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...Under then prime minister Theresa May, the CMA blocked the £7bn takeover of supermarket group Asda by larger rival J Sainsbury in 2019....
...(Nikkei Asia) News round-up Analysts say CME-Cboe deal ‘still possible’ after proposal is denied (FT) Joaquin Duato to take over as J&J boss from Alex Gorsky in January (FT) Lloyds Bank aims to be giant...
...WPP owns a range of creative, digital and media buying groups, ranging from J Walter Thompson to Ogilvy & Mather and GroupM....
...LVMH: designer sanitiser Eau de toilette has taken on a new meaning at LVMH’s factory outside Orléans where popular fragrances like Christian Dior’s J’Adore are created....
...Topgolf IPO could value company at $4bn (BBG) Deal agreed on selling Flywheel Sports spin cycle studios (FT) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Kaye Wiggins and Robert Smith in London, Javier Espinoza...
...Private equity group KKR is exploring a bid for UK supermarket chain Asda after a planned £7.3bn takeover of the UK’s third-biggest grocer by its larger rival J Sainsbury looks set to collapse....
...Bank boards, to borrow from Mary J Blige, want no more drama....
...Job moves J Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe, who orchestrated the UK supermarket chain’s failed £7bn tie-up with Asda, is to step down after almost six years at the helm....
...“Papa, j’ai rétréci l’empire.” That was the front-page headline of France’s left-leaning daily newspaper Libération last year, with a photograph of the culprit: Arnaud Lagardère (pictured below)....
...This is a colourful interview/profile with the Man of Steel, just don’t say the j-word....
...$5.1bn deal for AssuredPartners (BBG) McKinsey/Chapter 11: tell us more (FT) Starboard target Magellan Health to explore potential sale (Reuters) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi and Javier Espinoza...
...J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse advised on the sale of Cory. Linklaters was legal adviser....
...Brussels blocked the rail merger between Siemens and Alstom while UK regulators crushed the hopes of Mike Coupe, J Sainsbury chief executive, for a deal with Asda....
...J Capital, an independent research house focused on China, wrote in a research note this week....
...It hasn’t been fully tested by foreign players and there is still room for them to come in,” said Rupinder Malik, a partner at J Sagar Associates in New Delhi....
...Canson Capital Partners, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and J.P....
...Caesars, J Crew, Sears, Toys R Us and iHeartMedia are just some of the examples in recent years where pre-bankruptcy wheeling and dealing left creditors cold and looking for vengeance....
...He was more recently chief executive at J Sainsbury’s. Before that he worked at M&S and Asda. O’Melveny, a law firm, has named nine new partners. See the full list here....
...Justin King, the former head of J Sainsbury, has stepped back from the daily running of Terra Firma, Sky News reported....
...will be revealed as the new chief executive of WPP next week, succeeding Martin Sorrell at the top of the world’s largest advertising group and the owner of companies such as GroupM, Ogilvy & Mather and J...
...James Brett stepped down as chief executive of retail group J Crew. Brett took over in 2017 and was previously the boss of furniture retailer West Elm....
...round-up French insurer Axa takes full control of Chinese venture (FT) SoftBank relaxed about price of India investments (FT) Learning the lessons of GE’s steepening decline (FT View) WPP to merge J...
...The company has hired J eremi Gorman from Amazon and Jared Grusd from the Huffington Post. Royal Bank of Canada’s European real estate team has made recent hires....
...(FT) News round-up J&J accepts $2.1 billion offer for its LifeScan unit (Reuters) Tesla to cut 9% of jobs in major restructuring (FT) New code aims to raise standards at private companies (FT) UK tech...
...will be also keen to convince investors of his company’s ability to reinvent itself following the appointment of Andrew Géczy as chief executive last year and Justin King, the former chief executive of J...
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