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FTC may try to block yet another business mergerFederal antitrust regulators are planning to file a lawsuit to block Coach parent Tapestry’s $8.5 billion bid to buy Michael Kors owner Capri, according to a report by New York Times Dealbook.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to hold a meeting next week to discuss the case, which could lead the commissioners to hold a vote on filing the lawsuit — though the report noted that the agency may decide not to sue.The proposed merger would bring together top luxury brands including Tapestry’s Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman with Capri’s Jimmy Choo and Versace. The companies received clearance from regulators in the European Union and Japan on Monday.If it proceeds, the merger would create a U.S. fashion powerhouse that could be more competitive with larger European rivals like Louis Vuitton parent company LVMH and Gucci owner Kering as the industry deals…

‘The Wiz’ Review: In a New Broadway Revival, Dorothy and Friends Get Lost in a Hypercolor Whirli…A flight of imagination born of the trippy 1970s, “The Wiz” can shoulder a lot of interpretation. Sidney Lumet’s shadowy film, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, sets the Black spin on L. Frank Baum’s children’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in a blighted, nearly bombed-out New York City. High schools and community theaters […] ….. Read More.VARIETY – Entertainment | Movies & TelevisionWed, April 17, 20248 hours ago

A Firm Bought Up Land in a Tiny Arizona Town—Then Sold Its Water to a Faraway SuburbThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves. Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community of about 200 people. Maybe 300, if you count the weekenders who come to boat and hunt. Dusty shrublands run into sleepy residential streets, which run into neat fields of cotton and alfalfa. Nearly a decade ago, Greenstone Resource Partners LLC, a private company backed by global investors, bought almost 500 acres of agricultural land here in Cibola. In a first-of-its-kind deal, the company recently sold the water rights tied to the land to the town of Queen Creek, a suburb of Phoenix, for a…

A quarter of home sellers don’t plan to use a Realtor, survey foundThe recent NAR settlement may already be altering the real estate market By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs April 17, 2024 When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settled a lawsuit that challenged the Realtor commission structure, it apparently caused some buyers and sellers to actually question the need for representation during a home-buying transaction. A survey conducted for Lance Surety Bonds found that 25% of homeowners who plan to sell their homes in the next 12 months plan to do so without the assistance of a Realtor. Its not clear what impact if any the settlement had on that decision. The lawsuit stemmed from the unwritten practice of the listing broker charging a 6% commission on the sale of the house and splitting it with the buyers agent. As NAR has pointed out, commissions are not written in…

‘Ant-Man’ Star Shares Epic Way His Character Should Be Killed OffMichael Douglas wants to be wiped out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ….. Read More.HUFFINGTON POST – Celebrity | General EntertainmentWed, April 17, 202410 hours ago

America Is Sick of SwipingModern dating can be severed into two eras: before the swipe, and after. When Tinder and other dating apps took off in the early 2010s, they unleashed a way to more easily access potential love interests than ever before. By 2017, about five years after Tinder introduced the swipe, more than a quarter of different-sex couples were meeting on apps and dating websites, according to a study led by the Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld. Suddenly, saying “We met on Hinge” was as normal as saying “We met in college” or “We met through a friend.”The share of couples meeting on apps has remained pretty consistent in the years since his 2017 study, Rosenfeld told me. But these days, the mood around dating apps has soured. As the apps seek to woo a new generation of daters, TikTok abounds with complaints about how hard it is to…