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...FIS’s decision to break up comes after activist shareholders DE Shaw and Jana Partners called on the company to review its business strategy, including considering undoing the 2019 deal....
...Presumably this is why the activist investors DE Shaw and Jana Partners got involved in FIS. But that implies that the original deal was an epic mistake. Industries change....
...For example: if Generic Greek God Capital is buying Widgetmaker Inc, 70 per cent of the equity it ponies up might come from one of its LBO funds....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. You can build it, but will they come?...
...“George Bernard Shaw says every profession is a conspiracy against the laity. And it seemed like freight forwarding was just the poster child for this....
...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...Luckily, Britain could well use an upgrading of its infrastructure....
...And now a fifth expect a “V-shaped” economic recovery, up from a 10th in the previous month....
...Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec: No....
...In that regard, we are most positive about infrastructure followed by repair, maintenance and improvements (RMI)....
...Intel chief executive Bob Swan said the company would continue to invest in its 5G network infrastructure business, but review production of 4G and 5G modems in PCs and “internet of things” devices....
...Arun Budhathoki in Kathmandu and Nupur Shaw in New Delhi contributed to this report. A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on February 22 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc....
...Last year was exceptional for Europe Inc in terms of growth, profitability and business expectations....
...If we had more organic infrastructure and organic supply chain, I think the industry could be 10 times bigger than it is.”...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on July 4 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on November 27. ©2017 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on April 20, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...So it is hard to feel sorry for Daisuke Inoue, Dr Jean Carruthers and Walter L Shaw — who each missed out on millions by failing to patent their respective ideas. Smartphones, tablets, connected TVs....
...Pablo Pallas has left Citigroup to join Nature Infrastructure Capital, an investment fund based in London, according to Bloomberg....
...“All the broad themes of the Trump rally — deregulation; infrastructure; tax reform; domestic v international — seem almost tailor-made to trigger a cable rally,” wrote analysts at Moffett Nathanson....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College My guess is he will be too timorous to do the right thing....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Open question. Depends if he injects a major fiscal stimulus....
...Olmstead v. United States....
...Philip Shaw, chief economist, Investec No....
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