CVC Capital Partners, the buyout firm which owns a stake in rugby's Six Nations Championship, is exploring a £6bn takeover bid for Avolta, the duty-free retail and travel catering giant.

Born and raised in Vail, she started competing on the World Cup circuit at age 16. Shiffrin is the only athlete to win all six of the World Cup disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill, ...

Germany’s utility giant Uniper obtained in the first quarter proceeds from realized claims for damages in its ongoing dispute with Russian gas firm Gazprom, the now-nationalized German energy ...

Shiffrin, who was born in Vail, Colo., won gold medals in slalom at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi and in the giant slalom four years later in Pyeongchang. "The sport culture in Colorado is rich ...

Because of technical issues, Giant Food Stores reported Sunday that it’s temporarily unable to accept some debit and credit cards for customer purchases. Ashley Flower, public relations manager ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand ’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit ...

What was the origin of Subway? Subway was founded in 1965 by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck, initially to fund DeLuca’s college education, and it grew into a global fast food giant.

Regulators spent $2.8 million probing controversial deals involving Australian childcare giant G8 Education — an investigation that resulted in only one successful criminal action and a $5,000 ...

Studio Ghibli, founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki, is the world’s most acclaimed and famous animation studio. The studio has entertained global audiences for ...

As of May 1, American automaker General Motors, which has a manufacturing plant in Tennessee, has recalled nearly 600,000 full-size SUVs and trucks (721,000 globally). This is the largest recall ...

Warren Buffett picked the final minute of his 60th shareholder meeting to drop a long-awaited announcement that was still completely surprising for his fans, most of his board and even his successor.