Hints and tips:
...But Tapestry does not have a great M&A record. It purchased Kate Spade just before the brand fell out of favour and it has struggled to expand Stuart Weitzman....
...Stuart Ord, head of M&A at Numis, pointed to particular activity in mid-market stocks in the FTSE 250. “The US M&A market is booming....
...“Each time I’m selling an EV I’m making much less money than selling anything else,” says Carlos Tavares, chief executive of PSA, the French carmaker behind Peugeot, Opel, Citroën and Vauxhall....
...Analysts at Bernstein had previously valued this operation at £1.2bn — suggesting £800m-£900m is not just a premium, it is an M&S premium. And would M&S get what it is paying for?...
...I’m not sure we would see Tesco/Booker as a precedent,” he told the BBC....
...The store closures are “a step in the right direction”, said Jamie Merriman, an analyst at Bernstein. “But we won’t know for four years whether it’s worked.”...
...That is what I’m trying to correct.”...
...However, Stuart Pearson, analyst at Exane BNP Paribas, said he “doubts Mercedes can defy the gravity of a normalising China market”....
...Until these questions are answered . . . investors may fear that deeper operational issues could surface,” Stuart Pearson at Exane BNP Paribas told clients....
...Max Warburton at Bernstein went further, saying the pitch was a “bizarre” attempt to play automotive industry Tinder — a reference to the dating app used by millennials....
...After 30 years in industry I’m not without personal resources.”...
...Chancellor Rt Hon....
...Vinton Stuart Wheeler Sir Oliver Wright Michael Wyatt Lord Young of Graffham...
...Modi, Chairman, YKM Holdings, India Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman, Anglo American, UK A. C....
...Traders cited bullish comments from Stuart Rose at an industry conference in the UK and added that there was continued talk of bid interest from private equity groups....
...plc, John Laing plc Lord Chris Haskins of Skidby Sir Peter Heap KCMG – Chairman, Labour Finance and Industry Group Lord Clive Hollick of Notting Hill – Director, United Business Media plc Dr Jonny Hon...
...Lifestyle Management Ltd John Clarke – Group Chairman, ALHCO Ltd Keith Clarke – Chief Executive, W S Atkins plc Dr David Cleevely – Chairman, Cambridge Enterprise Conference Peter Coates – Chairman, A B M...
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