• Warner Music Group moves forward with IPO despite coronavirus

    Warner Music Group moves forward with IPO despite coronavirus

    Warner Music Group, the music label behind Cardi B., Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars, moved forward with its planned initial public offering, saying Tuesday that it will raise as much as $1.8 billion for shareholders. Backed by billionaire Len Blavatnik, shareholders of the New York-based record group, which is home of Asylum, Atlantic Records, Parlophone, …
  • SelectQuote jumps 40 percent in IPO as more consumers shop for insurance online

    SelectQuote jumps 40 percent in IPO as more consumers shop for insurance online

    Shares of SelectQuote jumped more than 40 percent in their stock market debut on Thursday, giving the insurance policy comparison Web site a market valuation of over $4 billion. The company’s stellar offering is the latest sign of thawing in the initial public offering market, which was shut to most companies when the coronavirus outbreak …
  • Peet’s Coffee puts $2.2 billion IPO on the menu

    Peet’s Coffee puts $2.2 billion IPO on the menu

    Coffee company JDE Peet’s will announce as early as Tuesday its intention to float on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam in a deal that could raise up to 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion), two sources close to the matter said. In what would be a significant boost for the European market for initial public …
  • ‘General Hospital’ star Maurice Benard details terrifying bipolar episode in new memoir

    ‘General Hospital’ star Maurice Benard details terrifying bipolar episode in new memoir

    “General Hospital” star Maurice Benard details his battle with mental illness in his new memoir, recounting a manic episode so severe he believed Michael Jackson was singing about him. The 57-year-old — who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 22 years old — was prescribed lithium, a “wonder drug” he would take on and off, …
  • Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle is paying a record $25 million fine to settle criminal charges that its burrito joints sickened more than 1,100 people over a three-year period because of lax food-safety practices, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. The fast-food chain made headlines repeatedly between 2015 and 2018 for multi-state food-borne illness outbreaks — including one that …
  • Selena Gomez reveals bipolar diagnosis during Miley Cyrus live stream

    Selena Gomez reveals bipolar diagnosis during Miley Cyrus live stream

    Selena Gomez has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The singer, 27, appeared as a guest on fellow Disney kid Miley Cyrus’ “Bright Minded” Instagram live stream and revealed that she suffers from the mental illness. Gomez disclosed she was diagnosed by doctors at McLean Hospital in Belmont Massachusetts, which she refers to as “one of the …