Philip Morris International Inc. raised its offer for Swedish Match by 9.4% and has agreed to pay $2.7 billion to regain the U.S. rights for its IQOS heated tobacco products Read more
Tag: Rights
Amazon is proving it’s a contender to land NBA rights
Amazon AMZN, +2.54% is off to a strong start with the NFL’s “Thursday Night Football.” Given its early success, the e-commerce giant is making the case that it can take Read more
Biden to promise bill codifying abortion rights if Democrats keep Congress
With three weeks to go until Election Day for the midterm races, President Joe Biden on Tuesday is slated to talk up his party’s support for abortion rights, as Republicans Read more
New union rallies at Uber HQ with ‘a core goal of winning union rights for gig workers’
Ride-hailing drivers, delivery workers and their supporters on Wednesday converged in front of Uber Technologies Inc.’s San Francisco headquarters to announce that they have formed a union. The California Gig Read more
Biden to talk up Democrats’ support for abortion rights, with midterm elections now just 5 weeks away
President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon is slated to put a spotlight on the Democratic Party’s efforts in support of abortion rights, as he gives a speech to his administration’s Read more
Opinion: Supreme Court’s new session starts Monday — watch for crucial rulings on affirmative action, LQBTQ rights, election laws
Some of the court’s most important upcoming cases focus on the future of affirmative action, equal treatment of LGBTQ people, and the control of election laws. The court will hear the cases in Read more
Phil Collins and two Genesis bandmates sell their music rights for $300 million
Take a look at Phil Collins now. The English rocker and his Genesis bandmates have agreed to sell a bundle of their music rights to Concord Music Group Inc., according to the Read more
Ray Dalio says U.S. more polarized today than during Civil Rights era in 1960s
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio said Wednesday that the U.S. is suffering from the worst political polarization in more than a century — and that the U.S. is even more Read more
Big Ten lands $7 billion media rights deal, NFL-style TV contracts
The Big Ten’s new $7 billion media rights deal will string the conference’s top football games across three major networks each week, creating an NFL-style television schedule on Saturdays. The Read more
Big Ten hopes to earn at least $1.5 billion annually in media rights deal
Before USC and UCLA announced they would join the Big Ten in 2024, the conference was already on track to garner up to $1 billion annually in its new media Read more
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