Southwest Airlines has adopted a ‘poison pill’ following activist investor Elliott Investment Management taking a significant stake in the company. The airline said Wednesday that the shareholder rights plan is effective immediately and expires in a year. Southwest shareholders would need to give prior approval for an extension. Shareholder rights plans, or “poison pills,” allow […]
Southwest Airlines has adopted a ‘poison pill’ following activist investor Elliott Investment Management taking a significant stake in the company. The airline said Wednesday that the shareholder rights plan is effective immediately and expires in a year. Southwest shareholders would need to give prior approval for an extension. Shareholder rights plans, or “poison pills,” allow […]
Could Jordan Bardella, 28, be France’s next prime minister? [ DANIEL DORKO/Hans Lucas/AFP] Emmanuel Macron‘s decision to call two rounds of elections on 30 June and 7 July is seen by rivals and allies as a reckless gamble that is about to hand political power to the far right. His aim was to regain control […]
Walgreens is planning to close a substantial number of stores as it undergoes a turnaround. The company has announced it will shut down a “significant” number of its 8,600 stores nationwide, perhaps as many as 25% of those locations, though Walgreens has not yet made a final decision on the number. The timing of the […]
Walgreens is set to close a substantial number of its roughly 8,600 locations across the United States as the company looks to reset the struggling pharmaceutical chain’s business. The company didn’t announce a specific number of store closures, but it said Thursday that it is planning “significant” closures of underperforming stores across America as part […]
HOLWAY − Taylor County Emergency Management, working with the National Weather Service, has confirmed a tornado touched own on June 17, leaving a path of significant damage. An EF1 tornado originated in Clark County, just south of the county line, and moved into Taylor County, according to a news release from Taylor County Emergency Management. […]
Jun. 19—MITCHELL — It’s been a wet week of rain throughout south eastern South Dakota, and residents in the area should be prepared for another round of precipitation as the week wears on into the weekend. That’s according to the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, which is predicting a high chance of rain […]
Authorities have identified the three people who were hospitalized with “significant injuries” following a head-on crash at a toll plaza in New Hampshire on Tuesday morning. Troopers responding to a report of a crash at the Bedford Toll Plaza on the Frederick E. Everett Turnpike around 10:15 a.m. found two vehicles that had collided in […]
What if the solution to removing harmful lead from our drinking water is sitting in the trash bins behind breweries? An exciting innovation from researchers at MIT and Georgia Tech proves that this long-overlooked resource could be a game-changer for communities, according to Interesting Engineering. The scientists created special capsules filled with waste yeast discarded […]
STORY: :: The new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s financial system ‘generated a significant mess,’ an economist says :: Moscow, Russia :: June 13, 2024 :: Yevgeny Nadorshin, Chief Economist, PF Capital “I believe that by exactly this moment, it was a pretty unexpected event. And as we can see, that generated a significant mess on […]
DOHA (Reuters) -The changes that Hamas has requested to a ceasefire proposal by the United States are “not significant” and include the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, a senior leader in the group told Reuters on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous […]
Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a religious obligation, they immerse themselves in what can be a spiritual experience of a lifetime for them and a chance […]