Jake Bugg (born Jake Edwin Charles Kennedy on 28 February 1994) is an English singer-songwriter. His self-titled debut album, Jake Bugg, some of which was co-written with songwriter Iain Archer, was released in October 2012 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. His second album, Shangri La, was released in November 2013 and his third, largely self-produced album On My One, in June 2016. His fourth album Hearts That Strain, a largely acoustic effort, produced by Dan Auerbach, was released in September 2017. After a gap of four years, in August 2021, Bugg released the more pop-influenced fifth album Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.
Read more...The February 28, 1994 was a Monday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 58 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 31 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, February 28, 2025, 200 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, February 28, 2026, in 164 days. You have lived for 11,523 days, or about 276,559 hours, or about 16,593,572 minutes, or about 995,614,320 seconds.
Date: 01 March 1994
The Daily News sports columnist MIKE LUPICA has joined Newsday, that paper's publisher, ROBERT M. JOHNSON, said yesterday. Lupica, 41, had been a columnist at The News since 1977, except for a 14-month stint at The National, a defunct all-sports daily.
Date: 01 March 1994
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
A company controlled by Conrad Black, the Canadian financier who has been building an international newspaper empire, has agreed to buy The Chicago Sun-Times for $180 million, representatives of Mr. Black and the newspaper announced yesterday. The acquisition of The Sun-Times, a tabloid, is expected to keep newspaper competition alive in Chicago, the city that helped to invent ferocious newspaper battles.
Date: 01 March 1994
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
We spent three weeks where it never snows and there lost touch with the news, which is often fatal to journalists. In journalism survival requires a zealot's belief in the importance of the present moment, and three weeks of refuge from present moments can leave that faith in tatters. Three weeks without immersion in the millions of absolutely vital present moments that constitute journalism's definition of three weeks -- Ah reader, would you believe how little of consequence really happens in three weeks?
Date: 01 March 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pentair Inc. said yesterday that it had completed its previously announced acquisition of the Schroff Group, Europe's largest maker of electrical enclosures, for $150 million. Pentair, based in St. Paul, announced its planned acquisition of Schroff, a German company, on Dec. 22. Both make electrical enclosures, which house switching gear for factory use.
Date: 01 March 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Video Lottery Technologies Inc. entered an agreement in principle yesterday to buy United Wagering Systems Inc. for cash and notes valued at as much as $40 million. The gaming company said it would pay owners of United Wagering $20 million in cash and $10 million in notes payable over three years. United Wagering Systems is based in Shepherd, Mont. The cash part of the transaction will include the purchase for $7.5 million of United's convertible preferred stock, Video Lottery, based in Bozeman, Mont., said in a statement. The company said it might pay up to $10 million in additional cash if United Wagering reached a set performance level.
Date: 01 March 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Eskimo Pie Corporation said yesterday that it had acquired Sugar Creek Foods of Russellville Inc., based in Russellville, Ark. Eskimo Pie, a licenser of frozen novelty foods based in Richmond, said it had acquired the maker of soft-serve frozen yogurt for $13 million, composed of $9.2 million in cash and $3.8 million in 4.5 percent subordinated debentures convertible into Eskimo Pie common stock at $23.375 a share. Eskimo Pie shares were up 25 cents a share, at $19.75, in Nasdaq trading.
Date: 01 March 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The J. M. Smucker Company agreed in principle yesterday to acquire the frozen pie business of the Mrs. Smith's Frozen Foods Company, a subsidiary of the Kellogg Company. The price and other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Smucker, a maker of jams, jellies and condiments, said the purchase would give it the capability to distribute frozen foods and could fuel growth. The purchase would include a plant in Pottstown, Pa., where Mrs. Smith's is based. Mrs. Smith's also makes Eggo waffles, which Smucker, based in Orville, Ohio, is not acquiring. Smucker's class A shares rose 50 cents, to $25, on the New York Stock Exchange and Kellogg slipped 12.5 cents, to $50.50.
Date: 01 March 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Paramount Communications Inc. said yesterday that it had completed its acquisition of all shares of the Macmillan Publishing Company. Paramount agreed in November to buy Macmillan Publishing and some of Macmillan Inc.'s other publishing assets for $552.8 million from the bankrupt Maxwell Communication Corporation.
Date: 28 February 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tektronix Inc. and Stanley Works said last week that they would team up to produce easy-to-use electronic testing tools for automotive repair work. Under the agreement, the Mac Tools Inc. unit of Stanley will provide the design and specifications for the products, which will be manufactured by Tektronix. Mac Tools will buy the finished goods and sell them through its nationwide network of automotive repair specialists and mechanics.
Date: 01 March 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
With Czech investors eager for new shares to buy, the Ministry of Privatization announced today that stock in state companies worth 155 billion koruna ($5.2 billion) would soon be sold to the public. The second wave of the Czech Republic's "voucher privatization" plan will include shares of 861 companies, including 180 that are already publicly traded. Among those companies is CEZ, the largest Czech power company, which is the Prague Stock Exchange's hottest stock. Among the 681 companies that are not publicly traded is SPT Telecom, the state-owned telephone company.