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...CS Venkatakrishnan, Barclays’ chief executive, is under pressure to win round investors to a strategic overhaul he is planning to reveal next spring....
...“You don’t want to be the last person left holding the bag.”...
...“In Israel, anything newly built has to take account of existing landmarks,” says Aby Rosen, co-founder and principal of RFR Holding LLC, which was responsible for converting a 19th-century French hospital...
...It was a filing made by an entity named FCM BBBY Holdings, LLC which listed its address as a nondescript Wyoming office building....
...At the same time, investors have marked down their public stock holdings drastically and at a far faster rate than their private portfolios, making them more overexposed to buyouts than ever....
...As it turned out, he barely survived spring. Black quit the board entirely in March, citing “relentless public attention and media scrutiny . . . [that] have taken a toll on my health”....
...Both bidding groups agreed to pay off secured creditors in cash leaving unsecured bondholders holding nearly $3bn in current debt as the critical constituency left to win over....
...Qatar Holdings LLC, the third-largest shareholder in the French publishing and retail group controlled by heir Arnaud Lagardère, said in a statement late on Tuesday that it “considers it legitimate that...
...DRW has long-term holdings of cryptocurrencies, giving it stocks to be able sell to buyers....
...EDF is deeply endebted and its finances have continued to deteriorate since its finance director, Thomas Piquemal, resigned last spring....
...“I think the point of view — and my point of view — is one of economic populism, which means holding both regulators and business accountable.”...
...RON Transatlantic, a holding company with interests in energy, logistics and financial services, began talking with HNA about collaborating on a deal last year, and together the pair will own a majority...
...This week, the French socialist party is holding the first round of a primary to choose its nominee for the national vote....
...John Kerin, the chief executive of the Chicago Stock Exchange said the deal would mean additional resources to pursue new business initiatives including rolling out a new product called CHX|snap by this spring...
...It was based on a “very robust” examination of some of the 40,000 public land holdings identified by the LLC....
...This policy has been in tatters from the moment it was enunciated most trenchantly, at the shirt-selves summit between Obama and Xi in Palm Springs in June 2013....
...And finally …the lighter side of the news ● Samsung might well tout the Galaxy S6 as the flagship in its smartphone line-up, but the heavenly body that springs to mind is more likely to be a meteorite plummeting...
...With the real estate group’s Spring Mews student and hotel development on board for the first time, rental income grew by 22 per cent to £50m....
...“This is about a spring clean against the old guard,” said a Qatari businessman....
...Doha has also been ostracised by its neighbours for supporting Islamist groups during the Arab spring, a policy marshalled by Sheikh Hamad and the former emir....
...But growth in the underlying value of Apollo’s holdings has also slowed since the start of this year, along with the wider stock market....
...But a chirpy Mr Hilfiger, who today will take a catwalk bow following the unveiling of a spring/summer 2015 collection, remained unflappable in the middle of the storm....
...Hemlines, as with spring/summer, were fluid and below-the-knee, knits were cashmere, alpaca and ribbed, coats were oversize and sable or tailored tweed, and it all instant-messaged a laisser-faire richesse...
...Sears Holdings shares strengthened further on Monday after the company announced it would float its Lands’ End business in April....
...Many investors also expect the US economy will rebound this spring after a harsh winter that has weighed on activity, prompting a sharp snapback in stock prices during February....
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