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Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Global Blue (NYSE: GB) for $7.50 per common share in cash, representing a 15% premium and a ~$2.5 billion enterprise value. Global Blue serves over 400,000 premium retail and hospitality locations with tax-refund and currency conversion technology across Europe, Asia, and South America.The acquisition will enhance Shift4’s unified commerce capabilities by integrating Global Blue’s merchant solutions into their global payments platform. Key shareholders Ant International and Tencent will explore strategic partnerships with Shift4 and remain shareholders, facilitating the distribution of Alipay+ and Weixin Pay throughout…

The state’s cannabis management and legislative leadership fights Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal. For adults in New York. The governor’s budget changes the Marijuana Regulation and Tax Act (MRTA) and reverts to an old law that allowed the odor or presence of cannabis in vehicles to determine the probable cause of the crime. “It undermines the basic tenets and decriminalization of the MRTA,” OCM acting and deputy director Felicia Abu Reid told Spectrum News 1. For years under past drug laws, law enforcement has used the smell of cannabis to justify attacks, car searches and arrests. The governor’s proposal is…

Republican lawmakers have proposed to make Donald Trump’s birthday a holiday, perhaps in an effort destined to fail in Congress, but apparently intended to curry favor with the president .Claudia Tenney, representative of the Finger Lakes region in New York, said on Friday that she was “the most consequential …modern modern day” with the aim of combining the US annual anniversary with Trump’s birthday. In America, we introduced a law that claims. history”.”He’s impact on his country cannot be denied,” Tenny said in a news release. In X, she suggested that Trump’s birthday is worthy of the same treatment as…

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico said Monday that it is waiting for a new response from Google to a request that the tech company restore the Gulf of Mexico’s name to Google Maps Services before filing the lawsuit.President Claudia Sheinbaum shared a letter to her government from Cris Turner, Google’s vice president of government affairs and public policy. After President Donald Trump declared the waters of the US Gulf, Google says it will not change the policies it outlines.”We’ll wait for Google’s response, if not, we’ll proceed to court,” Sheinbaum said at a press conference Monday morning.Currently, the Gulf appears…

Even before Knute Rockne began to break forward passes as a secret weapon, the biggest advantage of college football was the surprise. Its appeal is basic and wonderful – based on the uncertainty of the outcome. That’s because they are generally sold by non-scripted televisions. And the best selling scripted TV is sports. In this age of screens and legalized betting, the game is almost DVR proof. You/I/We need to know now!College football playoffs using automatic qualifying have a bit less script and are actually a bit less reliable. Perhaps even the SEC and Big Ten athletic directors who gathered…

For over a decade, the West was heading east again in what was widely known as the New Cold War. But once President Trump takes office, the US has given the impression that it may be switching sides.Even if US and Russian negotiators sat together on Tuesday for the first time since Moscow had a full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, Trump would be able to do a common cause with President Vladimir V. It shows that they are willing to abandon their allies. Putin from Russia.As far as Trump is concerned, Russia is not responsible for the…

A year away, Chicagoans can soon enjoy the unique, luxurious baths and spa experiences that were first born in New York City. A suitably dubbed bathhouse, the 40,000-square-foot wellness oasis will open next year at 1010 W. Madison Street in West Loop, with cold tubs, coed saunas, hot pools, steam rooms and massages. According to the architect’s newspaper, the three-storey Chicago Bathhouse, the first front post base outside of NYC, will be “3 indoor pools and two outdoor pools with a mix of hot, cold and salt experiences, as well as four outdoor pools. There are different saunas and treatment…

JMU Football has a new linebacker coach, according to multiple reports. The Dukes is coaching position groups with former Robert Morris defensive coordinator Dave Prangus. According to FootballScoop.com, he is expected to spend his last seven seasons as a defensive coordinator and linebacker coach for the Colonials, and as a defensive run game coordinator for JMU in 2025. Plungas replaced Zach Sparber and set out for the position of co-defense coordinator at Rutgers a year later with JMU. With Colin Hitcher being named the team’s new defensive coordinator earlier this month, the Dukes’ new linebacker coach will be taking part…

Dick Clark Productions hired Nick Terranova as the company’s senior VP brand partnership. Terranova, a former executive at Fox and Warner Bros., leads a group aimed at finding and developing strategic brand alliances for DCP properties. This includes the Golden Globe Awards, including Ryan Secret, Rockin’Eve with The American Music Awards and Billboard Music. Particularly the awards and the ACM awards. Before joining Dick Clark Productions, Terranova was a senior VP ad sales and brand partnership at Fox, leading the National Sales Team and overseeing the transition of TMZ’s advertising business when Fox acquired it from then-Warnermedia. did. He spent…

Sign outside of Yum Brands Inc. KFC Restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky on January 29, 2021.Luke Charlett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesKFC leaves Kentucky.The US headquarters of the fried chicken chain will move from Louisville, Kentucky to Plano, Texas, Owner Yam Brand I said on Tuesday.Approximately 100 KFC US employees will need to move over the next six months.The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plan to have two headquarters. One is in Plano and the other in Irvine, California. The global teams of KFC and Pizza Hut are already based in Plano, while the teams of Taco Bell and The…