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...Allstate, State Farm and AIG have stopped underwriting new homeowners’ policies in California because of the risk of destructive wildfires....
...TikTok hired people with experience at ecommerce and luxury brands including Harrods, Asos and Amazon, offering sign-on bonuses and share options....
...Frasers, now led by Ashley’s 33-year-old son-in-law Michael Murray, has been on a buying spree this year, snapping up positions in UK-listed rivals such as AO World, Asos and Boohoo....
...Peter Keenan, chief executive at Apexx Global, which provides payment services to ecommerce companies such as Asos, said it had already seen an increase in inquiries from businesses looking to set up new...
...They range from 0.6 times for UK’s Asos to 7.5 times for luxury retailer Farfetch. But these comparisons overlook the role that Macy’s physical footprint plays in driving online sales....
...High street retailers such as H&M, ecommerce site Asos and even sportswear manufacturers target the Muslim pound. Nike launched its swimming hijab in 2017....
...The 10 lenders in the case were Brigade Capital Management, HPS Investment Partners, Symphony Asset Management, Bardin Hill Loan Management, Greywolf Loan Management, ZAIS Group, Allstate Investment Management...
...In recent months Mr Chandlee has been aggressively pitching to and winning new advertisers; household names include Walmart, Asos and Nike — and even Instagram itself....
...October closure, which came as Tokyo was building a new campaign to lure investors from Hong Kong and establish itself as Asia’s main financial hub, was described at the time by Japan’s finance minister Taro Aso...
...Japan’s finance minister, Taro Aso, said on Friday that the Financial Services Agency (FSA) would order a “swift” explanation from the TSE, which suffered its worst outage in more than 20 years on Thursday...
...(BBG) Diversity push Companies usually choose big-name banks like JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citigroup for bigger roles on bond deals — but the insurance company Allstate has hired solely banks owned...
...(Bloomberg, Forbes) Fast fashion As coronavirus wreaked havoc on the already struggling British high street, online fashion brands Asos and Boohoo have emerged triumphant....
...unusually long five-year period of exclusivity and is taking a small stake in the Swedish group, joining other investors such as Hennes & Mauritz, Sequoia Capital, the Danish company behind online retailer Asos...
...By striking deals with famous people young Brits can identify with, it has eclipsed well established British brands like Marks and Spencer and rival online retailer Asos....
...Yards developer scrutinises finances of rental refuseniks (FT) SoFi to purchase Galileo for $1.2bn to expand banking tech (Bloomberg) Stock buybacks expected to halve as companies bolster defences (FT) Asos...
Category 4 storm menaces US east coast
...The updates from Travelers and Allstate could signal weakness across the sector as earnings season gets under way....
...Ken Moriyasu in New York contributed to this report A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on April 17. ©2019 Nikkei Inc....
...Shares in Progressive, Allstate and Everest Re all edged up 0.3 per cent, while Torchmark shares rose 0.5 per cent. AIG however continued to drop, slipping 0.6 per cent....
...Many contrarian readers who went long on companies which have recently issued profit warnings, such as Thomas Cook and Asos, said they did so on the basis of “bouncebackability”....
...Asos has had a few iffy results of late. In April, a warning that capital spending would need to be stepped up to accommodate sales growth resulted in a sell-off in the shares....
With a network of organic suppliers, Farmdrop thinks it can change food retail
...Insurance Group, as well as Honolulu-based insurer First Insurance Co of Hawaii (owned by Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.)....
...Berlin-based Zalando is more vulnerable to Amazon’s expansion of its fashion arm than online rivals Asos or Boohoo, which sell more own-label garments....
...This morning, Asos has reinforced how mainstream – or unalternative – it is becoming....
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