UBEO acquired by Sentinel Capital Partners

UBEO acquired by Sentinel Capital Partners

UBEO Business Services, a managed IT services and office equipment provider, has been acquired by the private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners. UBEO, based in San Antonio, Texas, provides document management services and equipment to around 6,000 medium-sized...
USTR imposes tariffs on Chinese products

USTR imposes tariffs on Chinese products

Following an executive memorandum to the USTR last month, the Trade Representative has released a sizeable list of Chinese-origin products which will incur 25 percent ad valorem duty. As Lexology reports, on 3 April, the USTR released a notice in which it proposes to...
Staples lays off 177 employees

Staples lays off 177 employees

The company cut 177 jobs in January of this year, four months after it was bought by Sycamore Partners in a highly publicised sale and became a private business. As WBJournal reports, the workers “are eligible for financial benefits because their jobs were deemed lost...
Visual Edge acquires two Michigan dealerships

Visual Edge acquires two Michigan dealerships

This week, Visual Edge announced that it welcomes Charlie Hiotas’ two Michigan-based dealerships — A.B. Dick Document Solutions of West Michigan, located in Grand Rapids, and H.C. Berger Company, in Lansing — to the family as Visual Edge’s 26th office equipment...