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...Ryan McMorrow Even as they tried to deny her role at the company and say she’s hardly involved, they’re paying her a lot of money, which makes it hard to deny she’s doing anything....
...But they have experience in the business of sport too, such as working on the creation of the YES Network and the sale of the Buffalo Bills NFL franchise....
...Imagine doing surveillance on your sister’s or mother’s new partner. You’re not catching him in bed literally cheating....
...Curbing spending and jacking up subscription prices will help, but rivals with higher operating margins such as Netflix are doing the same....
...As the event draws to a close, teams of Italian chefs run whooping through the hall, embracing each other, as “We are the Champions” plays over the sound system. The full rankings drop the next day....
...For pudding there were perfectly sweetened plums and buffalo-milk ice cream....
...Starting in a cluster of coffee shops in Buffalo, New York, a green-aproned rebellion has been spreading across Starbucks’ US network for more than a year....
...But life here is about to encounter a new threat, as the $10bn Lake Albert oil project run by French oil company TotalEnergies and Chinese state oil developer Cnooc roars into life, after a final investment...
...As DD’s Ortenca Aliaj and Miles Kruppa report in this Big Read, a new round of deals is sparking new signs of life into the market....
...As DD’s Antoine Gara and Kaye Wiggins report, Thoma Bravo is now aiming to raise $35bn, just over a year after it closed $22.8bn in fundraising....
...NerdWallet, an online finance platform, says annualised borrowing costs for US business lines of credit from $6,000-$250,000 run between 10 and 99 per cent....
...That deal, through what is known as a payment-in-kind clause, allowed Greenoaks to accrue a growing stake in the business in lieu of interest payments....
...As Rowan said on Monday: “No one has done what we are doing. No one’s model looks like our model. Yes, there are elements of SunAmerica....
...park group CTP raises €854m in Amsterdam IPO (FT) Suez Canal remains blocked after huge container ship runs aground (FT + Alphaville)...
...business — namely exemption from the tariffs and restrictions imposed on mainland China....
...(If you missed Wednesday’s DD rundown on the IPO’s suspension, catch up here.)...
...Her husband Hugo, who also has a “real, proper job” as a banker, does the taxes and accounts, and is a part-time handyman, while she runs the store during the day and spends her evenings poring over catalogues...
...Some had started doing it as a joke while others were taking it very seriously....
...As one allocator told DD, you no longer see the two college friends trading out of their garage with money from wealthy investors who couldn’t care less about the hedge fund’s risk parameters....
...(NYT) Doing justice Preet Bharara sits down with Dave Chang to talk about his tenure as the US attorney for the southern district of New York and being recognised as one of the most successful prosecutors...
...“We see thousands of people contributing to small tweaks to the technology on GitHub, doing it as a hobby.”...
...“We view this as negative for the stock as the attempt by Third Point to create value for shareholders now through pursuing a sale of the company or a breakup of the business are likely off the table as...
...In particular, with a new power to ‘call-in’ deals 6 months after closing, businesses may choose to notify rather than run the risk of being forced to divest parts of an acquired business or even unwind...
...“You see lots of young people here now, doing what we call the tree-change,” says Brett....
...British prime minister Theresa May will attend the summit and is seeking an agreement that will reassure business that not much will change for about two years after Britain leaves the bloc as scheduled...
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