Hints and tips:
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...AL: By taking on voluntary work? DG: I was thinking more in terms of setting up a $1bn hedge fund. AL: That would do it round here. Last week I helped an ex-UBS guy buy a B&B in the Dordogne....
...No surprise to see GMO et al flag up “impact on third parties” from the start....
...Ratings triggers, forced sales, systemic cliff risk, et al. Still a feature in some eurozone periphery bonds, despite the rally. Portugal for instance....
...The case (now called FCC v. Fox Television Stations et al) was appealed to the US Supreme Court, where it was debated on Tuesday....
...Bunge – the “B” of the “ABCD” group of companies that includes ADM, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus and control agriculture trading – refuses to buy from farmers growing Syngenta’s new Agrisure Viptera corn because...
...The results of Dagong’s assessment have been making headlines early this week, since they, err, diverge somewhat with those of western rating agencies like Moody’s, Fitch, Standard & Poor’s et al....
...Class C notes: ‘BBB+’ Themeleion IV Mortgage Finance Plc EUR1,005.8m Class A notes: ‘AAA’ EUR155.5m Class B notes: ‘A’ EUR46.6m Class C notes: ‘BBB’ Themeleion V Mortgage Finance Plc EUR764,3m Class A notes...
...I’d say the George V for sheer over-the-topness and people-watching, lunch at Noura, a treat from Goyard and dinner at Ferdi....
...Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (on behalf of) suing in NYC and DC: Bassman v. Syron, et. al (FRE) Agnes v....
...But wait, it gets gloomier, and Baker et al get all bearish – literally: If it sounds as if we are panicking, it is because few managements appear to be....
...Fisher, Chairman, Gap, Inc....
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