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...Mike Weatherley, the Conservative party politician who co-chaired the All-Party Parliamentary Group On Ticket Abuse alongside the Labour MP Sharon Hodgson, until his retirement in 2015, said Ticketmaster...
...Sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley is mounting his first adventure in the fiercely competitive US market as his Sports Direct chain takes control of 50 stores by buying two retailers out of bankruptcy....
...Mike Devereux of the Oxford university Centre for Business Taxation, said the outcome — a payment of £130m for the 10 years to 2015 — might well be reasonable....
...Mike Pearson, Valeant’s chief executive, had faced the prospect of missing out on a second big deal, after his year-long pursuit of Botox maker Allergan was thwarted by a rival $70bn bid from Actavis....
...The news caps a difficult few days for Monitise, set up in 2003 by former Saracens and London Irish rugby player Alastair Lukies....
...Mike Coupe, chief executive, described a “perfect storm”, in which customers were shopping around more, food prices were falling, and eating out was once again an affordable option....
...His career on the teams of Saracens and London Irish was cut short by a broken leg, after which he moved to Singapore to do sports marketing at a friend’s suggestion....
...The Irish fund has already surpassed $500m in assets. “The fund meets a need of investors right now to have exposure that protects from asymmetric risk,” Mr Zelouf says....
...asked Mike Pearson, Valeant’s chief executive, in a meeting with analysts last week....
...The development of the site, 11 Main, has been led by two of Alibaba’s wholly owned US subsidiaries with financial and operational support from their parent, said 11 Main’s general manager Mike Effle....
...Likewise, RSA’s problem Irish business grew through aggressive deals....
...● EA Consulting Group has appointed Mike Fisher to lead its newly launched division EA Executive Interims....
...An Irish conservative in the European parliament, Mr Kelly was honoured in May by one of the largest digital industry lobbying groups for helping make the EU’s new data privacy laws more business friendly...
...● Hume Brophy has recruited Gary Palmer, former head of the Irish Funds industry Association, as a senior consultant....
...Mike Ashley’s bid to rescue JJB Sports stores from closure is in jeopardy after an 11th-hour spat with Adidas, one of the sports retailer’s biggest suppliers....
...An Irish minister said Apple’s designation of a farm in Dublin as an airport was “dangerously misleading”. But the outcry over inaccuracies and glitches in the app did not deter everyone....
...Premier Foods, now run by Mike Clarke, a former Kraft Foods executive, is selling off assets as part of efforts to pay down total bank loans of £1.4bn....
...Misys has been digesting the 2010 acquisition of Irish rival Sophis for £235m but is coming towards the end of a five-year turnround plan under Mike Lawrie, its chief executive....
...“There has been some relief that short-term pressures in Europe have eased and that touched off a rally,” said Mike Kessler, a credit strategist at Barclays Capital....
...The company strengthened its treasury and capital markets business at the end of last year when it bought Irish rival Sophis for £235m ($384m)....
...Does anyone even remember, for example, that Prince William’s Irish guards dress uniform was made by Kashket & Partners? I doubt it....
...The acquisition of Sophis, an Irish rival, still has to be bedded in....
...Charlie McCreevy, the former European Union internal markets commissioner, has joined the board of Sports Direct, the retailer founded by Mike Ashley, owner of Newcastle United football club....
...Misys, the financial software provider, is poised to acquire Irish rival Sophis for £235m with funds from the disposal of Allscripts, its healthcare arm....
...Autonomy rose 1.2 per cent to £14.16 after UBS reported back from a meeting with Mike Lynch, chief executive of the search software maker....
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