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...“Of course, when you put this on the table, drivers have a strong negative reaction,” said Alejandro Agag, founder of the Formula E and Extreme E electric car racing competitions....
...L.E.K....
...Saule Omarova, a Cornell law professor, said the ETrade purchase was “a signal that it’s basically open season for aggressive growth by acquisition”, adding that regulators should consider the extent to...
...When Liberty Media, the US group controlled by billionaire John Malone, acquired Formula One in an $8bn deal in 2017, it faced a ticking clock....
...on the e-commerce front and against Walmart and TJMaxx on the price front....
...(FT) Singed returns Utilities seemed like a safe bet for investors until the biggest wildfire in California history ravaged PG&E Corp last year....
...Run by chief executive Greg Maffei and controlled by the pugnacious Denver-based billionaire John Malone, known as the “Cable Cowboy” for the outsized role he played in consolidating the US media sector,...
...“We are very pleased with our holiday season performance, which reflects the progress we’ve made against our strategy throughout the year,” said Brian Cornell, chairman and chief executive of Target....
...“We’re very pleased with Target’s third quarter performance,” said Brian Cornell, chief executive....
...Since taking over the top job in August 2014, Mr Cornell has made investments in e-commerce and a renewed focus on ramping up Target’s “cheap-chic” offering his priorities....
...“The short-term challenge is to go from the Bernie model, which has been very successful, into one that is dependent not on one extraordinary dealmaker,” says Alejandro Agag, chief executive of Formula E,...
...Indeed, under Mr Cornell, Target has been increasing investments in e-commerce and has made expanding Target’s “cheap-chic” offerings his priorities. The efforts have been paying off....
...On Monday night, he was replaced as chief executive of F1, after Liberty Media, controlled by US billionaire John Malone, completed its $8bn takeover of F1’s parent company....
...Since taking over as Target’s chief executive in August 2014, Brian Cornell has made investment in e-commerce and designer collaborations his priorities – and the effort has been paying off....
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...“I’m encouraged by the early results and am confident guests will love the deals they’ll find throughout the weekend and the holiday season,” said Brian Cornell, chief executive....
...Barnes’ e-reader business continues to make losses; the Nook never caught on in the way iPads and Kindles did. Yet the core brick-and-mortar business is very much alive, stable and valuable....
...Liberty chief John Malone had offered to buy the entire company for about $1bn in 2011....
...There are no permanent allies, just permanent interests – as Charter Communications investor John Malone has just been reminded. He thought he had Time Warner Cable cornered....
...The move is a good one for John Malone, whose Liberty Global is buying Virgin Media for $23.3bn – and not just because the appointment of a 22-year News Corp veteran is a poke in the eye for Rupert Murdoch...
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...Attention is focusing in particular on some half a dozen mergers involving western companies, including AT&T, E*Trade, General Electric and SABMiller....
...John Malone, the billionaire chairman of Liberty, is known to be an astute deal hunter....
...This week Amazon announced it had sold more e-books year-to-date than printed ones, HMV said it was selling the book retailer Waterstone’s to A&NN Group for £53m and John Malone’s Liberty Media made a $17...
...Analysts say it is the opportunity to become a major e-book vendor that has attracted the bid from Mr Malone....
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