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...Then, with the music industry crumbling around his ears, Iovine found an alternative outlet for his energy, after a chance conversation at Dre’s Malibu house....
...NYSE was advised by Perella Weinberg, BNP Paribas, Blackstone, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Moelis, and received legal counsel from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Stibbe N.V....
...Spectris , reporting on Friday, lost 6.7 per cent to £15.49 with broker N+1 Brewin cutting the controls maker from its “buy” list....
...Hellman & Friedman bought its 30 per cent stake in February 2008 from Italian energy company Saipem for €310m. Total also has a 30 per cent stake....
...Morgan Stanley UBS BNP Paribas Societe Generale Citadel Investment Group LLC D.E....
...“We see S&N as a highly attractive take-out target and the news will put even more pressure on J&J to look for acquisitions.”...
...Mr Royan supported activist investor Knight Vinke last year, when it called for a break-up of Eni, the Italian energy group....
...a focus on energy infrastructure....
...Now 42, Grohl – and his brand of rock ’n’ roll – has grown up, had kids and settled down....
...“Jac Nasser will make an excellent successor to Don Argus as chairman,” said John Buchanan, BHP’s senior independent director, who helped lead the search....
...Apollo has also suffered a string of problem deals in the US, including the bankruptcy of Linens ’n Things, the US home goods retailer....
...Pacific Energy Resources filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing a “drastic fall in the price of crude oil” near the end of last year....
...Analyst Bobby Chada also saw risks attached to Centrica’s strategy for hedging fuel costs, by buying into Venture Production and British Energy....
...AGL Energy will pledge to add enough energy capacity from renewable sources to power the cars. The project will be one of the largest roll-outs of its kind to date....
...Before joining Simmons in 2004, he worked at Enron and Duke Energy. 2008 stock pick: Peabody Energy because it will benefit from the higher price of coal, specifically through its Australian operations....
...S&N is viewed as a target for Carlsberg. With those thoughts in mind SAB rose 1 per cent to £14.66, while Scottish & Newcastle added 2.1 per cent to 622p....
...Energy sector analysts said the move by Hitachi and GE could be seen as a defensive response to Toshiba’s deal with Westinghouse....
...Mr Buchanan said. Peter Luff, the committee’s Tory chair, said the MPs would be asking British Energy, the nuclear power provider, for “urgent clarification” on closure timescales....
...“I really don’t think Saddam had anything to do with terrorism, but Iran, I believe, does,” said Edward Wtulich, of Goshen, N.Y....
...Brewing group Scottish & Newcastle, up 0.7 per cent to 467¼p, was again linked although analysts pointed out that S&N had already exited from the pubs business in order to concentrate on brewing....
...Samuel Johar, chairman of Buchanan Harvey Co, the headhunter, says that in the 1990s there was concern that there would be a brain drain from business to private equity....
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