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...BlackRock was interested in a tie-up with Warburg Pincus because its chief executive Larry Fink had identified alternative investments as a strategic growth area....
...Although investments into low-carbon fertiliser start-ups received a boost from the surge in traditional crop nutrient prices in the wake of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine, alternative products remain expensive...
...BDO last year took an alternative approach, opting to convert to an employee-owned corporation, funded by private debt....
...Milk alternatives are often touted as more sustainable yet they have their own issues. Almonds tie with pistachios for fourth place in the ranking of California’s most water-intensive crops....
...The price is a 55 per cent premium to where Endeavor’s stock was trading in late October, when the sports and entertainment business led by Ari Emanuel said it was exploring strategic alternatives....
...The original Credit Suisse deal with Apollo led to the alternative investment manager taking on one of the Swiss bank’s most profitable divisions, but one that required a lot of capital....
...Meta said: “Subscriptions as an alternative to advertising are a well-established business model across many industries . . . We will continue to engage constructively with the Commission.”...
...Google said the pilot programme would test options for alternative payment methods and gather insights from developers on how it might evolve....
...“We are in a new era of realising that these partnerships have attractive alternatives,” said Peter Munzig, a partner at TPG, one of the most active dealmakers in professional services....
...The government is in talks with Stowell about dropping her amendment if it comes up with an alternative proposal in time. Downing Street and Stowell declined to comment....
...A tight market and few alternatives mean a shortage from south-east Asian producers will quickly squeeze the margins of beverage and coffee-related businesses....
...But a new crop of start-ups are taking a very different tack: using hydrogen to produce synthetic natural gas, which they said could supply demand for the fuel with a greatly reduced impact on the climate...
...With the increasing pressure on agriculture to cut greenhouse gas emissions, researchers are trying to work out the effects of alternative cultivation methods on the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil...
...There will be winners, both among Europe’s high-end houses and a growing crop of local rivals. China’s second-hand luxury market is booming....
...“You can design a perfect crop rotation system which would help to build more soil organic matter,” he says, “but that might actually mean leaving out some of the more lucrative crops.”...
...But agricultural analysts say Beijing is seeking both to diversify its suppliers as well as replace soyabeans with a cheaper alternative, such as a greater corn mix....
...the team at Llafur Ni would like to offer an alternative....
...Google has already agreed to let developers use alternative ways to pay. Further concessions are likely....
...Scientists using alternative satellite systems, such as the Tropomi instrument on board the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, to detect methane leaks said MethaneSAT would fill important gaps in the world...
...He said he was concerned Google might seek to allow alternative payment methods, but then charge developers a close to 30 per cent cut of their revenues to use the Play Store....
...While the cost of a Bloomberg terminal or FactSet subscription remains prohibitive for many ordinary investors, there are many free or cheap alternatives that offer similar if lighter data and data-crunching...
...The alternatives industry is notoriously full of dominant and entrepreneurial founders who have single-mindedly pursued their vision....
...Plain bars of chocolate, he said, are also likely to be replaced by fruit and nut bars or other less chocolate-dense alternatives. This is not likely to be a temporary situation....
...Roughly $10bn of so-called private credit loans have been refinanced in public markets, as borrowers pay down burdensome loans in favour of a cheaper alternative, according to data from Bank of America....
...“The credit card industry is not very competitive, and consumers would be better off if Discover became a more attractive alternative,” said Rebecca Allensworth, professor of law at Vanderbilt University...
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