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...Mondi’s offer valued DS Smith at roughly £6.2bn, including debt....
...US-based International Paper has agreed to buy UK rival DS Smith in a deal valued at £7.8bn, the companies said on Tuesday....
...DS Smith: Shares in the UK-based packaging supplier advanced 7.5 per cent a day after it confirmed it was in talks with International Paper over a possible $7.2bn all-stock offer....
...Smiths Group: Shares in the UK-based multinational engineering business advanced 2 per cent after it reported a rise in half-year profits and appointed a new chief executive....
...Bitcoin: The recent price surge demonstrates a friendship of convenience between traditional finance and crypto, writes Jemima Kelly....
...Exclusive: Boeing’s financial targets must “take a back seat” as it focuses on safety, warned Aengus Kelly, chief executive of the world’s biggest aircraft leasing company AerCap....
...Democracy: As we enter a historic year of elections, engaging non-voters is vital to sustaining a healthy political system, writes Jemima Kelly....
...No resolutions: Instead of tedious new year’s resolutions, Jemima Kelly asks us to make a “24 for 2024” list of achievable goals for the coming 12 months....
...London-listed PZ Cussons and Smiths Group will report full-year results....
...‘Celebrification’ of politics: The UK and US do personality politics differently, but neither path is a sign of health, writes Jemima Kelly....
...“We are encouraged by this positive development in the CMA’s review process,” said Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president....
...silk Digital Bouclé tie, £110 Prada silk skirt, £1,950, mytheresa.com Kelly Wearstler cotton-mix upholstered Morro Vanity chair, $9,700 Alanui leather and acrylic-mix Icon Teddy Medium crossbody bag,...
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...Rain Newton-Smith insisted the CBI retained the support of the majority of its members despite the governance crisis that has followed allegations of misconduct....
...Harold J Smith White Plains, NY, US...
...The reopening of the American mind: Jemima Kelly reports on a new type of “anti-cancel culture” university, whose backers are united in the view that American education is defective....
...jemima.kelly@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Reason for Trump’s appeal is his outspoken bigotry / From Harold J Smith, White Plains, NY, US...
...Markets will then cease to rely on the free choices of human beings in order to activate Adam Smith’s “hidden hand”....
...It’s an effective way of communicating with people,” says Kelly....
...Warren Smith Montreal, QC, Canada...
...“This deal would produce the world’s largest copper producer, and they are also significant producers of iron ore and coal,” said Tom Smith, a former CMA director now at Geradin Partners....
...jemima.kelly@ft.com Letters in response to this column: Imagine an FT column with phoney product ads / From Warren Smith, Montreal, QC, Canada Where sloppy podcasts blur the boundaries / From Robert...
...Kelly Wearstler Rotganzen Cracked Actor disco bowl, $16,000 Tom Dixon stainless-steel Bell table lamp, £240, harrods.com Los Encajeros linen Valver cocktail napkins, £58 for set of six, modesens.com Veuve...
...But JPMorgan’s Kelly predicted that long-term interest rates would come down over the next year because “inflationary pressures do not look extreme”....
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