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Former Daily Telegraph editor had been in the running to bid for British broadsheet
...to acquire Getty Images Holding, Inc....
...A noble enough aim, we suppose....
...Now James Daunt has the daunting task of saving Barnes & Noble. Can he do it again?...
...Eventually, the OAG notes, the group ended up being banked by a subsidiary of a New York-based entity named Noble Markets LLC....
...Notwithstanding those legitimate strategic desires, and the presumed presence of less noble motivations that are more in the realm of empire-building than of value creation, we have to acknowledge that Aspen...
...It was fantastical, but with the smell of realness, of horse sweat, leather and drink — the texture of a community holding on to a fragile, age-old connection between man and noble beast....
...Glencore and Noble Group both attributed the sharp decline in premiums for the lacklustre performance in metals....
...Cofco paid $1.5bn for its 51 per cent stake in Noble Agri last year. It subsequently placed the holding into a new company with China Investment Corp, the sovereign wealth fund....
...“Three of the four members of Noble’s ‘independent’ review committee, including its chairman, are all existing members of the audit committee, which includes Mr [Richard] Elman [Noble’s founder],” noted...
Head of SFC says market volatility does not imply misconduct
...China Investment Corporation, China’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, sold a third of its holding in Noble in September. Analysts expect the fund to dispose of its remaining 10 per cent....
...For traditional fund managers, who have been used to relying on the opinions of investment banks, the ability of a new breed of talented analysts to wipe millions from the value of their holdings armed with...
Territory records lower average returns and greater chance of losses than New York or Shanghai
...Copa Holdings, a Latin American airline whose destinations include the Cuban capital, Havana; Coca-Cola Femsa, the Mexican bottler, and Royal Caribbean Cruises were among the fund’s largest holdings at the...
...But Mr Noble said the company was in no rush to consider a public listing....
...The chain also said it was also looking at “alternatives” for its investment in Casa Ley, the Mexican retailer in which it holds a 49 per cent stake....
...When the financial crisis hit Goldman and Morgan Stanley converted into bank holding companies, subjecting them to Fed oversight, too....
...Yet a string of recent deals, in which Liberty Media spun off the Starz channel, took control of Sirius XM satellite radio, built a stake in Barnes & Noble and returned to cable distribution by buying 27...
...Several years later, the retail chain and cafeteria bought the Casa de los Azulejos or House of Tiles, a striking 16th century building in Mexico’s historic centre and one of the capital’s most-visited tourist...
...Qatar Holding is set to become a shareholder too in Glencore if the merger of the trader with miner Xstrata comes to a close....
...Liberty Media, John Malone’s holding company, plans to spin off its Starz entertainment company, giving Liberty more firepower in its battle for Sirius XM, the satellite radio company....
...The thunderflash lobbed by Qatar Holding into Glencore’s merger with Xstrata shines a light on schemes of arrangement – an ever more popular alternative to tender offers....
...In Washington, the Smithsonian American Art Museum is holding an exhibition that explores the history of video games “as an artistic medium”....
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