Hints and tips:
...Jenny Mitton, women’s sport lead at M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment, said the late sponsorship announcements pointed to a lack of planning....
...“I’m sort of agnostic when it comes to the things I look at,” she says....
...And there is something cathartic about throwing a note away when I’m done with it.”...
...Mr Picher, who was head of fixed income and alternatives at M&G Prudential, will replace Roger Gray in October. Mr Gray is retiring after 10 years at USS....
...Although I’m a little embarrassed to look up my first designs, it felt like having a record of the internet was a good idea....
...I’m a globalist, but I often get forcefully argued comments from nationalist readers. Here are my attempts to respond....
...Amie Owers, who described herself as a long-term resident of Kensington, said: “People feel that, in social housing, people are ignored.”...
...(FT) Food for thought Boom time A heady cocktail of ultra-low financing costs and the need for growth across sectors propelled US M&A activity 60 per cent higher to unprecedented levels in the first half...
...Amie Barrodale’s supremely artful and entertaining first book, a collection of short stories, was my favourite for 2016, and goes on my shortlist of favourites of all time....
...“Look, 20 years from now, I’m still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it’s my name on this....
M&A struck in the first three months this year is up 21 per cent on a year ago
...(FT) It's a big day for M&S The UK retailer will be hoping for a boost in clothing sales after a dismal Christmas....
...(FT) 3G is headed by Jorge Paulo Lemann, a former tennis champion known as something of a Brazilian Warren Buffett for his skill in pulling off grand M&A deals. 3G has already teamed up with Berkshire Hathaway...
...(FT) It’s a big day for M&S The UK retailer will be hoping for a boost in clothing sales after a dismal Christmas....
..."Look, 20 years from now, I'm still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it's my name on this....
...Marchers held placards saying, "Boris, I'm not afraid" and "They killed you, they are killing freedom"....
...(Bloomberg) Chinese companies may have become big players in the global M&A stage but investment banks are increasingly being cut out of the deal....
...(FT) It's a big day for French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, who appears in court charged with "apology for terrorism" after comments that suggest he sympathised with Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four...
...Oil price collapse spurs major M&A deals Royal Dutch Shell is in "advanced" talks to buy BG Group for GBP46bn ($68bn), a 50 per cent premium to the undisturbed market price....
...Marchers held placards saying, “Boris, I’m not afraid” and “They killed you, they are killing freedom”....
...(FT) It’s a big day for French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala , who appears in court charged with “apology for terrorism” after comments that suggest he sympathised with Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four...
...I have no ideas and I’m not sure where to begin.” (FT) IBM’s new computer The company unveiled a new version of itsmainframe corporate computer – an attempt to revive its hardware business....
...“I’m not sure why people keep asking protesters when they are leaving because shouldn’t the government take the responsibility?...
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