Full Glass Wine raises $14M to continue DTC marketplaces spree, buys Bright Cellars

Full Glass Wine, a brand acquisition management startup that specializes in acquiring wine marketplaces, has raised a $14 million Series A round to continue acquiring DTC (direct-to-consumer) wine marketplaces, aiming to lead the DTC wine market.  DTC wine brands sell wine directly to wine lovers, bypassing traditional distribution channels Full Glass Wine recently acquired Bright […]

Shareholders vote on Nelson Peltz and Bob Iger

Bob Iger poses with Mickey Mouse attends Mickey’s 90th Spectacular at The Shrine Auditorium on October 6, 2018 in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty Images Disney shareholders on Wednesday will settle a long-simmering proxy battle led by billionaire investor Nelson Peltz. Voters will decide whether the company’s board deserves another year together, […]

Colleges are lawyering up to avoid becoming the next Harvard

Shortly after she pressed three university presidents at a December hearing on whether calling for the genocide of Jews constituted campus harassment, Rep. Elise Stefanik went on a fundraising blitz, pleading with supporters to “turn up the heat on these ‘woke’ liberal presidents even further.” The rush to capitalize on the much ballyhooed hearing proved […]

Finland mourns after child killed in school shooting

By George Wright Flags have been flying at half-mast across Finland after a child was killed and two others seriously wounded The shooting took place in a classroom at Viertola school in Vantaa, to the north of the capital, Helsinki. Police said all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had […]