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Media
RedBird IMI closes in on £1bn deal for UK studio All3Media
Zucker-Cardinale investment group leads rivals circling the ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Call the Midwife’ producer
December 12, 2023
DraftKings
DraftKings discussed bid for William Hill owner 888
...But the biggest hurdle to any deal would have been 888’s £1.7bn debt pile, left over from the acquisition of William Hill’s non-US business from Caesars Entertainment last year, they added....
November 9, 2023
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Biotech
Weight loss biotech plans IPO as demand builds for anti-obesity treatments
...If ARD-101’s phase 3 trial is successful, it would also bring to market by 2026 a treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome, which causes weight gain since sufferers never feel full....
March 29, 2024
888 Holdings PLC
888 warns of profit hit from AI and marketing costs
...“With a suite of new management and £30mn additional cost savings announced today, we sense a step change in urgency,” said Jefferies analyst James Wheatcroft....
January 17, 2024
Greencore Group PLC
Activist investor Oasis builds stake in sandwich maker Greencore
...Sales at Greencore, which supplies packaged food products to almost every big supermarket chain including Tesco and M&S, have been buoyed by workers returning to offices following the pandemic....
March 15, 2024
Life & Arts
FT Weekend Quiz: Museum of Modern Art, Andrew Carnegie and Brangelina
...Between 1995 and 2002, who was the third host of BBC1’s The Generation Game, following Bruce Forsyth and Larry Grayson? Click here for the answers James Walton is co-host of “The Booker Prize Podcast”...
January 19, 2024
FT Live
Due Diligence Live
Where leaders in investment and finance meet
Tuesday, 8 OctoberLondon, UK
News in-depthWaterstones Booksellers Ltd
Waterstones IPO would open new chapter for bookseller, says James Daunt
...Standing among the piles of books being carefully arranged to attract passing shoppers in the Piccadilly branch of Waterstones in London, James Daunt is confident that this Christmas will be another cracker...
December 2, 2023
Bet365 Group Ltd
Bet365 ‘cash machine’ keeps paying out for the house
...China, where gambling is banned, ranks among one of Bet365’s biggest markets, the people added....
January 12, 2024
Choice Hotels International Inc
Choice Hotels launches $10bn hostile bid for rival Wyndham
A deal would unite the Radisson and Ramada brands and create one of the biggest US budget operators
October 17, 2023
Travel & leisure industry
China’s first homegrown cruise ship sails from Shanghai
...With just 40mn outbound trips in the first half of 2023, Chinese tourism has yet to rebound to near the level of 2019’s 155mn trips....
January 1, 2024
News in-depthIsrael
Israel’s consulate assault raises stakes in shadow war with Iran
...“The developing conflict between Israel and Iran . . . is increasingly moving out of the shadows towards direct confrontation,” said Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the Middle East and north Africa programme...
April 2, 2024
War in Ukraine
US and UK launch crackdown on Russian metals trade
...The move against Russian metals follows the G7’s campaign to curb Moscow’s revenues from crude and petroleum exports, including through a price cap on seaborne oil trades involving western shipping servicers...
April 12, 2024
News in-depthEntain PLC
Gambling group Entain’s chief under pressure as activists circle
...UK companies are not required to disclose their leadership’s use of private jets, unlike in the US where businesses on the S&P 500 last year spent an average of $82,698 on private flights for executives,...
December 8, 2023
Fiction
James by Percival Everett — a master at the peak of his powers
...movie American Fiction) to 2020’s Telephone — the story of a grief-stricken geologist-slash-paleobiologist published in three separate versions — Everett has often invited readers to consider their own...
April 3, 2024
888 Holdings PLC
William Hill owner warns on profits following ‘customer friendly’ sports results
...The UK is 888’s biggest market, accounting for around two-thirds of group revenues....
September 28, 2023
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
US employment
US jobs growth of 303,000 outstrips forecasts and weighs on rate cut bets
...Stocks advanced, with the S&P 500 closing 1.1 per cent higher to recoup almost all of its fall on Thursday that marked the biggest drop since mid-February....
April 5, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: Global M&A drought ends as blockbuster deals double in first quarter Premium content
...Futures contracts tied to the value of the Vix index — the so-called fear gauge that measures expectations of near-term swings in the S&P 500 — are pricing in a rise in market stress in the weeks before...
March 28, 2024
Blackstone Group LP
Blackstone sells stake in €4bn Spanish hotel chain to GIC
...“We aren’t exiting, we are bringing in a capital partner to help support the growth of the business,” James Seppala, Blackstone’s head of European real estate, told the Financial Times....
October 31, 2023
World
FirstFT: Uber chief unlocks $136mn in shares
...Khosrowshahi was hired in 2017 from Expedia, where he was once the best-paid chief executive in the S&P 500....
February 29, 2024
Work & Careers
From cold water swimming to bison grilling: how CEOs spend Christmas
...Oliver Barnes Romi Savova, PensionBee Juggling three kids under seven years old means pyjamas, pancakes and Peppa Pig cartoons on Christmas morning for Romi Savova, chief executive of FTSE 250 pension...
December 17, 2023
Special ReportThe Business of Formula One
Can Max Verstappen’s domination prove bad for F1’s business?
...In the most dominant season by any driver in F1’s 74-year history, Verstappen has won more than 80 per cent of the races....
November 24, 2023
Transcript
Transcript: Swamp Notes — Is it the economy, stupid?
...Inflation is down, jobs are up, and the S&P 500 is continuing its joyride. And that must mean that voters are feeling pretty good about President Joe Biden, right? Right?...
February 10, 2024
ReviewScience fiction books
From the multiverse to a steampunk London — the best new sci-fi books
...The Marvel films have mined the idea for storylines, likewise another superhero movie, The Flash; it was also central to 2022’s mind-bendingly unique Oscar-winner Everything Everywhere All at Once....
February 19, 2024
James Max
Rich People’s Problems: Should I be clothes shopping in the sales?
...You’re better off going to the revitalised M&S and getting a pair for £25. Did I just say that? However, despite the renaissance at M&S, its own branded shirts are still terrible....
January 25, 2024
James Henderson
When yesterday’s company heroes move into recovery mode
...James Henderson is co-manager of the Henderson Opportunities Trust, Law Debenture and Lowland Investment Company....
December 1, 2023

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