Hints and tips:
...But one of Europe’s biggest ever bank M&A deals was sealed at an IIEB meeting at the Brussels Hilton in 1997....
...UN secretary-general António Guterres expressed “alarm” in a statement released yesterday. Read more on the diplomatic dispute....
...Martin Luther King Jr Day: US markets are closed to mark the birthday of the civil rights leader. Five more top stories 1....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Results: Two large drugmakers, Pfizer and Merck, report second-quarter earnings....
...The annual boondoggle in the Crescent City is the perennial opportunity to take the pulse of M&A activity....
...Additional contributions from Benjamin Wilhelm and Gordon Smith...
...Other years, Will Smith slaps Chris Rock, and you remember what nonsense it all is. But this weekend’s Oscars already feel different....
...Sister Solange also came to support her son Daniel Julez Smith Jr on the runway, where Luar founder Raul Lopez sought to challenge the term “metrosexual” and whether at times it has been used as a defence...
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Economic data: S&P Global releases its flash June purchasing managers’ index for services and manufacturing businesses in the US....
...I think Robert F Kennedy Jr has said he’s already running. Is that correct?...
...and producer price index (PPI) inflation rate data EU: European Central Bank Economic Bulletin UK: Rics House Price Balance Results: 3i Group H1, ArcelorMittal FY, AstraZeneca Q3, Auto Trader H1, B&M...
...Britain after Brexit is edited by Gordon Smith. Premium subscribers can sign up here to have it delivered straight to their inbox every Thursday afternoon....
...Ian Paisley Jr has said it could be an ice age until Stormont is back....
...At one point he declared: “I’m not the one who thinks I’m above the law. I’m the one that followed the law. I’m the only one.”...
...Trian published a blistering attack on Disney after it announced the appointment of Parker, attacking its M&A strategy, cost management and its succession planning....
...One of the most colourful among those taken hostage and led into the mountains was Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of oil and banking tycoon John D Rockefeller Jr....
...(Sophia Smith) Are you able to truly be yourself at work, or do you have to act in a way that’s not “you”? Let us know in this week’s poll....
...On Thursday, the five now-former Memphis police officers involved in Nichols’ arrest, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr, and Justin Smith, who are all black, were charged...
...Texas’ 34th District holds a special election to fill the House seat vacated by Democratic Representative Filemon Vela Jr....
...Crestview Partners co-founder Thomas Murphy Jr has joined Berkshire Hathaway’s board of directors....
...“This is really something that we said on the way up, I’m saying it on the way down,” Schreiber insisted....
...I’m joined by FT expert Claer Barrett, host of the Money Clinic podcast, and “Max,” a former guest on Claer’s podcast, who secured himself a 36 per cent pay rise....
...Marc FilippinoI’m Marc Filippino and here’s the news you need to start your day....
...Goldman Sachs has expanded the roles of its head of global activism and takeover defence Avinash Mehrotra and head of global natural resources M&A Brian Haufrect to become co-heads of M&A for the Americas...
...“Because this is what I’m skilled at – this is what I do.”...
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