WINNIPEG Beginning today the City of Winnipeg is loosening some restrictions at its libraries and reopening some arenas. Last week, the city announced that as of March 15, people will be able to go into public library branches to pick up holds, return items and update their memberships. These changes apply to all libraries, except the Cornish Library and the River Heights Library. All library customers are required to wear a face mask, sanitize their hands, and physically distance from other people.
ARENAS The city also announced it would be opening a select number of arenas on March 15. These arenas, which include the Eric Coy Arena, the Century Arena, the Terry Sawchuk Arena and the River East Arena, will open at 25 per cent capacity for casual ice use.
Brand management company WHP Global announced it has acquired a controlling interest in Tru Kids, the parent company of the Toys R Us and Babies R Us brands.
Coupang Investor Ackman Donates Shares to Charity
The hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman is donating shares of Coupang, the Amazon of South Korea,â to various charities days after its stock exchange debut.
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Mar 15, 2021 2:50 PM EDT
The hedge fund investor Bill Ackman has donated his stake in the South Korea e-commerce company Coupang (
The founder of Pershing Square Capital Management tweeted on Monday that he will split his 26.5 million shares, valued at $1.36 billion, among three entities.
These include his Pershing Square Foundation, a donor-advised funds program, and another non-profit that wasn t identified.
Noting that he was a “day one investor” in Coupang, Ackman said the donated shares will now “benefit humanity.”
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Taco Bell, meanwhile, has brought back the Quesalupa and is pushing its own quesadilla. Is this the start of the quesadilla wars? asks Credit Suisse analyst Lauren Silberman.
You ve heard about the chicken sandwich wars. But, what about the quesadilla wars?
But, Chipotle isn t the only chain serving quesadillas. As Credit Suisse analyst Lauren Silberman wrote in her weekly analysis on Friday, Taco Bell has served quesadillas for years and, last week, launched the return of the Quesalupa. Just hours after Chipotle announced it would launch quesadillas (on 3/9), Taco Bell sent email and app notifications reminding customers of its Chicken Quesadilla, and on 3/10, announced the nationwide return of the Quesalupa (Quesadilla + Chalupa) beginning on 3/11, with a marketing campaign titled, Overhyped, Silberman wrote.
Mr Price buys Yuppiechef e-commerce business
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Mr Price Group has announced that it will purchase 100% of Yuppiechef, a privately-owned South African eCommerce business focussed on home and kitchenware.
Yuppiechef was founded in 2006 with a vision to build a platform for the distribution of aspirational kitchen and homeware brands.
The business has two primary operations – Yuppiechef Online and a separate wholesale division that develops, and imports branded goods for wholesale distribution.
Mr Price said that purchase will give it the opportunity to gain access to a higher LSM customer base, enabling the growth of its share-of-wallet through ‘aspirational value spending’.