Burger King Agrees to $4 Billion Private Equity Offer
| Burger King agreed on Thursday to sell itself to an investment firm with roots in Brazil in a deal valued at $4 billion, including the assumption of debt. | The deal is the largest leveraged buyout ...
Burger King Sets Sights Overseas After Sale
CHICAGO -- Burger King's new ruler could help its empire expand. | Burger King Holdings Inc. sealed a deal Thursday to sell itself for $3.26 billion to 3G Capital, an investment firm with strong ties ...
Burger King agrees to $4bn takeover bid by 3G Capital
| THE BOARD of Burger King has agreed for the Miami-based fast-food chain to be taken private for the second time in its history, after accepting a $4 billion (Euro3.1 billion) bid from 3G Capital, a ...
The Brazilian method of keeping a man faithful
| Rehearsals for a show at Electric Picnic yielded a little bit more magic than expected, writes MICHAEL HARDING | I'M HEADING for Electric Picnic this weekend, to do a show in the Theatre Tent on Su...
The Business On... Alexandre Behring, Managing partner, 3G Capital Partners
| Never heard of him. Or it | Mr Behring is something of a queijo grande in his native Brazil, a veteran private equity manager, and 3G is backed by some of the richest Brazilian investors, not least ...
Now meat price surge raises fear of food inflation
| Freakish weather conditions and soaring demand from China, Brazil and other fast-emerging economies have pushed meat prices around the world to a 20-year high. | International food prices have risen...
Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal, Playhouse, Edinburgh
| The choreographer Pina Bausch made her name with darker works, taking a confessional look at frantic needs. Later in life, she lightened up. In Agua, her 2001 celebration of Brazil, Bausch luxuriate...
A Language Explorer Who Heard Echoes of Africa
| WASHINGTON — Like many small-budget, education-intensive institutions, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum here depends on the kindness of friends and strangers for certain kind...
Spare Times
| EVENTS Blog | ArtsBeat | The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. More Arts News | New York City | ANDREW GLOVE...
Praxair gets brunt of $1.7b fine for collusion
| Rio de Janeiro : Brazil's antitrust regulator, known as Cade, fined five industrial gas companies 2.94 billion reais ($1.68 billion) for engaging in cartel-like activities, with Praxair I...
Indian artist Menon at ease with all mediums
| It was the perfect birthday bash for Anjolie Ela Menon, the celebrated Indian artist, who turned 70 on July 17. In a glittering hall in New Delhi, ricocheting with the laughter of friends and family...
Turkey's new path...
A few months before he became Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser, met with a group of Middle Eastern academics and policy experts, inc...
The strategic planning satellite
2010-09-02 18:08:30.0Marcos Fava NevesThe strategic planning satellitemanagement,satellite,planning11022771Marcos Fava Neves2@webnews/enpproperty--> | My last class of the 2010 University of Sao Paulo...
Media Advisory - Brazilians build awareness of affordable housing need in Toronto
| TORONTO, Sept. 2 /CNW/ - | What: Over 30,000 Brazilians will gather in a sea of green and yellow at Yonge-Dundas Square over September 5th and 6th to celebrate the 2nd annual Brazilian Day Canada. T...
Rio picks 2016 Olympics logo for NY Eve unveiling
PRINT EMAIL ARTICLEURL FACEBOOK DIGG TWITTER RSS SHARE | RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Rio organizers have chosen the logo for the 2016 Olympics, but it won't be unveiled until an official ceremony on New Yea...
Brazil beats Croatia to take 3rd in group
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | ISTANBUL (AP) — Marcelo Machado scored 18 points and Anderson Varejao grabbed 12 rebounds as Brazil clinched third place in Group B at the...
Rio picks 2016 Olympics logo for NY Eve unveiling
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio organizers have chosen the logo for the 2016 Olympics, but it won't be unveiled until an official ceremony on Ne...
