By Anirban Sen and David French NEW YORK (Reuters) -Fiserv and Amadeus IT Group are competing to acquire Shift4 Payments, a payments processor that has a market value of nearly $7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Fiserv and Amadeus are the two main contenders in a sale process that Shift4 has been […]
Feb. 22—The Republican nomination for the state’s 102nd Representative District will be contested in the March 19 primary election. However, none of the candidates running are listed on the ballot. That’s because they’re write-in candidates. Incumbent Adam Niemerg is being challenged in his bid for reelection by Jim Acklin of Ogden and Edward Blade of […]
Feb. 9—Four people are vying to be appointed to a Family Court judgeship in the First Judicial District, a post that became vacant with the retirement of Judge Sylvia LaMar. The Judicial Nominating Commission will interview the applicants later this month and forward one or more of the candidates to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for […]
Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig is wrapping up his second four-year term representing District 5, which covers part of Clovis and much of eastern Fresno County. After running unopposed in 2020, he is being challenged this year by political newcomer Jennifer “Jen” Cruz. The Fresno Bee submitted questions to each of the candidates and asked […]
Editors note: This story is the first in a series on Rutherford County Board of Education candidates. Rutherford County Board of Education candidates Butch Vaughn and Chase Williams seek to replace retiring chairwoman Shelia Bratton‘s seat in Zone 6. Vaughn was the first of the two to qualify as a candidate for the school board […]
Jan. 6—While much of the attention in the March 5 primary election is focused on state and federal seats up for grabs, Lodi area voters will have another contest to consider. this time at the county level. Lodi residents Caitlin Mujica Casey and Peter Devencenzi are running for judge of the Superior Court, Office 3 […]
By Joanna Plucinska and Krisztina Than LONDON/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – As the glowing river of lava from a volcano that erupted last week in Iceland ebbed, not everyone was happy. Hazel Lane, a 49-year-old dental practice manager in London, had booked a ticket to Reykjavik as soon as she saw footage of the eruption on television, […]