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...the first cross-Channel telephone cable, is opened and operated here 1896 Guglielmo Marconi gives the first public wireless transmission 1917 First world war bomb hits the building and a soldier on sentry...
...These have included cases brought by liquidators or creditors of Fairfield Sentry, a feeder fund for Bernard Madoff’s operation, as well as businesses connected to convicted Texas fraudster Allen Stanford...
...Amid the tough conditions, Fairfield Energy offers smaller producers one alternative blueprint for the future....
...Warburg Pincus and Riverstone backed Fairfield Energy, a UK-focused independent established in 2005 with assets in the North Sea....
...The most recent senior figure to declare his intention to step aside from the sentry box is Edward Bonham Carter, chief executive of Jupiter Fund Management....
...Other companies in Warburg Pincus’s portfolio of investments include Antero Resources, a pioneer in US shale gas production, and North Sea explorers Fairfield Energy and Explora Petroleum....
...Riverstone, which is focused on energy and power, agreed to inject $150m into Fairfield, with the option of adding another $200m to match future contributions from Fairfield’s current investors, led by Warburg...
...(oil and gas) Director, Fairfield Energy Ltd (oil and gas) (Cuadrilla is not without controversy: it was reported recently that the company breached the conditions of its licence at its sites in Lancashire...
...Both the Fairfield Sentry liquidators and Mr Picard are also using the US courts in New York to try to claw back money from investors who withdrew money from the Fairfield fund....
...Rather, the lawsuit alleges that ADIA invested in Mr Madoff through the Fairfield Sentry hedge funds and withdrew $300m in 2005 and 2006....
...They were eking out a living on the seeds of scrub bushes while handsome bobbing desert wheatears provided their sentry security....
...Pictet & Cie also allegedly invested in some of the main funds that funnelled money to Mr Madoff, including Tremont Group, which has been sued by Mr Picard, and Fairfield Sentry....
...The funds are Lagoon Trust Ltd., Fairfield Sentry/Sigma Ltd. (BVI) and Herald Pund SPC....
...In the process, he became wealthy – once owning the most expensive home in Fairfield, Connecticut....
...Marriott has just unveiled a joint venture with Sahmi Hotels, an India-focused investment fund, to introduce its mid-range Fairfield brand in India....
...Fairfield Energy last summer tried to raise up to £333m on the main market, but cancelled its listing plans after struggling to attract investor interest....
...Fairfield Energy, the oil and gas company, was on Tuesday night scrambling to secure enough orders for its London listing ahead of Wednesday’s deadline, the FT reports....
...Fairfield Energy will on Thursday say its $500m (£328m) listing has been postponed due to difficult market conditions, according to people close to the company....
...Working on Fairfield with Goldman Sachs’ Julian Metherell and Alasdair Warren, they are running into market headwinds. people@ft.com...
...Later in the year the listing of Fairfield Energy, an oil and gas explorer, was pulled due to a lack of investor demand....
...Fairfield hopes to raise up to $500m (£333m), which would give it a market capitalisation of up to $1.1bn....
...Fairfield Energy, a North Sea oil explorer, on Thursday said its $500m (£328m) listing has been postponed due to difficult market conditions....
...The launch of Fairfield’s initial public offering comes after a week where takeover activity and discoveries have refocused investor interest in the North Sea....
...have resisted buying shares in companies floated by buy-out groups, particularly in the UK where several private equity-backed IPOs have been ditched, including retailer New Look and oil services group Fairfield...
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