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...Manchester-based Sanford de Land Asset Management, another investor, has also publicly come out against the deal....
...But Keith Ashworth-Lord of Sanford Deland, who voted against, said he was “almost forced to take up the rights” to avoid being diluted. “We could sell the nil-paid [rights] in the market....
...Bruno Monteyne, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said: “Buying alliances are clearly in vogue as scale is more and more important in food retail....
...Analyst Bruno Monteyne at Sanford Bernstein said this was probably down to their cheaper overall pricing relative to Sainsbury’s....
...Ronny Gal, analyst at Bernstein Sanford, said it would be difficult to find a new chief executive able to tackle Teva’s multiple challenges....
...(Columbus Dispatch) Charts of the day Election polls come out every day, but as Jonathan Chait writes, the massive presidential year Pew survey “tends to provide the deepest and most accurate measure”...
...“You have a clear issue selling in an outlet because the dilution of your brand is higher,” says luxury goods analyst Mario Ortelli from investment researchers Sanford C Bernstein....
...I turned to Sanford Dickert, software guru and college classmate of Google’s founders. Mr Dickert knows a little of Adswipe....
...The ConBrio Sanford DeLand UK Buffettology fund has licensed the term “Buffettology” and modelled its “business perspective investing” on the techniques used by Mr Buffett and other noted value investors...
...Bruno Monteyne, analyst at Sanford Bernstein, says Tesco needs to take a flexible approach to pricing depending on the location of stores, based on different retail concepts....
...The fund is run by ex-Citi bankers Jonathan Dorfman and Jim O’Brien....
...“It’s difficult to criticise the way Samsung has conducted itself because it’s been so successful,” says Jonathan Pines, who manages an emerging Asia portfolio for Hermes Fund Managers....
...nearly 4 per cent after “it took the market some time to realize [the 2012 earnings] guidance was just cautious and that there was nothing nasty lurking in the background,” Trevor Stirling, an analyst at Sanford...
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...“Mr Plassat clearly has the necessary experience from a retail perspective,” said Jonathan Alvis, analyst at Bernstein Research....
...“This move suggests their needs are perhaps greater and more immediate than previously thought,” said Jonathan Chaplin, a Credit Suisse analyst....
...Jonathan Fell, analyst at Deutsche Bank, calculates that with a weighted average cost of capital of 8.7 per cent SABMiller needs to lift profits from the year just-ended through to June 2017 by 75 per cent...
...FILM The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael, edited by Sanford Schwartz, Library of America, RRP£25, 828 pages Prepare to be dazzled....
...“The cost side will keep a bit of a lid on sentiment as to where profits and the share price go,” said Jonathan Fell, analyst at Deutsche Bank....
...Now, the AT&T deal could leave Kansas-based Sprint as a far weaker number three player in the industry, said Craig Moffett, an analyst at Sanford C Bernstein in New York....
...(Toni) Sacconaghi Jr, Sanford C. Bernstein Toni Sacconaghi is the senior research analyst covering IT hardware stocks at Sanford C. Bernstein....
...Jonathan Browning, the former General Motors stalwart appointed head of Volkswagen Group of America, is taking on one of the car industry’s most difficult jobs....
...Luca Solca, luxury analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said he thought the move was a smart choice and in line with Gucci Group’s strategy for managing its brands....
...But Jonathan Hekster, at Bernstein Research, noted parallels with Mr Buffett’s links with Swiss Re, which also increased from a small stake....
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