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...In 1974, it's rebranded as Citicorp. And then in 1993, it hits another milestone. It becomes the biggest bank holding company in the world. This isn't just a New York bank anymore....
...And it is reshaping the way in which investors look at Saudi Arabia, its financial pulling power now luring some who were wary of doing business with Riyadh because of its dire human rights record....
...It’s for these reasons that Loeb’s Third Point believes ESPN could be an enticing standalone business. Doing so could help alleviate Disney’s $46bn debt pile....
...The local MP, Labour’s Sarah Champion, isn’t happy....
...“Unisoc is doing very well in 4G-related chipsets as it secured clients such as Realme, Honor, ZTE and Motorola . . ....
...As the business mind behind the Kardashian’s success, Kris Jenner, says: “You’re doing amazing, sweetie.” DD readers can catch Leila talking about the deal here....
...Starting June 6, the briefing will tackle the business of sport just as DD does corporate finance....
...Since its heyday as the world’s most profitable group of insiders, Goldman has morphed into an almost — I stress, almost — dull bank holding company, chafing against post-crash restrictions on its leeway...
...I don’t try and sell anybody on doing business. I just had a woman come in a week ago and my advice [was], if you’ve got a business, keep it.”...
...President Trump’s “America First” policy seems to apply more to traditional business than to the tech titans. He is no fan of Google, and seems to champion conventional retailers against Amazon....
...The shift is designed to create a national mining champion to compete with global groups such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton....
...He is also using his money to create monopolies, as he is doing with ride-sharing, across the world....
...to keep many of its holdings in large French companies....
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...Fearful of flooding the app with advertising and products, Tencent has been holding back on “monetising” WeChat....
...It is even possible to imagine that their scope might one day encompass so much as to become a de facto replacement for the welfare state. Consider, for example, the healthcare business....
...Companies were national champions and hence had to be led by someone holding the right passport....
...To illustrate their success in doing so, he cites World Bank statistics showing that Turkish companies now account for 1 per cent of world trade as opposed to 0.6 per cent in 2001....
...“We’ve had some success, but so far nothing like the business going through stores....
...In essence, the term refers to the idea of small locally anchored banks using a big bank to deal with the international business they cannot handle themselves....
...To be sure, some Brazilian national champions are doing well....
...Roger Whiteside, chief executive of Punch Taverns and a former head of M&S’s food arm, has been poached to run the Greggs bakery chain....
...Euh Yoon-dae, chief executive of KB Financial Group – owner of Kookmin Bank, the country’s largest lender – says that banks are doing their bit to support small businesses....
...“Cyrus has scope to consolidate and there is nothing to stop him doing that,” he says....
...As president of the City Women’s Network, you have been an outspoken champion for diversity at the top. What are the key roadblocks today?...
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