queen for America
A figurehead head of state is a nifty foreign policy tool as well. President Obama has twice had to delay his trip to Indonesia and Australia because of the press ...
Obama, King and Queen, President, America, Head of state, All keywords...
nytimes.com
2 months ago
15.
Sunday Spectacle LXXI
The British have a weird sense of humour—am I the only one who does not find Monty Python and the countless British sitcoms funny?—and I'm all for avant-garde and out-of-the-box ...
AM 2, Steel statue project, All keywords...
can-turtles-fly.blogspot.com
3 months ago
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