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...Last year it delivered $16bn in profit to investors — the largest ever annual gain by a hedge fund — on the back of bumper returns from the firm’s energy trading and commodities operation....
...Consulting work slowed in the past year after enjoying bumper growth in 2021 and early 2022 when companies were seeking advice on how to deal with challenges linked to the Covid-19 pandemic....
...Under dos Santos, who ruled Angola for almost four decades before losing power in 2017, Trafigura dominated the supply of petroleum products in Angola, generating bumper profits that supported the company...
...Colorado’s newest slopes Last year’s bumper snowfalls in Colorado have given a boost to an already thriving ski industry there....
...The bumper payouts come during a highly mixed period for the $3.8tn hedge fund industry....
...Its traders and analysts are now set to enjoy a bumper payday....
...News round-up Music business scrambles to contain fallout from Kanye West controversy (FT) Germany allows Chinese shipping group a stake in its biggest seaport (FT) European banks’ bumper quarter raises...
...By the start of last year, Coleman was ranked the 14th best-performing hedge fund manager ever after a bumper year in 2020 in which he made $10.4bn of gains for investors, according to research by LCH Investments...
...The US central bank on Wednesday is set to raise interest rates for the second time this year, with investors and analysts expecting a bumper half percentage point increase — larger than the typical quarter-point...
...Rolex GMT-Master Reference 1675, 1960s Kraft is especially fond of this Rolex GMT watch because of the railway track dial, “eagle beak” crown guards and gentle patina that make it highly collectable....
...Tech stocks, whose high prices are predicated on the potential for bumper future earnings, are seen as especially susceptible....
...(FT) News round-up Goldman and JPMorgan plan bumper bonuses for investment bankers (FT) UK financial regulator rebuked for handling of banks’ mis-selling scandal (FT) Rentokil to buy US extermination...
...The bumper debt deal will leave Medline with a high debt-to-earnings ratio of around seven times, according to rating agencies S&P Global and Moody’s....
...“The bees are just very, very happy here,” says Cook, a co-founder of the CookFox architectural firm, referring to the bumper honey harvest....
...It came during a bumper period for new US listings, with more than $100bn raised by traditional companies so far this year — a record pace — according to data provider Refinitiv....
...Ferrexpo, the London-listed miner controlled by a Ukrainian billionaire, has declared a bumper dividend helped by higher output and prices for its key commodity....
...The bumper payouts contrast with staggering paper losses that the private capital sector recorded early in the pandemic, as businesses were forced to close, unemployment hit record highs and credit markets...
...Under dos Santos, partnerships with Dino’s Cochan Holdings LLC helped Trafigura dominate the supply of petroleum products in Angola, generating bumper profits that supported the Swiss group’s transformation...
...Brunswick’s more junior spinners will also enjoy a bumper payday, sharing an £18m pool....
...This concentration was further strengthened on Friday when Apple, Amazon and Alphabet, Google’s parent company, continued their steady march towards recent stock market highs, following bumper earnings on...
...Earlier this month, fellow US private equity firms Vista Equity Partners and Silver Lake announced their own investments into Jio, at $1.5bn and $750m respectively, with an April deal by Facebook for a bumper...
...Full-year numbers due soon are expected to be bumper, too. This is not only an irony of the crisis....
...The Fairphone 3, subject of this week's Tech Teardown, also comes without a charger or earphones, but does include a rubber bumper to help prevent it from breaking and falling apart if you drop it....
...But most concede that, while rising demand for TV shows has resulted in bumper paychecks for marquee names, the incomes of rank-and-file writers have not kept pace....
...The flotation, the second-largest tech listing of 2019 after Lyft, the ride-sharing group, adds to the momentum for what is expected to be a bumper year for IPOs in New York....
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