Davis private equity firm leads $75 million investment in wine distributor
Davis-based private equity firm AGR Partners was the lead investor in a $75 million equity financing round by Santa Rosa-based Vintage Wine Estates, the marketer and distributor of wine brands including B. R. Cohn Winery, Clos Pegase Winery and Sonoma Coast Vineyards.
Vintage Wine has been acquiring wine brands for more than a decade to bring them under one roof for marketing, distribution and sales. The $75 million it raised will fund more acquisitions of wineries and brands, Vintage said in a…
Atlanta businesses offer freebies and discounts for Tax Day 2018
Filing your taxes by this year’s April 17 deadline just might be reason enough to celebrate. And there are plenty of ways to do it on the cheap. Businesses across the metro Atlanta area are cutting prices on food, furniture, even travel.
The website offers.com has compiled a pretty comprehensive list of discounts. Some last for more than one day. And since tax refunds take 21-days to arrive, why not save a few bucks while you wait? Here are just a few Tax Day deals:
Applebee's: The Dollarita is…
Fatboy’s restaurant owner charged with tax violations, faces imprisonment
Carroll Ung, the owner of popular Hawaii restaurant chain Fatboy’s, has been charged in the U.S. District Court for failing to file general excise tax returns in tax years 2010 and 2011.
Both Ung as an individual and Carroll Ung Restaurant Group Inc. were charged with two counts each of violating Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 231-35.
As an individual, Ung faces imprisonment of not more than one year, or probation and a fine of not more than $25,000 per count if convicted. Carroll Ung Restaurant…
Continuum Partners Taps Semple Brown to Design New HQ
Creating the ideal office environment for the master co-developer of Denver’s new internationally renowned Union Station development catalyzed an inspirational collaboration between Continuum Partners and the workspace design team at Semple Brown.
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Environmental Design wins awards for Centerra, Chapungu Sculpture Park
Environmental Designs, a full-service landscape company, was recently honored with two ELITE Awards by the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado. The company’s award-winning submissions included its work at Centerra and the local Chapungu Sculpture Park.
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Commercial loan market growing in Buffalo
Commercial lending is up in Western New York, with most companies posting year-over-year gains in their local loan portfolios.
Why one Tampa banker backs a rollback of Dodd-Frank
A Tampa banker says customers would have more choice about where they do their banking if Congress moves forward with a measure that would make dramatic changes to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
The measure, S.B. 2155, had bipartisan support, including from both of Florida’s U.S. senators, when it passed the U.S. Senate last month, but faces a tougher battle in the U.S. House. It would roll back many of the regulations put in place after the financial crisis…
Despite decline in brick-and-mortar retail, Hanesbrands’ Champion is considering additional stores
Champion opened its first U.S. retail location in Los Angeles in April.
Inside two banks’ fight for control of a small N.C. town
Why is a regional financial powerhouse going through this much trouble for a bank that would likely have no immediate material impact on its balance sheet?
Four-story hotel proposed for bustling East End corridor
The development is proposed on nearly two acres.