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...George Hammond: Google seemed to have been caught a little bit cold by the launch of ChatGPT last year. Why do you think that was? Are they in a position to catch up?...
...Google’s parent Alphabet, Facebook parent Meta and enterprise software giant Salesforce are among the US technology groups seeking to abandon leased office space in London and Dublin, according to people...
...Bryan Lourd, a superagent who represents Johansson, Pitt and George Clooney, will be named CAA chief executive when the deal closes....
...For Betsy Atkins, who has served on boards including Wynn Resorts, Gopuff and SL Green, SVB’s collapse is a “wake-up call . . . that we have to do deeper focus on enterprise risk management.”...
...Smiths Group has named Steve Williams, the chair of aluminium producer Alcoa, to succeed George Buckley as chair after he retires in November....
...Adani categorically rejected what it called “recycled allegations”, and sought to link the reports to billionaire philanthropist George Soros....
...in a monumental building by architects Herzog & de Meuron, shaped like a stack of houses, and features big names from Vitra’s furniture manufacturing stable – Noguchi lights, Eames decorative objects, George...
...Polling agencies estimated that Macron won about 28 per cent of the first-round vote, ahead of Le Pen on 23 per cent and far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon with 21-22 per cent....
...His account is peppered with memories, anecdotes and bons mots from the massive cast of artists, musicians and writers drawn into Diaghilev’s orbit — Alexandre Benois, Harry Kessler, Jean Cocteau, Lydia...
...A starter of oysters arrives from the kitchens, where Jean Imbert, the hotshot chef at the Plaza Athénée, is manning the stoves....
...Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy enterprise software company Anaplan for $10.7bn, just days after two hedge funds teamed up with a shareholder to launch an activist campaign against the San Francisco-based...
...In 2018 Sawikin argued against extending US sanctions to state-owned enterprises....
...Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon was third with 22 per cent....
...The deal, funded by both equity and debt, gives the Walsall-headquartered company an enterprise value that is 14.9 times its £249m in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the...
...Cheng Wei, Didi chief executive, and Jean Liu, president, have also been maintaining low profiles as they seek a resolution with Chinese regulators....
...Other new starters received Hardball by George Stalk and Robert Lachenauer, which carries the tagline: “are you playing to play, or playing to win?”...
...He wears jeans and a dress shirt and is businesslike. Mike, 42, is shorter, heavier-set and speaks with a thicker Maine accent, all dropped g’s and r’s....
...In Babylon’s case, the deal gives the company an enterprise value of $3.6bn and $575m in gross proceeds....
...responded that he should “go back to making blue jeans”....
...Join Ortenca Aliaj as she speaks with Tidjane Thiam and Jean Pierre Mustier on their new roles as Spac sponsors and the blank-cheque boom’s global reach....
...Italian bank UniCredit has chosen Orcel to replace Jean Pierre Mustier as its chief. UniCredit is exchanging Mustier for a banker that has been involved in some of Europe’s biggest banking deals....
...UniCredit chief executive Jean Pierre Mustier will step down next April. More here....
...But the publicity-shy Briton has spent about £400m on sporting enterprises including the French club. And there’s more to come....
...Check out the full story from the FT’s George Hammond and Mercedes Ruehl. Wake-up call Give Casper Sleep credit: the one-time unicorn did not pull its IPO like WeWork....
...The group of graduates from École Polytechnique’s class of 1984 includes Tidjane Thiam, Jean Pierre Mustier and Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, who run Credit Suisse, UniCredit and BNP Paribas, respectively....
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