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Bachelor-esque journey to find love.
Dani was inspired to play matchmaker to her brother Landon, 32, after he was stood up by a girl on a Zoom date, she explained on her Instagram page, which has over 1.2 million followers. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The thought soon blossomed into a full-fledged
Bachelor-style competition, in which host Dani selected three women, organized a series of dates and had Landon grant one lucky lady his final rose.
The drama unfolded last week over Instagram in Dallas, and drew attention from fans including former
Bachelorette contestant Connor Saeli and the current Bachelorette herself Tayshia Adams, who each sent Landon, a musician based in Nashville, a message of good luck.
Viewpoints: Character is destiny
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For 30-plus years, the performance of United States federal government has been in decline.
Congressional approval ratings are in the tank, yet behavior on Capitol Hill doesn’t change. Passing meaningful bipartisan legislation is nearly impossible, because winning the game of politics is deemed more important than serving the people.
We complain about Washington’s dysfunction and point to the disappearance of credible media, the absence of term limits or the increasing influence of money in politics. But we do nothing about it, even though there are real opportunities to better align the incentives in our political system by improving our elections (check out
Manufacturers hunt for deals amid pandemic wreckage
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for many U.S. manufacturers, but it is also creating acquisition opportunities.
Cary Wood, chief executive of Grede Holdings LLC, saw business plunge 90% earlier this year as the auto plants and heavy equipment producers that use his metal parts shut down, followed by a bumpy recovery. But he’s upbeat these days and, in the last two months, he’s opened negotiations aimed at acquiring seven smaller foundries.
“I can wait out the cycle,” Wood said, “but many of these guys can’t.”
Grede, carved out of publicly traded American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc last year, is backed by a private equity firm and was already hunting for acquisitions before the crisis hit. But Wood said the rate of deal talks is far higher than a year ago, when he was running the foundry company that merged with Grede as part of the buyout. And it is similar to a wave of restructuring he saw just af
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County exceeds campaign goal
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Last updated on December 10th, 2020 at 01:55 pm
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The campaign brought in more than $60.1 million, surpassing its initial goal of $55 million.
“What an amazing community we live in,” said Amy Lindner, president and chief executive officer of United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County. “We are seeing first-hand how truly generous people are. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who made a gift to our 2020 campaign. We’ve all seen the challenges people are facing during the pandemic. We called our community, and so many answered that call. The generosity we witnessed this year was phenomenal.”