When Private Equity Came for the Toddler Gyms
The same playbook that has notched high returns acquiring things like foreclosed homes and highway rest stops is being tested by a family-oriented franchise.
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Anthropic Said to Be Closing In on $300 Million in New A.I. Funding
Anthropic specializes in generative artificial intelligence, a hot investment in Silicon Valley. The new funding could value the company at roughly $5 billion.
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Flybe: Regional carrier ceases trading and cancels all flights
The airline said it had gone into administration and cancelled all flights to and from the UK.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prosecutors Ask Judge to Tighten Bail Conditions
The move followed the disgraced cryptocurrency executive’s attempt to contact a potential witness in his criminal case, prosecutors said.
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‘GMA3’ Co-Anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach to Leave ABC After Scandal
T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, who co-hosted “GMA3,” were both married when they began a romantic relationship.
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Consumer Spending Slid Again in December
Fresh data offered more detail on how shoppers retrenched at the end of 2022.
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These Sustainable Watch Brands Make a Case for Slow Fashion
“Five years from now, we’re still going to be improving our environmental impact,” one founder said.
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Jeremy Hunt says significant tax cuts in Budget unlikely
The chancellor, who outlined a growth plan, says there will be little room for cuts in March.
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A Copper Mine Could Advance Green Energy but Scar Sacred Land
Tribal groups are fighting an Arizona project whose backers say increasing the supply of copper, crucial to batteries, would reduce fossil-fuel use.
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Lloyd Morrisett, a Founder of ‘Sesame Street,’ Dies at 93
His observations about his 3-year-old daughter’s viewing habits led him to join Joan Ganz Cooney in creating a program that revolutionized children’s television.
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