Hints and tips:
...A former top investment banker at Centerview Partners did not strike a valid agreement to become a full-fledged partner at the elite advisory firm during a restaurant meeting held more than a decade ago,...
...US megadeals are slowly bringing M&A action back If a UK paper and packaging company is at the centre of a bidding war, then M&A must be back....
...I’m befriended by a local man, Serafim. When he hears that I’m a writer he takes me under his wing....
...For regulators, the labour market is fair game in M&A. pan.yuk@ft.com...
...She’s just like, ‘F**k it, I’m eating ramen.’” Now Menya Kisso in Tokyo, Aji No Daio in Muroran, Keyaki in Sapporo and Himawari in Asahikawa count among the best ramen shops in Japan....
...I’m uncomfortable if you’re excluding others and furious when I feel I’m somehow complicit. If a restaurant can’t welcome everyone, how can anyone feel welcome?...
...In another reported exchange, Forlano replied that “Rigatoni”, a nickname for Viggiano, “literally works for” Blackstone, and Bleckley responded, “F[**]k u should’ve told me f[**]k the feds.”...
...It could be K-pop or Beyoncé; it’s like an off-the-cuff street dance-off. Nearby, I’m a fan of Labelhood....
...They brought in Athens-based K-Studio (who are behind Dexamenes and Kálesma, among other eye-catching Greek hotel projects) to undertake a renovation that’s far more restoration than reinvention....
...Desperate times With less M&A fees to glean, bankers are getting creative to keep the cash coming in by offering more specialist advice, DD’s Sujeet Indap writes in The Lex Newsletter....
...Putting that in a restaurant where the food alone costs DKr4,900 (about $720/£567) certainly shows a self-confidence....
...“I’m just going to go to lawyers . . . I’m dying to talk to other people about it. I’m dying to talk to the press.”...
...‘Mr K-Pop’: a music showdown heats up in South Korea The battle for control of K-pop juggernaut SM Entertainment is getting uglier by the day....
...I put this question as we are ushered out so that the restaurant can prepare for dinner....
...When I’m in Hong Kong, I always head to my favourite places for dim sum....
...“I think of myself as off-brand — I’m not the Coca-Cola, I’m like the local brand — and I’m comfortable with that,” says Roni Horn....
...I’m constantly trying to get the kids out to do that — on bikes, or hiking, or surfing, or snowboarding, or anything, just taking a walk....
...The ex-KKR dealmaker waging a campaign on a K-Pop machine Activists have historically held little sway in South Korea....
...Claer BarrettAnd today I’m meeting chief cashier Sarah John....
...I’m told that “sticky wines” from the impresario’s cellar could be added to the list in the coming months....
...We are comprehensively following the money from K Street to Main Street, from Washington to each state capital....
...(Forbes)M&A uncorked The wine industry is experiencing a dealmaking renaissance as restaurants and bars reopen their doors to private capital groups and blank-cheque firms targeting vineyards and distributors...
...I’m not into throwaway culture,” says artist, potter and sculptor Richard Carter. “People increasingly want things that are handmade, environmentally sensitive and can’t be found elsewhere....
...Case in point: Elliott’s 2018 victory at hotel and restaurant multinational Whitbread, when the activist used an — albeit uncharacteristic — gentle approach to get its way and spin off the group’s Costa...
...The hiring spree, just before the M&A market exploded, proved to be a canny move....
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