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...Citadel Securities, which has commanding positions in US stocks, Treasuries and swaps trading, has been at the vanguard of a group of ultrafast firms that have stepped into sovereign debt markets as tougher...
...Billionaire Rob Walton, heir to the Walmart retail fortune, acquired the NFL franchise for $4.6bn....
...A tie-up would combine Sony’s film franchises including Ghostbusters and Uncharted, with Paramount, which has had recent hits such as Mean Girls and Bob Marley: One Love....
...Even as global temperatures smash through record highs, the oil industry is claiming the world can’t afford the rapid transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy....
...Mamet recounts the unlikely rise of a dry cleaner who realised that his Hollywood clients settled his bills without looking at them....
...The transition towards cleaner energy sources has also created a potential increase in demand for accurate pricing data on commodities....
...“We have a lot of optimism that we can help all of the scientists, researchers, public sector institutions, and the oil and gas industry build the cleaner future that we all want.”...
...Below is a small representative group that, just on the numbers, caught my eye....
...The group was boosted by franchises such as The Hunger Games and Twilight films in the 2000s....
...Guggenheim shocked the baseball world by paying a then-record $2.15bn sum for a Major League franchise....
...As franchise owners are forced to overwork, the chains are turning to automation, including robot floor cleaners and screen avatars that are remotely operated....
...A pessimistic view is that the group, which has a large stores estate, is in managed decline. Full-year group sales fell 6 per cent due to falls in the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries....
...SVB Financial bought the healthcare-focused advisory business for $280mn in 2019 as it tried to bolster its growing investment banking franchise....
...$450mn from Google and Spark Capital (FT) Wagamama owner suffers shareholder revolt over pay and appointments (FT) HSBC/SVB: franchise value matters as much to bank rescuers as assets (Lex)...
...There may be a case for a country to seek ways to support a struggling news industry, and for taxing a group of highly profitable tech companies to provide the cash....
...When Emanuel’s Endeavor Group first bought into UFC in 2016, the mixed martial arts series had an enterprise value, including debt, of $4.1bn....
...“Like Halley’s comet, these are things many investors have heard about but may never have actually seen, or can’t quite imagine.”...
...As recently as May, F45 announced a deal with Fortress Investment Group, an alternative asset manager, to provide $150mn in off-balance sheet financing that would have allowed franchisees to pay their start-up...
...The oil industry, which is under pressure to slash emissions by reducing production, is wrestling with how to fund investments in cleaner energy while retaining sufficient profits from legacy assets to continue...
...We probably ate at a few versions of the Joe’s Crab Shack franchise....
...And despite all being tech companies broadly speaking, the Faangs are quite a diverse group of companies....
...Aston Martin puts a new driver in the hot seat The hardest part of keeping the James Bond franchise alive is changing the lead....
...Hult has been the driving force behind many of Tradeweb’s most successful US businesses, including the mortgage and Treasury franchises....
...Since then Ravitch has worked on deals involving more than 20 teams across different sports, including Joe Tsai’s Brooklyn Nets, David Beckham’s Inter Miami and Steve Ballmer’s Clippers basketball franchise...
...Wired have rounded-up the best robot vacuum cleaners for any budget and the G30 Edge wins the best value spot....
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