Hints and tips:
...Many large acquisitions receive similar interrogation, known in EU circles as a “phase 1” investigation, which typically takes a few months to complete....
...Media companies Walt Disney and Fox Corp also report as well as technology groups Alibaba, PayPal and Uber....
...games over the internet, known as cloud gaming....
...The all-cash deal, in which Kering bought the fragrance house from funds controlled by BlackRock and Creed’s current chair Javier Ferrán, could also be an attempt to get investors back on its scent....
...A stricter global regulatory regime could also threaten big deals such as Microsoft’s $10bn bet on ChatGPT developer OpenAI....
...When she steps down this autumn as chief operating officer of Facebook, now known as Meta, she will leave behind a mixed legacy....
...Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision, has played down the risk of regulatory pushback, as tech behemoths such as Apple and Google are also exploring gaming....
...Estrada saw evidence that reshoring from China, spurred by global trade tensions and the coronavirus pandemic, was also starting....
...I was in the mountains behind the Spanish beach resort of Estepona, tagging along on a studio visit to one of the rising artists of the Costa del Sol: Juan Miguel Quiñones Garcia (known as Quiñones), a sculptor...
...Senosiain’s work is “a bit off the grid”, says Francisco de la Isla O’Neill, an architecture professor at Mexico City’s UNAM, who briefly had Senosiain as a professor....
...The large price tag makes the company — which launched less than a year ago — more valuable than investor darlings such as the German digital bank N26 and the payments company Wise (formally known as TransferWise...
...Just what is a Japanese conglomerate, better known for investments in tech darlings such as Uber and Klarna, doing as it quietly builds a $5bn stake in the 125-year-old drugmaker Roche?...
...However, from the start, I’ve never thought the Maya Train was a good idea,” Francisco Javier Gorostiza Pérez, a former train boss and ex-government official, told Mexico’s College of Civil Engineers recently...
...This included recognising an accounting gain, known as badwill, generated when a bank buys a rival for less than the fair value of its assets minus its liabilities....
...Yet given its size and history it flies below the radar, partly because it is based in San Francisco but also by design....
...It’s also no secret that venture capitalists have felt threatened by SoftBank’s scale....
...It has also hired Jean-Luc Champy and Amaury de Feydeau as partners in its global project development and finance practice in Paris. They both join from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe....
...But banks also have exposure to higher-risk corporate debt through another form of bridge financing: their credit lines to vehicles known as collateralised loan obligations, which are among the biggest sources...
...The local priest, Father Francisco Olveira, better known here as Padre Paco, admits that his impoverished congregation is “somewhat lapsed” and “does not have to go to mass on Sundays”....
...Teri Gendron was named as chief financial officer of Jefferies Financial Group replacing Peg Broadbent, who became the first senior Wall Street figure known to have died from coronavirus complications....
...in New York, Miles Kruppa in San Francisco and Don Weinland in Beijing....
...York, Miles Kruppa in San Francisco and Don Weinland in Beijing....
...The strategy, known as quantitative trading, has pulled in billions of dollars and made Ray Dalio, Bridgewater founder, above, and Jim Simons, Renaissance founder, below, into two of the most powerful figures...
...Man Group’s quant business has also grown substantially, with funds that now rank among its top performers....
...AB InBev finds itself in the company of Boeing, Hilton Worldwide and IAG, who are also rushing to secure cash from credit facilities....
International Edition