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Sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million. Potbelly, which was founded in Chicago in 1977, has 445 restaurants across the U.S. The company said the deal with RaceTrac will help it reach its goal of quadrupling in size to 2,000 locations. Potbelly stores are both company- and franchise-owned. “With …

Potbelly Sandwich Shop on October 3, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky. Raymond Boyd Sandwich shop chain Potbelly will be acquired by convenience-store operator RaceTrac in a $566 million all-cash deal, the company announced Wednesday. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the year. Shares of Potbelly shot up more than 30% following the announcement. The Chicago-based Potbelly …

Mike Cannon-Brookes, the CEO of enterprise software giant Atlassian, was one of the first users of the Arc browser. Over the last several years, he has been a prolific bug reporter and feature requester. Now he’ll own the thing: Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company, the New York-based startup that makes both Arc and the new AI-focused Dia browser. Atlassian …

Out of the blue, Atari has announced that it’s acquired the rights to five Ubisoft games this week, and they’re all set to be re-released with the intent of expanding their reach, meaning we’re very likely going to see new Xbox releases for them! The five games are as follows: The vast majority of these have appeared on Xbox before, …

Atari has announced that it has acquired the IP rights to five previously released Ubisoft games. The publisher aims to re-release the games on modern platforms and look at ways to expand each IP with new content. The five games that are now owned by Atari are: Cold Fear (2005) Child of Eden (2011) I Am Alive (2012) Grow Home …

Penske Media Corp. has sold TVLine to Indianapolis-based Static Media for an undisclosed price. The outlet launched in 2011 is a hub for all things television — news, interviews, spoilers, clips, recaps and reviews. The publication’s editor-in-chief Kimberly Roots is remaining in place along with most staff, but co-editor Matt Mitovich will step down. TVLine was founded by writer and …

NFL roster cuts are slowly trickling in ahead of the Tuesday’s 4:00 PM deadline. At the time of the deal, there was thought that Green could compete with Tyler Steen to start at right guard. That never even came close to happening, however. Green only ever repped at left guard … and only with the second-team or third-team units. Not …

New Jersey officials are investigating a reported case of malaria in Morris County, and the possibility that the resident was infected locally. State health and environmental officials say the resident, whose condition was not disclosed, has no history of international travel. If confirmed, it would be the first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne disease in the Garden State since …

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Washington state officials have revealed that a local woman has been diagnosed with malaria, which, if confirmed, would mark the first known case of the disease being acquired in the state. The woman was diagnosed with malaria, a mosquito-borne illness caused by a parasite, on August 2, according to the officials. State and federal public health agencies are working to …