Walgreens Boots Alliance will be taken private by Sycamore Partners for $10 billion, the buyout firm said on Thursday, closing out nearly a century of trading on public markets for the US pharmacy giant. Sycamore will pay $11.45 per share, a premium of 8% to the stock’s closing price of $10.60 on Thursday. Shares of the company … Read more
There’s nothing better than watching a slab of fresh butter soften and sizzle as you circle it around the skillet. If just the thought of it makes you jump with ghee, you butter beware — that innocent little rectangle could be melting your chances at longevity. A new study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Josh Hart’s conundrum is juggling his lingering knee pain and trying to fix his wayward 3-point shot. As the Knicks forward revealed Thursday, the obvious solution of more practice has become more difficult while his knee is screaming for rest. “I think it’s more not being able to put the extra work … Read more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent staunchly defended President Trump’s tariffs on Thursday, arguing that trade policy should focus less on getting the lowest possible prices and more on putting America first. “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream,” Bessent said during a speech to the Economic Club of New York. “The … Read more
It’s the most surprising Times Square miracle since the first New Year’s Eve ball dropped in 1907. The View — a rotating, notoriously awful restaurant atop the Marriott Marquis hotel (1535 Broadway) — has good food for the first time since it opened in 1985. Make that VERY good food. Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group has … Read more
Eli Manning’s still got it — even off the football field. The legendary Giants quarterback, 44, faced off against WNBA star Caitlin Clark in a recent round of Pop-A-Shot on “The Eli Manning Show,” where he downed the NCAA’s all-time Division I scorer in the arcade game. Filmed in New Orleans during Super Bowl week … Read more
President Trump said Thursday that he would “probably” extend the deadline for a sale of China-owned TikTok if terms aren’t reached before a 75-day window for negotiations expires on April 5. Trump has until that day to find a buyer for TikTok after issuing an executive order delaying enforcement of a federal ban by 75 … Read more
Has fashion hit its rock bottoms? One-legged jeans, costing an arm and a leg at a toe-curling $440, are kicking up dust amongst clotheshorses everywhere. While fans of the half-shorts-half-pants hail them the cream of the cropped, critics of the (kinda) cut-offs are praying their virality is, well, short-lived. The $440 one-legged jeans from Coperni are going … Read more
This Hollywood home is its own kind of celebrity. Frank Sinatra’s former party house finally sold for $5 million on Tuesday, marking a changing-of-hands for one of the most filmed homes in America. The two-part deal added a 9-acre plot to the bargain, which includes the guesthouse rumored to be Marilyn Monroe and John F. … Read more
Larry Fitzgerald’s son has caught Bill Belichick’s eye. Devin Fitzgerald, the wide receiver son of the Arizona Cardinals legend, revealed Sunday he was offered a scholarship from UNC, where the new Tar Heels football coach is looking to build his first collegiate program. “I had the privilege of speaking with Coach @Belichick_B, one of the … Read more