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...Nigel Lindsay (Henry), Michael Balogun (Emanuel) and Hadley Fraser (Mayer) make the roles their own and build a lovely, mischievous relationship with the audience....
...For sceptics, the endorsement of various celebrities — the actress Lindsay Lohan this week tweeted “bitcoin to the moon” next to a rocket ship emoji — only adds to the perception of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
...For her part, Fraser seems to have racked up a good scorecard....
...Norcross, Luxembourg; Christopher Farah, London Polymath 1,006: Dr Colin C Mackay, Delaware, USA Crossword 16,069: Steve Abel, York; Alan Cruse, Stockport; M McQuillan, Edinburgh Polymath 1,005: Mrs SM Fraser...
...“It’s been brutal out there,” said Lindsay Page, who took over as chief executive after the resignation of founder Ray Kelvin this year following misconduct claims including a “forced hugging” policy....
...Many will recall what happened to House of Fraser after Nanjing-based investor Sanpower bought it in 2014, as well as the fate of Shanghai-based Fosun’s investment in Thomas Cook....
...Two of the investors under recent surveillance were Matt Earl and Fraser Perring, who co-authored the so-called Zatarra report, a critical dossier about Wirecard published anonymously in February 2016....
...The figure also comprised debtor balances owed by House of Fraser that were no longer expected to be recovered after it went into administration on August 10, Ted Baker said....
...$12.5m pay grant (FT) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Kaye Wiggins and Robert Smith in London, Javier Espinoza in Brussels, James Fontanella-Khan, Ortenca Aliaj, Sujeet Indap, Eric Platt, Lindsay...
...Fraser Howie, an independent analyst said it was “in China’s interest to maintain Hong Kong as a financial centre”....
...Jane Fraser, currently chief executive of Citi’s Latin American operations, will serve as consumer banking chief and president of Citigroup. More here....
...The retailer took an extra blow last year from the collapse of House of Fraser. Still, analysts had hoped for underlying pre-tax profits of around £70m for the year to January 2020....
...Finance director Lindsay Page flatly refused to discuss the matter with journalists, saying the company could not comment beyond what it had said in the regulatory statements....
...To find out more, read the piece written by the FT’s Anna Nicolaou, James Fontanella-Khan and Lindsay Fortado....
...Separately, Andrew Burgess, a senior executive in Carlyle’s UK buyout team, has recently been appointed as a senior adviser with Shaun Mercer and Fraser Robson set to jointly take over his role....
...Fraser Howie, a former managing director at CLSA, who also worked for CICC, an early tie-up between China and Wall Street, says: “There were a lot of great stories and great parties at CLSA but in the end...
...Given Debs’ denuded market value, he could easily afford to buy the rest, but his managers are already busy with House of Fraser, another troubled department store acquired out of administration last year...
...Sanpower, a small conglomerate with a background in commercial real estate, lost control of House of Fraser last year when the high-end UK retail chain it bought in 2014 fell into administration....
...Over the past year, Sports Direct has bought a department store group (House of Fraser), a cycle retailer (Evans) and now (apparently) a furniture retailer, Sofa.com — all from administrators....
...Espinoza in London — @JavierespFT James Fontanella-Khan in New York — @JFK_America Sujeet Indap in New York — @sindap Don Weinland in Hong Kong — @donweinland Eric Platt in New York — @EricGPlatt Lindsay...
...push to support Sprint deal (Reuters) BT investors call on next boss to consider break-up of business (FT) China Biologic gets $3.9bn offer from former CEO-led group (Reuters) Mike Ashley’s House of Fraser...
...blast (FT) Tesla board plans to meet with advisors next week (CNBC) Tribune sues Sinclair after ditching $3.9bn deal (FT) Tyrus Capital hit hard by large bet on NXP (FT) Four bidders table House of Fraser...
...House of Fraser: a Chinese takeover that’s gone awry It’s been well documented that Sanpower, the Chinese investment group that bought House of Fraser in 2014, has had a hard time getting the 169-year-old...
...in Flipkart (FT) Leonard Green to buy building products firm SRS for over $3bn (Reuters) Woodford’s Patient Capital Trust reports disappointing year (FT) Hamleys owner in talks for stake in House of Fraser...
...(FT) House of Chaos Bond investors in House of Fraser, the 169-year-old UK retailer, should be pretty upset with the latest changing of controlling stake at the group....
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