Hints and tips:
...They circled the wagons. Putin personally got involved in exonerating everybody who played a role in Sergei Magnitsky’s death....
...It also marks the latest high-profile target that Apollo has circled in the UK without ultimately striking a deal, having previously considered buying supermarkets Asda, and Wm Morrison....
...Japan’s protective bank-corporate-government network repeatedly circled the wagons to repel raiders from T Boone Pickens, the Texan oil billionaire, to Steel Partners and TCI, the hedge funds....
...Burton’s fortunes have improved since, enabling it to expand east when it rolled Wagon Wheels into Russia last year....
...Burton’s has expanded east in recent years, launching its Wagon Wheels brand in Russia last year....
...And a recent attempt to upend the broadband industry with a new satellite communications network drove investors from his funds while creditors circled his LightSquared satellite venture in bankruptcy court...
...While the average hedge fund charges a 1.6 per cent annual management fee and about 18 per cent of investment profits, according to HFR, SAC’s fees are as high as 3 per cent and 50 per cent....
...The deal has the support of Viterra’s board and its largest shareholder, the Alberta Investment Management Corporation....
...Mr Ross said: “I and Wagon’s customers agree management has been working hard under extremely difficult circumstances.” Wagon could not be reached for comment. RBS and Zolfo Cooper declined to comment....
...Is the under-performance cyclical, or are the wheels falling off the wagon? One way to decide is to re-assess the manager’s competitive edge....
...Having not taken advantage of its overvaluation earlier in 2007, why hitch itself to the Bear wagon now when it is unclear how firmly the wheels are attached....
...The founder of EWS, the UK’s dominant rail freight operator, has questioned the present management’s wisdom in holding talks with Deutsche Bahn, Europe’s largest rail freight operator, on selling the company...
...“The wagons continue to be circled,” says Nick Benes, the president of JTP, a consultancy....
...Infineon “management does not want” a deal, one person familiar with the situation told FTD....
...Someone alert shopaholics anonymous – after a few weeks on the wagon, Morgan Stanley has returned to its old ways snapping up another hedge fund, adding to its previous estimated $1bn spending spree....
...A management-led buyout, some analysts’ preferred solution, is also uncertain....
...Viacom has circled the wagons around the studio and its chief....
...Wagons would run faster on the corridor and, with a higher axle load, carry more cargo....
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