We know she will bring her strategic acumen and leadership perspective to our team," Walton said. “Mellody currently serves as Chair of the Board of Starbucks Corporation and is also a director of JPMorgan Chase. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has made minority ownership a point of emphasis in the league. Walton said Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments and chairwoman of Starbucks, has agreed to join the ownership group. Our enthusiasm has only grown as we’ve learned more about the team, staff and Broncos Country over the last few months,” Walton added. “Having lived and worked in Colorado, we’ve always admired the Broncos.
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Rob Walton said in a statement, “We are thrilled to be selected to move forward with the purchase of the Denver Broncos! Carrie, Greg and I are inspired by the opportunity to steward this great organization in a vibrant community full of opportunity and passionate fans. "Learning more about their background and vision for the Denver Broncos, I am confident that their leadership and support will help this team achieve great things on and off the field.” “I have enjoyed getting to know Rob Walton, Carrie Walton Penner and Greg Penner throughout this process," Ellis said. “While this purchase and sale agreement is pending approval from the NFL’s finance committee and league ownership, today marks a significant step on the path to an exciting new chapter in Broncos history,” team president and CEO Joe Ellis said in a statement. The agreement for the Walmart-Penner group to buy the franchise from the Pat Bowlen Trust must be approved by the NFL, but that is considered a formality. The price tag far surpasses the $3.1 billion sale last month of Chelsea, one of European soccer’s blue ribbon teams, to an American-led consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.īoehly reportedly was among the investors with one of the five finalists who were invited to make bids for the Broncos by Monday’s deadline. Terms of the sale weren't disclosed, but KUSA-TV in Denver reported it was for $4.65 billion. The Broncos announced late Tuesday night they had entered into a sale agreement with the Walton-Penner ownership group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner. (AP) - The Walton family has won the bidding to purchase the Denver Broncos in the most expensive deal for a sports franchise anywhere in the world. May figures are due out Friday.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. consumer prices in April were 8.3% higher than a year ago - only slightly better than March inflation, which was the highest since 1981. Pump prices are surging just as consumers try to cope with inflation in the cost of food, housing, cars, airline tickets and other needs and wants. The owner of one of the nation’s largest refineries, in Houston, announced in April that it will close the facility by the end of next year. Refiners have been reluctant to invest in new facilities because the transition to electric vehicles is casting doubt on long-term demand for gasoline. That has put pressure on remaining refiners to run hard to meet rising demand.
refining capacity to drop by about 800,000 barrels a day since the start of 2020, according to government figures.
The pandemic led to refinery closures that have caused U.S. We need every barrel of refining capacity we can get.” “We have very little margin for error this summer. “I’m afraid we’re not at the end of the road yet,” said GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan. In the meantime, any unexpected refinery shutdowns - for example, from a hurricane along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast - could send prices spiraling higher. This week, gasoline prices in the United Kingdom hit a record 182.3 pence ($2.30) per liter, or about $8.80 per gallon.Īnalysts expect prices will keep rising until they get so high that demand falls - nobody knows exactly when or where that might be. The high of $4.11 a gallon then would be equal to about $5.40 a gallon today.Īmericans aren’t the only ones paying more to fill up. While the $5 mark on average is new, Americans paid more for gasoline back in July 2008, when inflation is considered. He blames the government, and the war in Ukraine, for the high gas prices. “Less food, less playtime because I got to get gas. “It’s a lot of other things I can’t do because I have to pay for gas, you know what I’m saying?” McZeal said. Musk aims to ease concerns in address to Twitter workers
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