David N. Barnes | Search

Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Showing results for David N. Barnes

Sort by

Viewing results 1‒25 of 1403

Entain PLC
Entain examines possible sale of overseas gambling brands
...But last week Entain’s interim chief executive Stella David highlighted the strong performance of Entain CEE, through which the group owns SuperSport and STS....
March 14, 2024
InterviewNorthern & Shell PLC
Richard Desmond seeks £200mn in damages in legal challenge to National Lottery auction
...He is one of the few media barons not to be involved in the auction to buy the newspaper, with long standing peers and rivals such as Rupert Murdoch, Lord Rothermere and David Montgomery all interested in...
November 10, 2023
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
Superdry PLC
Superdry co-founder weighs taking retailer private as shares soar 90%
...Its popularity was once boosted by unsolicited celebrity endorsements from the likes of footballer David Beckham and singer Shakira....
February 2, 2024
Entain PLC
Gambling group Entain’s chief steps down
...Interim chief David is a longtime associate of Gibson, having served on the board of UK home repairs and emergency services group HomeServe when Gibson was chair....
December 13, 2023
Eli Lilly & Co
Eli Lilly calls for scrutiny of rival Novo Nordisk’s deal to expand production of weight-loss drug
...David Ricks, the chief executive of the Indiana-based drugmaker, said Novo Nordisk’s acquisition of three manufacturing plants was “unusual” given “a growing concern about control of critical nodes in the...
February 6, 2024
News in-depthGambling industry
Blackstone-backed business cornered critical part of US betting market
...Founded in 2011 by husband and wife David Briggs and Anna Sainsbury, GeoComply began developing a geolocation service tailored to the gambling industry well in advance of a 2018 US Supreme Court ruling that...
January 16, 2024
FT Live
Innovation in Wealth Management Summit
Augmented intelligence for client-centric services
Thursday, 2 May9 Montague Close, London, UK
Entain PLC
US fund Corvex urges Entain to turn around ‘unacceptable’ performance
...Corvex said it would “immediately engage” with Entain’s Gibson and David....
December 14, 2023
Bet365 Group Ltd
Bet365 ‘cash machine’ keeps paying out for the house
...“I know how much poorer this city would be without Bet365,” added David Webster, chief executive of Stoke’s Douglas Macmillan Hospice, another beneficiary of funding from the Denise Coates Foundation....
January 12, 2024
Autumn Statement
Autumn Statement 2023: Alcohol duty frozen to ‘defend the great British pint’
...David McDowall, chief executive of Stonegate, the UK’s biggest pub group, welcomed the freeze, saying the move would “provide some respite and comfort to the hospitality sector”....
November 22, 2023
ESPN Inc
Can Disney’s ESPN become the US’s biggest sports betting company?
...“Forever is a long time,” said David Katz, an analyst at Jefferies. The two dominant players “cracked the code” of in-game accumulator bets, the most profitable and popular product, added Katz....
November 14, 2023
News in-depthCity of London
City of London seeks to redefine itself as dining destination
...Coq d’Argent, a rooftop restaurant overlooking the BoE, used to be “a sea of suits but . . . not anymore”, said David Loewi, managing director of its owner D&D London....
November 5, 2023
888 Holdings PLC
William Hill owner warns on profits following ‘customer friendly’ sports results
...David Brohan, a leisure analyst at Goodbody, called the trading update “disappointing” and said he now expected to downgrade 888’s full-year ebitda projection by 9 per cent to £320mn....
September 28, 2023
ReviewAlbums
Aron And The Jeri Jeri Band: Dama Bëgga Ñibi — electronica meets Senegalese percussion
...Youssou N’Dour, for example, spent years making music in Paris, a period chronicled on his early hit album Immigrés; and yet he insisted to me a few years ago that when he finishes a concert tour in Europe...
January 12, 2024
News in-depthApple Inc
Apple aims for box office glory with rollout of Martin Scorsese epic
...For Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple is working with Paramount, which owned the rights to the celebrated David Grann book on which the film is based but was not willing to cover the cost of the film....
October 20, 2023
Media
Can Taylor Swift and Beyoncé save the year for cinemas?
...David Hancock, who leads cinema research at consultancy Omdia, said because of the strikes, the momentum the industry had gathered over summer from “Barbenheimer” looked set to “dissipate completely”....
October 6, 2023
FT Live
Evolving retirement strategies in an ever-changing world
What new regulatory developments mean for IFAs
Tuesday, 30 April1 Friday Street, London
The Big Read
The dark side of the US sports betting boom
...In May 2020, David confessed to his wife and within a few weeks checked into Williamsville. “When I finally came clean . . . she was like: ‘you’ve told me a million lies’,” recalls David....
August 10, 2023
The Big Read
The BBC’s never-ending crisis
...“The BBC has to transact its day-to-day business surrounded by a circular firing squad of rightwing newspapers,” says David Yelland, a former editor of The Sun....
July 14, 2023
ReviewTelevision
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived TV review — touching story of Harry Potter stunt double
...David Holmes was fully conscious when his neck snapped....
November 17, 2023
HTSI
The best paper lanterns
...Multidisciplinary designer David Horan applies drops of water to the deckled shade of his lamp. When illuminated, it has the appearance of a sunlit window pane sprinkled with rain....
April 5, 2024
British American Tobacco PLC
British American Tobacco reshuffles board in strategy shift for new chief
...David Waterfield, BAT’s western Europe head, will become president and chief executive of Reynolds from the start of July, and Luciano Comin, who ran BAT’s Americas and sub-Saharan Africa divisions, will...
June 19, 2023
Transcript
The dark side of the US sports-betting boom
...And, for instance, there was one gentleman I spoke to, David, right, who started gambling in the ‘80s and would take trips to Atlantic City and would drive several hundred miles to gamble....
September 5, 2023
Maritime accidents and safety
Stockton Rush’s vision ends in tragedy for Titan submersible
...In an interview last year, David Pogue, a journalist for the US network CBS, asked Rush if he was making money on the operation. “No,” Rush replied. “Not yet.”...
June 22, 2023
Cineworld Group PLC
Cineworld bosses secure near $35mn exit payout
...The Financial Times reported in March that the lenders were planning to oust the current management team and that former Regal finance chief David Ownby, who is advising some of the secured lenders, was...
June 16, 2023
The Weekend Essay
Extreme tourism: ‘If it was safe, that’s not an adventure’
...“And I think the likes of David Attenborough’s programmes have definitely helped spark imaginations.”...
June 24, 2023
FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
Poland’s complicated relationship with Ukraine
...Additional help from Monique Mulima, Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
September 25, 2023

Previous pagePage 1 of 57Next page