Hints and tips:
...Rob Hansen and Ian Chun, who will both be based in New York, join from Deutsche Bank and Sanford Bernstein, respectively. Maggie Chau, who will be based in Hong Kong, has moved from PwC....
...“We believe that by operating two separate and autonomous units within Pfizer we are already accessing many of the potential benefits of a split,” chief executive Ian Read said....
...In the current market, raising the extra deposits will be “very easy indeed”, said Ian Gordon of Investec....
...Tim Anderson, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said: “Our belief is that any other deals as big or bigger than this in 2015 are unlikely.”...
...Steptoe & Son (adapted for the US as Sanford & Son) was always only a hair’s breadth more funny than it was poignant....
...Jasmeet Chadha, an analyst at Sanford C Bernstein, said that the contract was the single most important to date in Intel’s mobile business....
...Amid speculation about consolidation among the world’s biggest ad groups, Ian Whittaker at Liberum Capital said Mr Lévy had “effectively ruled out a bid for Interpublic, in the short term” during a call...
...Ian Robertson, BMW’s head of sales, said: “China has definitely slowed somewhat but we’re still tracking around strong double digits upwards....
...“I would be surprised if the business is sold while [family head Juan] Beckmann is alive and in control,” said Ian Shackleton, analyst at Nomura. “That could be another 10 to 20 years.”...
...Ian Shackleton, analyst at Nomura, expected the momentum of improving price/mix balance to slow in the US as the comparable period sets a higher hurdle in later quarters....
...Ian Whittaker, media analyst at Liberum, agrees that managing investor expectations is critical when companies have variable returns....
...FILM The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael, edited by Sanford Schwartz, Library of America, RRP£25, 828 pages Prepare to be dazzled....
...Tim Anderson, an analyst with Sanford Bernstein, said: “When does the board take accountability? It’s been in place for many years and is partly responsible.”...
...Tim Anderson, a Sanford C. Bernstein analyst, wrote in March after meeting Mr Read that Pfizer might ultimately pare off businesses sufficient to halve its current sales....
...Tim Anderson, with Sanford Bernstein, said: “I think he was pushed. This was very sudden. But when does the board itself take responsibility?”...
...The planned retirement of Ian Coull, Segro chief executive, later this year makes the company more vulnerable to an offer, dealers said....
...Dealers also noted that Ian Dyson, Punch chief executive, bought shares last week, suggesting there was nothing that needed disclosing. Profit taking hit the retailers....
...Tim Anderson, pharmaceuticals analyst at Sanford Bernstein, wrote recently that Pfizer had become “the poster child for inefficient R&D”....
...Meanwhile, Sanford Bernstein argued that Barclays was a good option for investors wanting exposure to a rapid European recovery at reasonable risk....
...Ian Shackleton, analyst at Nomura, said Pernod’s first-quarter sales were likely to be worse than Diageo’s, and could drop by as much as 9 per cent....
...Ian Cheshire, chief executive of Kingfisher, says the group, which owns DIY chains B&Q in the UK and Castorama in France, is expanding its sourcing operations in Istanbul and Warsaw, “to have a more flexible...
...Ian McCallum, Bedlam’s chief investment officer, says: “All fund management companies will use research ....
...American Express was among the biggest winners earlier in the session after Sanford C....
...At the end of a week in which the UK mining sector surged more than 7 per cent, Sanford Bernstein threw its weight behind the rally and said concerns over a slowdown in metals demand were misplaced....
...Sanford C. Bernstein claimed it was the most expensive big acquisition ever in the consumer goods industry on one price-versus-profit (EV/ebitda) calculation....
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