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...In recent years, it has made large investments in companies in the Middle East and Asia, where Ford expects population growth will fuel the demand for infrastructure and bolster the group’s growth....
...Before that there was Caesar’s Entertainment. In 2012, the US casino operator floated a 1.4 per cent stake in New York after a debt restructuring. They leapt 71 per cent on debut....
...That’s the most insane thing about it,” says Jill Chase, a partner at CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth fund, where she focuses on AI investments. “All these products exist because of the transformer.”...
...Sixth Street has hired former TCV partner Nari Ansari as a senior leader on its growth equity investing team. Smart reads Survival mode Russia’s VTB was meant to rival Europe’s biggest lenders....
...Speaking of Apollo, Sujeet has just published a book on the bankruptcy fight of the famous casino Caesars from a half decade ago, The Caesars Palace Coup....
...Available from Friday in the UK, the £160 Android smartphone boasts two-day battery life, a 6.4in display and a 48-megapixel quad camera....
...of Caesars Palace....
...Caesars, J Crew, Sears, Toys R Us and iHeartMedia are just some of the examples in recent years where pre-bankruptcy wheeling and dealing left creditors cold and looking for vengeance....
...Between 2011 and 2014, Caesars — at the behest of Apollo — began selling off portions of its intellectual property and Las Vegas properties including Planet Hollywood, Bally’s, Linq/Octavius, the Quad and...
...Caesars Acquisition also holds properties including Planet Hollywood and the newly renovated Quad Hotel in Las Vegas, now rebranded as the Linq Hotel....
...At one point both it and Blackstone were nursing troubled deals: Caesars for Apollo and Hilton for Blackstone....
...The performance in Europe was, in part, offset by growth in India and Africa....
...in Europe, and growth opportunities in emerging markets....
...And iff you were wondering who was responsible for the Caesars Entertainment idea, well that was Paulson, arguing that it was poised for international growth. Instead the stock halved in value....
...“China is well-positioned to become a key growth driver,” the company said when it released its results earlier this month. But the threat from companies like Xiaomi is real....
...Caesar’s Entertainment, the casino group, sold fewer than 10 per cent, to test the waters in the public market. Yet buyers’ appetite for leverage has its limits....
...In the most recent quarter, TPG, which owns a big chunk of Caesars alongside Apollo, valued its equity at 60 cents on the dollar....
...It produces considerable free cash flow and some cross-selling opportunities such as “quad play”. This combines broadband, TV, landline and wireless services in a discounted package....
...AT&T’s strategy will be to offer many of its 62m mobile customers a “quad play” that also includes fixed-line phone, broadband and its fledgling TV service....
...Harrah's spent $2.3m in the fourth quarter as it prepares to integrate rival Caesars Entertainment, bought last year in a deal worth $9.4bn....
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