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...It is one of the motivations for US grocery giant Kroger’s planned acquisition of rival Albertsons....
...That “would effectively require another two Kroger deals and this seems highly optimistic given Kroger represents the biggest possible customer in the biggest market”....
...Sports leaps into US with ‘transformational’ Finish Line deal (FT) Breaking up energy businesses ‘too risky’ says Enel (FT) Elliott takes stake in Travelport Worldwide, may push for sale (BBG) Target/Kroger...
...A partial liquidity event will result from the expiry of Eurofund V next year, which may result in a validation of the business’ valuation.”...
...Tetrick shudders at the V-word. “Like ketchup is a vegan product,” he says defensively. Just’s vision is not to have its products adopted only by vegan San Franciscans....
...Kroger, one of the world’s biggest supermarket chains, had 9.2 per cent wiped from its share price to $22.29....
...Kroger, the second-biggest US supermarket chain, lost 13 per cent of its value after the deal was announced. Supermarkets across the US, Britain and continental Europe suffered smaller declines....
...When we were playing the Roses matches [Lancashire v Yorkshire] we’re talking 30,000. In those days people would arrange their holidays to watch county cricket.”...
...The Indian batsmen guided their team home to a comfortable victory via Duckworth and Lewis, losing only two wickets of their formidable batting line up....
...With the almost certain return of growth in the previous quarter, it is not an “L” but not yet robust enough to be a “V”....
...They were followed by the V-2 rockets in September 1944. The last German bomb to fall on Britain was at Duckworth in Hertfordshire on March 29 1945, only five weeks before the end of the war....
...But she added: “I still hold out hope it will be a V-shaped recovery. It might not be the most likely scenario but it is not as unlikely as many people think....
...Inside Central Asia By Dilip Hiro Overlook Duckworth, £25 For those who still get their “-stans” mixed up, Hiro’s book provides a detailed and nuanced overview of the region of central Asia....
...It’s now in the V&A’s textile collection.”...
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