Ron Burkle's Yucaipa buying Fresh & Easy stores from Tesco The British grocer will exit the U.S. after losing about $2 billion over five years. Yucaipa will acquire more than 150 of Fresh & Easy's nearly 200 stores as well as distribution and production facilities. Ron Burkle, who became a billionaire reviving faltering supermarket chains, will try to turn the money-losing Fresh & Easy stores into a profitable venture.
Sept. 11, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
Gay Travel: A Foggy Day in London After disembarking in Southampton and a week on the open water, I’ve got some serious sea legs. It’s been a decade since I dropped any kind of hallucinogenic drug, but it comes back in a flash as the pavement squishes beneath my faltering equilibrium.
Sept. 11, 2013 - Gayapolis
Pakistan may release Taliban commander LONDON — Pakistan is ready to release Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, an imprisoned senior Taliban commander, in a bid to bolster the faltering peace process in Afghanistan, officials in Islamabad said Tuesday.
Sept. 11, 2013 - Boston.com