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...Whichever way they’ll go, Looney’s successor will need to be better at winning over shareholders....
...But he added: “In spite of the backlash and noise we’ve seen around ESG, shareholders still expect companies to follow through when they say they’ll do something....
...But anything more ambitious than that and you’ll find yourself squeezed by investment banks like JPMorgan and Goldman. To be honest, even the big integrated shops are under pressure....
...We’ll be back on December 27 with a special year-end edition of FT Asset Management, Harriet...
...“We’re making great progress on New Glenn and we’ll fly when we’re ready,” a spokeswoman said....
...We’ll look at what the publishers’ grievances are and why the adtech sector is the subject of increased regulatory attention....
...“You’ll be able to count the number of months it takes to carry out a probe with one single hand,” says an EU official with direct knowledge of the discussions....
...The likelihood that he’ll walk out of today’s board meeting without a job looks pretty high. The Renault board has convened to decide whether Bolloré should remain chief executive....
...Lower down you’ll find the latest industry job moves and a round-up of key headlines. Get DD delivered to your inbox Tuesday-Friday at 5am UK time and see all previous editions here....
...“I was hired to make United better and we’ve been doing that, and that’s what I’ll continue to do....
...Mr Modi has championed solar power and helped launch a global solar alliance at the Paris climate summit to mobilise an attention-grabbing $1tn of funds worldwide by 2030....
...The remaining 12 per cent was bought by Amundi in 2012, as part of a strategic alliance giving Tobam access to the French fund house’s distribution network....
...“We have some excellent clients there, but this is a new fair so I’m not sure we’ll cover our costs,” he says....
...Trafford Clarke, managing director of Eli Lilly’s neuroscience research centre, says: “We’ll find out in two years whether that was the smartest decision we’ve made or whether we’ll be thinking ‘what possessed...
...“We have ahead of us a few more test flights, which I think you’ll see later on this year, of increasingly higher altitude. Then we’ll be in space.”...
...From there, it’ll be a question of: what platform? At the moment, Markit forms a number of alliances with other data companies that have terminals, e.g. Reuters and Bloomberg....
...The decision to invest follows meetings between Mr Murdoch and Prince Alwaleed in New York in January, when the pair discussed a “future potential alliance with News Corp”, according to a statement on the...
...He will continue to look after some clients, including Alliance UniChem as it completes its merger with Boots....
...There will be more follow-up in Wednesday’s paper on our Boots, Alliance Unichem scoop from Saturday as the two management teams meet investors today who have had mixed feelings about the proposed merger...
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