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...The boom in debt issuance by corporate America has been good to S&P Global, the largest credit rating agency. Its shares have jumped a fifth in 2020, far outpacing its namesake S&P 500 index....
...“Those who are innovating and investing in ecommerce, marketing and social media tend to be doing well,” says Ken Murphy, fund manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments....
...“Not to be disparaging but I care more about what our risk analysts think about a company than what S&P and Moody’s think,” Mr Murphy said....
...Donatella Versace sold the family catwalk brand to Michael Kors of the US last month for $2.1bn....
...“Not to be disparaging, but I care more about what our risk analysts think about a company than what S&P and Moody’s think,” Tom Murphy, a veteran bond fund manager at Columbia Threadneedle, told the FT’...
...That line is from the inimitable Michael Hartnett, Merrill’s chief investment strategist....
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...Although the drop is a modest one, it is only the second contraction in terminal numbers since the company was founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 1981....
...Elsewhere, retail stocks also saw renewed selling after Michael Kors became the latest to be hit by dwindling mall traffic....
...Michael Binetti, an analyst at UBS, said he now expected April to be “an even tougher retail environment” as traffic at the retailer was “down significantly exiting March”....
...Details of the rights issue, which chief Bob Murphy says should “put the company on a sound footing”, will be revealed in June....
...“Our checks suggest inventory for Michael Kors is building at retailers like Macy’s & Dillard’s,” Erinn Murphy, an analyst at Piper Jaffray said....
...North American comps stabilise,” said Erinn Murphy, an analyst at PiperJaffray....
...Peter Grauer, Mr Bloomberg’s successor as chairman of Bloomberg L.P, earlier this month embarrassed the Labour party by signing a letter in support of the Conservatives only a day after Ed Miliband launched...
...Gap shares tumbled after the retailer announced that chief executive Glenn Murphy would step down after seven years at the helm....
...Stock price volatility culminated with the company’s announcement in October that chief executive Glenn Murphy would step down after seven years at the helm....
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