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...Alleghany’s chief executive Joseph Brandon joined from Gen Re in 2012. Buffett said he was delighted at the prospect of working again with his “longtime friend”....
...(Les Echos) Strachexit Austria’s disgraced far-right former vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache will not be taking up his seat as an MEP, claiming he’s never been a huge fan of Brussels....
...Joseph Stiglitz The middle-class life that was once the hallmark of the US is slipping out of reach for a growing number of people....
...Economist Joseph Stiglitz says the answer to raising living standards in the US is to offer a good public alternative to private sector provision in areas such as education, health and housing....
...Joseph Cotterill in Johannesburg 28. ServiceNow Sector: cloud software / HQ: Santa Clara, US Key stat: 80 per cent of revenue comes from repeat subscriptions paid by large companies....
...But with consumer tastes shifting away from the processed foods that are Kraft Heinz’s bread and butter, 3G must do something new: build sales....
...Joseph Campbell, of what became The Campbell Soup Company, once canned my ultimate nightmare, a Beefsteak tomato, which filled an entire can....
...the immediate aftermath of the storms there is not only going to be the emergency response but also a rebuild effort after that which will put increased demand for rental equipment into the market,” said Joseph...
...FPO leader Heinz-Christian Strache is profiled in this deeply reported piece from Süddeutsche Zeitung....
...They went on to lead campaigns against the likes of RJR Nabisco, AIG and Heinz....
...“His way of speaking reminds me of Joseph Goebbels.” He says the rot set in with the departure of Lucke and the liberals....
...Brazilian prosecutors have filed corruption charges against billionaire Joseph Safra, said by Fortune magazine to be the world’s richest banker, and five others for involvement in an alleged scheme to pay...
...Heinz Company and Kraft Foods Group, Inc....
...But it was US ketchup maker Heinz that provided the highlight of the first quarter, with the biggest deal of 2015 so far....
...New forms of relatively debt-free private equity investment, such as 3G Capital’s merger of Heinz with Kraft last month, have also emerged while leveraged mega-buyouts typical before the financial crisis...
...One irony is that Heinz-Kraft, the quarter’s biggest deal, involved a private equity buyer: 3G Capital. But it is no buyout....
...US consumer staple stocks climbed in the wake of a tie-up between Kraft Foods Group and Heinz that will create a food behemoth with annual sales of more than $28bn....
...So has the year’s biggest transaction involving private equity: 3G Capital’s merger of Heinz with Kraft working with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. CVC and Blackstone declined to comment....
...Additional reporting by Joseph Cotterill...
...Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz argues that Argentina is proof there is life after default, and knows how he'd vote: "a no vote would at least open the possibility that…Greeks might gain the opportunity to...
...Berggruen has peopled his institute with statesmen, economists and business leaders ranging from Tony Blair and Joseph Stiglitz to Elon Musk....
...This year’s blockbuster transactions include Heinz’s takeover of US foods group Kraft and GE’s sale of its financial services arm, GE Capital....
...A year before that, 3G made its most headline grabbing deal to date: teaming up with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy Heinz for $23bn....
...This year’s biggest deals were the $27bn acquisition of HJ Heinz by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital and the $20bn buyout of Dell by founder Michael Dell and Silver Lake....
...Matchdays: The Hidden Story of the Bundesliga, by Ronald Reng translated by James Hawes, Simon & Schuster, RRP£18.99 Through a biography of the mostly forgotten German football manager Heinz Höher, Reng...
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