Ride-sharing company plans to partner the alcohol delivery app with Uber Eats as alcohol e-commerce grows Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sees opportunity in adding Drizly s customers to his growing delivery app services. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty) By Feb 4, 2021
In a sign of how the pandemic has turbocharged alcohol e-commerce, Uber has agreed to acquire drinks delivery platform Drizly in a deal worth $1.1 billion. Drizly has operations in 1,400 cities across a majority of U.S. states. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close later this year. Uber currently anticipates that more than 90 percent of the consideration to be paid to the Drizly stockholders in the transaction will consist of shares of Uber common stock, with the balance to be paid in cash.
SND: Tilman Fertitta to Take Restaurant Empire Public
The owner of Landry s and Golden Nugget hopes to use new capital to acquire new restaurant brands as the economy begins to recover Tilman Fertitta believes the current economic downtown in restaurants will provide opportunities for expansion. (Julie Soefer) By Feb 2, 2021
Hospitality titan Tilman Fertitta has announced a deal to take his Fertitta Entertainment Inc. company public via a merger with blank check company Fast Acquisition Corp. The deal values Fertitta s empire, which includes the Landry s restaurant group and Golden Nugget casinos at $6.6 billion. It s expected to close in the second quarter of this year.
Oskaloosa News Recap For December 10th, 2020
Google has unveiled the top trending searches of 2020.
For NEWS related searches, the top five were: Election results, Coronavirus, Stimulus checks, Unemployment and Iran.
The top five PEOPLE searched were: Joe Biden, Kim Jong Un, Kamala Harris, Jacob Blake and Ryan Newman.
The top five names associated with LOSS were: Kobe Bryant, Naya Rivera, Chadwick Boseman, George Floyd and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
For MOVIE related searches, the top five were: Parasite, 1917, Black Panther, Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey and Little Women.
The top five searches for TV SHOWS were: Tiger King, Cobra Kai, Ozark, The Umbrella Academy and The Queen’s Gambit.