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...With its unparalleled line-up of big-name speakers, Houston’s CERAWeek conference, now run by its new parent S&P Global, has long been the banner event on the oil industry calendar....
...Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, said allies such as Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea would join the agreement....
...Yields on US 10-year Treasuries were steady, while S&P 500 futures were pointing 0.2 per cent higher for when Wall Street begins trading on Monday....
...S&P 500 futures were pointing to losses of 0.3 per cent when Wall Street opens for a half-day of trading on Friday. In precious metals, gold was on track for its worst month in three years....
...“The potential spread [of the virus] is enormous,” said Andrew Sullivan, Hong Kong-based director at broker Pearl Bridge Partners....
...According to research company Frost & Sullivan, Topsports is the country’s biggest sportswear retailer with a market share of 16 per cent in 2018....
...Mr Sullivan added that before HKEX suspended trading for the day, futures listed on the platform were visible onscreen but orders could not be placed....
...But at 11 times trailing earnings, the market is trading at a significant discount to the S&P 500, at 20 times the past 12 months’ earnings....
...The S&P 500 index closed 0.3 per cent higher, having been down about 0.2 per cent just before the release of the Fed’s policy decision....
...The Saks-owner is already very leveraged up; it is rated deep in junk territory by both Moody’s and S&P Global....
...Sullivan’s stripped-down staging....
...John P McCormick will succeed Hill. The UK Takeover Panel has named Justin Dowley as its new deputy chairman starting in May....
...Joe Sullivan, the company’s chief executive, admits the idea is interesting, but is unconvinced about its benefits for investors....
...Frank Aquila of law firm Sullivan & Cromwell adds: “This is not just “animal spirits”, this is good old fashioned competition. If my competitor is growing, I need to grow. Yes, 2014 is different.”...
...Recent high-profile board shake ups such as those at Yahoo, driven by US activist investor Daniel Loeb and his Third Point hedge fund, are gaining the attention of institutional investors, he added....
...Net returns of 4-5 per cent make it attractive for institutional investors, says Daniel Dreyer, the fund’s lead manager. “They like housing as the interest for German government bonds is very low....
...Daniel Stillit , mergers and acquisitions analyst at UBSsays: “The decade opened at the high point of a merger wave. It’s ending at the low point”....
...S&P also gave it a triple-A rating....
...Daniel Rosensweig, COO, Yahoo! Jane Rosenthal, President, Tribeca Productions Dave Roux, Co-Founder, Silver Lake Partners Robert E. Rubin, Member, Office of the Chairman, Citigroup Kevin P....
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