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...Bob Iger, Disney chief executive, this year openly pondered whether some of its assets still fit within the company, prompting speculation that he was considering disposals....
...Uber has reported after-tax profits in several quarters before, though only thanks to gains on disposals or revaluations of its equity investments....
...The combined $16bn holdings of Republic Services and Waste Management — the two biggest waste disposal companies in the US — make up almost half of Cascade’s disclosed equity portfolio....
...Numis’s McCann said: “We also note that TA will no longer be exercising their right to a board seat, possibly paving the way for a disposal of their stake in our view.”...
...Walgreens had hoped to use proceeds from the sale of its struggling Boots chain in the UK to fund its push into healthcare services....
...This article has been updated to clarify that Higg Inc has rebranded as Worldly, not the Higg Index as incorrectly stated in a previous version. ...
...“It is expected that the deferred redemptions will be paid following successful completion of future asset disposals,” said Schroders....
...Social media exploded with snide commentary, most of it focused on how entitled Freeman was to have $27mn at his disposal in the first place....
...The bank is not closing its investment banking and transaction services operation in the country, but is reducing its exposure and not taking on new customers....
...But the golden era for consumers of on-demand services is surely coming to an end....
...And like its parent, it is venturing into primary care provision with prescribing pharmacists and an “online doctor” service....
...Lex says these are much easier people for a chief executive to have on board than pesky activist Cevian Capital, which has been using a small exposure to Vodafone to push for disposals, consolidation and...
...Disposals may bring some short-term pain. Citi expects to incur a charge of up to $1.5bn to unwind the business in South Korea, for example....
...Armed with enough data and applied to mass market digital services, AI like this is already having a sweeping impact....
...In 2020, Melody agreed to purchase notorious US streaming service Napster for $70.6m. The deal was closed last December and the company rebranded as Napster Group in March this year....
...Investment sales in the Asia consumer bank plunged 36 per cent between April, when Citi announced the planned disposals, and the end of September....
...During the bidding battle for Morrisons, CD&R said it “does not intend to engage in any material store sale and leaseback transactions”, but it was careful not to rule out store disposals altogether, nor...
...Earlier this year, UK banking group HSBC sold its US retail business, giving up on its 40-year attempt to run a full-service bank in the country....
...Its Prime service has 200m members — it is not clear how many actually stream — to rival Netflix’s 208m....
...Fast-food groups have outperformed the rest of the food service sector with consumers ordering cheap comfort food for home delivery while restaurants have been closed during lockdowns....
...If employers want to have people at their disposal, they should expect to pay for them....
...The service has bled more than 7m customers since 2017....
...After Putin amended Russia’s constitution last year, Moscow has more legal weapons at its disposal. One change affirms the primacy of Russian law over foreign courts when jurisdictions clash....
...With the company facing a 5G spectrum bill of $45.5bn, the slimmed-down media business, which accounts for only a tenth of Verizon’s overall revenue, is still regarded as a potential disposal candidate....
...It also loaded AT&T with $180bn of net debt when the transaction closed in 2018, which the company has been trimming down over the past year through disposals and other measures....
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