Hints and tips:
...Sam Smith, a privacy activist at Med Confidential, says the question is whether consumers are happy with a big company like Google, Facebook or Amazon doing everything....
...Before that, the group was best known for the acquisitions of Club Med, the French holiday operator, a stake in Cirque du Soleil and another in Thomas Cook, the UK holiday group....
...It has scooped up Club Med, the French holiday operator, a stake in Cirque du Soleil and another in Thomas Cook, the UK holiday group. The group has also spent more than $4bn buying insurance assets....
...Fosun is best known outside of China for buying Club Med, while Anbang attracted attention when it acquired New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel....
...It has consumed lots of cash building big projects in the Med, hence the convertible bond issue and an equity fundraising last year, which was also backed by Third Point and Monarch, another hedge fund....
...“J&J, like its large cap med-tech peers, realises a substantial portion of its free cash flow from [overseas] operations”, he wrote....
...Yet, the oft-repeated tale of “eds and meds” does not paint a full picture....
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