Oakley Capital Closes €4.5 Billion Fund VI in Just Six Months

March 27, 2025March 25, 2025TheNewsIntelLeave a Comment

Oakley Capital has successfully raised €4.5 billion for its latest flagship fund, Fund VI, achieving a rapid final close just six months after its launch. This represents a significant 58% increase over the €2.85 billion raised for Fund V in 2022, despite a challenging private equity fundraising environment. The new fund, focused on mid-market investments […]

With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025Dawn Szymanski, Professor of Psychology, University of TennesseeLeave a Comment

In 1983, six businessmen got together and opened the first Hooters restaurant in Clearwater, Florida. Hooters of America LLC quickly became a restaurant chain success story. With its scantily clad servers and signature breaded wings, the chain sells sex appeal in addition to food – or as one of the company’s mottos puts it: “You […]

Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico could spell trouble for distilled spirits

March 26, 2025March 26, 2025Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of TennesseeLeave a Comment

If all the tariff drama in the news lately has you reaching for a stiff drink, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, those same tariffs might make it harder to get your hands on your favorite brand of tequila. In early March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump levied import tariffs of 25% on goods from Canada and […]

Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Oceanography, University of HawaiiLeave a Comment

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200 meters) below the ocean surface and sustains life across our planet. It includes the twilight zone and the midnight […]

Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025Jack Buffington, Associate Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management, University of DenverLeave a Comment

There may be no kitchen table issue in America more critical than the price of food. So when the price of eggs rose over 40% from 2024 to 2025, it became a headline news story in Colorado and across the nation. Public officials and the media blamed high egg prices on bird flu outbreaks and […]

Its tourism agency or its biggest star?

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025Carlos A. Suárez Carrasquillo, Associate Instructional Professor in Political Science, Center for Latin American Studies, University of FloridaLeave a Comment

The Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is one of the biggest stars of the music world. After becoming Spotify’s most-streamed artist for three years in a row – the first and only artist ever to do so – he sold out all 49 dates of his 2024 U.S. tour, netting US$211 million. Earlier this year, […]

Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025Chen Reis, Associate Clinical Professor, Director, Humanitarian Assistance Program, & Director, Human Rights MA, University of DenverLeave a Comment

More than 305 million people require lifesaving humanitarian aid today. Most of them live in areas wracked by conflict, such as Sudan, Gaza, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. By many estimates, there is more need than ever for this assistance – and the need is growing. But humanitarian funding, which is primarily provided […]

The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025Kendra D. Boyd, Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers UniversityLeave a Comment

Black businesses were essential to facilitating the Great Migration of African Americans out of the South between the 1910s and 1960s. Yet, the traditional narrative of the migration as a movement of laborers seeking high-wage jobs obscures the history of African Americans who moved north or west seeking entrepreneurial opportunities. This story is featured in […]

Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025Kevin A. Young, Associate Professor of History, UMass AmherstLeave a Comment

Donald Trump’s first term as president saw some of the largest mass protests seen in the U.S. in over 50 years, from the 2017 Women’s March to the 2020 protests after George Floyd’s murder. Things feel different this time around. Critics seem quieter. Some point to fear of retribution. But there’s also a sense that […]

America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

March 15, 2025March 15, 2025Richard E. Peltier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass AmherstLeave a Comment

The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is “reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves that could impact air quality across the United States. “Reconsideration” is a term used to review or modify a government regulation. While Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin provided few details, the […]

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