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...Bernstein analyst Bruno Monteyne said that while the move is a step in the right direction he doubted how effective the separation would be in terms of boosting growth....
...Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is one of the few companies to have publicly called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza....
...The Magnum and Marmite maker has also reportedly considered the sale of some of its North American ice cream brands, excluding Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum....
...“I think the entire board is probably up for renewal,” said Bruno Monteyne, senior analyst at Bernstein. “It would be a good signal for the new CEO and chairman....
...The dispute could yet harm Unilever’s turnround attempt, argues Bernstein analyst Bruno Monteyne, by damaging its ability to acquire start-ups, a key source of fresh ideas for consumer goods companies....
...Branding, said Bernstein’s Bruno Monteyne, is a “tax on our emotions” (which may explain why this crop of Conservative tax-slashers aren’t so keen)....
...“You’re definitely seeing good meritorious cases, but I wouldn’t expect a tsunami,” says Jerry Silk, a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, which represents investors in shareholder lawsuits...
...Like Polman, Jope emphasised sustainability and brand “purpose”, a priority that proved divisive among shareholders, especially once a battle broke out with subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s over sales in the West...
...Assuming ebitda of €4.3bn, on Bernstein’s numbers, and an enterprise value-to-ebitda multiple of 11 times values it at €47.3bn (£39.6bn)....
...Bernstein analyst Bruno Monteyne said the issue was testing the limits of ESG investing....
...Bossy department head Chris (Sylvestra Le Touzel) has zero managerial or social skills, craven US-import Jerry Bernstein (David Schwimmer) is vain and obtuse, scatterbrained Mary (Jane Stanness) may be genius-level...
...Schwimmer is also returning to our screens in Intelligence, in which he plays Jerry Bernstein, a buffoonish spook parachuted in from the US’s National Security Agency to lend his questionable expertise to...
...Jerry Bernstein is the epitome of the brash American, bringing buckets of unacknowledged privilege to what he sees as a tiddly backwater that needs to be flushed with fresh ideas....
...Bernstein’s Mr Oxgaard said some farmers have reacted to resistance by using even more glyphosate....
...Zimerman, so the story goes, promised Bernstein to perform the piece for his 100th birthday. It is impossible to imagine a more consummate account....
...Shares in Synovus, for instance, “likely would have surged” had it unveiled a big share buy-back instead of the acquisition, said Kevin St Pierre, analyst at Bernstein....
...Jerry Dellis, an analyst with Jefferies, said it was a “mediocre result for BT: minor cost saving, but fewer games and inferior slot”....
...wrote Edward Houghton, a Bernstein analyst. Prudential’s valuation as a group, they argue, has for years been lower than the sum of its parts....
...A separated network division could be worth between €15bn and €20bn, according to Jefferies analyst Jerry Dellis....
...Dhananjay Mirchandani, an analyst with Bernstein, says the growth outlook for the British market now looks less robust....
...So a lot of them have been complacent,” said Ali Dibadj, analyst at Bernstein. “It’s perfect for activism because they have the room to cut massive amounts of costs.”...
...Bruno Monteyne, analyst at Bernstein, said: “This is inevitable Brexit-induced inflation. While politicians can deny reality, a shampoo produced on the continent is now 17 per cent more expensive.”...
...“That’s the way you have to negotiate,” said Bruno Monteyne, an analyst at Bernstein. “You have to draw a line in the sand and say, ‘OK, we’re going to delist you.’”...
...Jerry Dellis, an analyst with Jefferies, says Global Services has been on a “relentless treadmill of cost reduction” that has left “no breathing space to take stock”....
...Jerry Dellis, an analyst with Jefferies, says: “This Ofcom determination only relates to Ethernet. Investors might wonder what liabilities lurk in other products.”...
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