Hints and tips:
...Diageo, in particular, has benefited from the tequila wave, with the spirit contributing more than half its US growth over the past six years, according to analysis by Jefferies....
...Smooth-talking former watermelon farmer Lex Greensill, who enlisted ex-UK prime minister David Cameron as an adviser, used the money in the funds to buy so-called receivables, a form of corporate invoice...
...Investors have never been convinced of the nutrition segment’s value, said Dushyant Ailani, an analyst at Jefferies....
...Congress, which won in Karnataka with offers including free electricity and bus rides for women, has doubled down with promises to forgive loans for farmers and subsidise fuel....
...State subsidies may be required to fund adaptation by poorer farmers. Next up are technologies to treat and re-use water....
...But after the summit, Jefferies analysts pointed out that the figure seemed to date back to a 2009 report by the consultancy McKinsey....
...“Not obviously ‘box office’” was how Martin Deboo, analyst at Jefferies, described the appointment....
...He added: “We have a responsibility to the people we feed, the farmers who provide us with milk, and the tens of thousands of people who depend on us.”...
...Underwriter Jefferies then exercised overallotment options....
...“A special dividend at interim results is possible,” said Jefferies analyst Christopher LaFemina....
...Growth in broad money in the UK is now surging at levels last seen in 1528, according to Jefferies: It’s a similar story across advanced economies....
...For example, it features a dispatch from a farmer in Ethiopia, explaining how new farming techniques have helped her cope with drought conditions, which occur more frequently as a result of climate change...
...“These latter issues have weighed on market sentiment and caused farmers to become more cautious about making major purchases.”...
...; DS Smith downgraded to “neutral” at Davy; DeLonghi downgraded to “hold” at Berenberg; Ferrexpo cut to “neutral” at JPMorgan; Halma downgraded to “hold” at Jefferies; Mitie cut to “hold” at Jefferies; Natixis...
...Jefferies’ sector analyst Martin Deboo summed up the doubts in a note about the French company published last October....
...Several other numbers give a sense of Mr Polman’s achievements: an investor who put €100 in Unilever shares on the eve of the CEO’s appointment in January 2009 would now own a stake worth €375, according to Jefferies...
...It put part of the blame on pressures on farmers’ incomes caused by falling commodity prices and high grain inventories, which it said would result in “shifts to lower technologies and pricing pressure”....
...What is it with farmers and their imagery? But both farmers miss a more pertinent point — which Sainsbury and Walmart do not....
...He says that — for farmers, the environment and his company — sustainable crops are “win-win-win”....
...“The surveillance industry is still in the growth phase,” proclaimed analysts at Jefferies, the New York-based investment bank....
...A buyout could be possible at $26 a share, Christopher Mandeville, an analyst at Jefferies noted....
...(Bloomberg) Big Ag funds Investors pumped more than $700m into agricultural tech companies in 2017, more than the past two years combined, as agriculture funds seek to boost efficiency for farmers and face...
...biggest liquid sugar producer, has been urging the Mexican government to crack down on US HFCS imports, which have roughly accounted for Mexico’s sugar surplus and were depressing prices and the wages of farmers...
...Mark Farmer, chief executive of Cast, a real estate consultancy, said most London schemes would at least come under review....
...BAT in turn relies on ITC for about 7 per cent of group earnings, based on estimates by Jefferies....
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