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...(FT) Copyright special: France v Google France is looking to win the war of words with Google....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...(Forbes) Anna v Andrea It’s one of those boardroom battles that has captivated the global industry....
...You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a warning to anyone who crosses the US artist (pictured above)....
...At the same time, US rivals like JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs have become more dominant in Europe....
...But that’s what happened to the billionaire US cable cowboy in Switzerland this week....
...Randy Bullard, Alexandra Aguirre, Enrique Conde, and Juan Delgado are all joining the firm from Greenberg Traurig....
...Smart reads Global regulators v Faangs US competition watchdogs are finally following their EU counterparts as they start carving up responsibility for investigations into the power of the biggest American...
...With the new threat to sue from a coalition of US states, it’s going to be a tough call to make for the US regulator. DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...(FT) Warren v Wall Street? Elizabeth Warren is one of the country’s most prominent critics of Wall Street firms and big banks....
...Job moves Scott Gottlieb is stepping down as head of the US Food and Drug Administration after two years in the job....
...Which leaves us with a lot of speculation over Orcel’s next steps....
...South Korea sale shows ’secondaries’ appeal (FT) 21st Century Fox to buy seven local TV stations from Sinclair (Fast FT) Follow the FT’s deals team Arash Massoudi in London — @ArashMassoudi Javier Espinoza...
...Get in touch with us: Due.Diligence@FT.com WeWork’s debut bond loses its appeal The blockbuster $702m bond sale from WeWork has divided the $1.3tn junk bond market in the US....
...This story by the FT’s Caroline Binham left us with a bit of chuckle and disbelief....
...Big US tech makes up just 5 per cent in its home market. “Today, Ali and Tencent are so powerful....
...Canada’s CPPIB and Singapore state fund GIC, two of the largest global institutional investors, will be investing alongside the US private equity group....
...Drop us a line: Due.Diligence@FT.com Broadcom clearly isn’t afraid of a fight....
...Toutiao tried to buy Reddit last year (The Information) Barclays, ex-CEO seek to postpone trial in $1bn lawsuit (FastFT) Follow the FT’s deals team Arash Massoudi in London — @ArashMassoudi Javier Espinoza...
...(NYT) Finance v tech The chief executive of Singaporean lender DBS, Piyush Gupta, said his biggest rivals are not other banks but Chinese tech groups such as Tencent and Ant Financial....
...(FT) HK v SH The fight to attract IPOs used to play out between Hong Kong and Singapore but now the focus has moved northward....
...That’s what the MLS’s media portal and millions of US soccer fans are asking themselves....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...Smart reads Dumb pipes v bright lights Is AT&T savvy enough to understand the mischievous world of media?...
...Here's a brief history of the company from DD's Javier Espinoza and Michael Pooler's profile in today's FT....
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