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...I’m not anti-regulation, I’m actually quite in favour of it. But I would really hope that the public knows some of the more fantastical stories about risk [are unfounded]....
...Data from Sweden’s statistical agency show that there are 1.33mn registered enterprises in the country....
...Investors rewarded the group with an almost 70 per cent rise in the share price over the past 12 months, vastly outpacing peers J Sainsbury and Tesco....
...“Platforms are dealing directly with enterprise clients,” he adds. “SMEs can work directly with Google and Meta.”...
...I’m not sure of the market relevance of either point, but there you go. Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired M&A lawyers Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist as partners in Tokyo. They join from Latham & Watkins and Mayer Brown, respectively....
...EB: I’m not sure about fire, but I do think electricity is not a bad comparison....
...J.M Smucker, the US jam and pet food conglomerate is buying Hostess for a whopping $5.6bn, including debt. The high-calorie deal is a sweet win for Hostess shareholders....
...He now wants to diversify those gains “to create an enterprise equivalent to his energy interests”, according to one of his advisers....
...Trillium’s last foray into M&A was in 2011 when it made a non-binding proposal to the board of Steam Global Services, a call centre operator....
...Analysts anticipate J&J to have earned $1.97 a share in the quarter, which would represent 9 per cent in annual profit growth....
...Finback was considering buying a stake in Gideon Cyber Systems LLC, according to the term sheet....
...“I’m worried about this issue, that it could turn into another trade conflict between two of the most important trading partners,” says Wang Yong, professor at the School of International Studies in Peking...
...Britt Harris, who famously lasted just five months running Ray Dalio’s hedge fund Bridgewater in 2005, is stepping down as chief executive of the $66bn University of Texas/Texas A&M University Investment...
...“It’s not what I’m focusing on,” he said, when asked about whether he was worried about potential criminal liability. “I had a bad month,” he added to laughter from the audience....
...Smart reads Clean slate First Boston churned out industry heavyweights leaders such as Larry Fink and Joe Perella and helped modernise M&A....
...He examined the Twitter deal because it “looked like an enterprise software deal in terms of all the metrics”....
...I’m sure those institutions right now are embarrassed....
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Sarah Flaherty as an M&A partner, based in London. She’s currently a partner at Linklaters. Goldman Sachs has cut about 50 dealmakers in Europe, per Financial News....
...inflation rate data Poland, monthly base rate decision Results: ABN Amro Q3, Adidas Q3, Ahold Q3, Bank of Ireland Q3 trading update, Commerzbank Q3, E.ON Q3, FirstGroup H1, Honda Q2, ITV Q3 trading update, J...
...“It’s like the greatest M&A advisory business.” Apollo instead opts to buy cheaply and in bulk....
...BNP Paribas has hired Apoorva Shah, Nomura’s former head of Asian M&A, to lead its UK business....
...“I’m teaching them to be warriors, warriors for humanity — and I’m teaching them that women can be warriors too,” the 12-year US army veteran told me by phone....
...“We find an abandoned asset, we go in and take this enterprise under our security control, do a full inventory,” he said....
...“If Microsoft stays untouched on the antitrust issues, Amazon and Google will be at a clear disadvantage especially on the M&A front in 2022,” he said....
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