- Associated Press
Fire at small hotel in southern Brazil kills at least 10 people
A fire tore through a small hotel in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre early Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 11, authorities said. The fire broke out in the early hours in the three-story building, which provided affordable housing for single people but which lacked proper licensing and lacked an emergency fire plan, the fire brigade of the Rio Grande do Sul state said on social media. Porto Alegre Mayor Sebastião Melo said on his social media accounts that he was following the investigations into the fire closely.
- Associated Press Finance
US Silica agrees to go private in $1.85 billion acquisition by Apollo Global
U.S. Silica has agreed to go private in an all-cash acquisition by Apollo Global Management that values the industrial minerals company at about $1.85 billion. In a Friday announcement, U.S. Silica said that shareholders would receive $15.50 in cash for each share owned as of the deal's closing. Once the deal closes, U.S. Silica's stock will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- The Telegraph
Civil servants refuse to be ‘forced back’ into office two days a week
Civil servants at Britain’s official statistics body have refused to be “forced back” into the office for two days a week.
