Hints and tips:
...To his credit, Anderson, an upbeat Texan, did not try not to gloss over Bayer’s problems....
...Next week, Anderson will set out his strategy for investors....
...Have a great weekend, Helen ThomasHead of Lex...
...In September, the FTC sued US Anesthesia Partners, the dominant provider of anaesthesia services in Texas, and its private equity owner Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe....
...Anderson will hopefully substitute signal for noise when he presents earnings on August 8. He should signal whether a restructuring is likely....
...Photographer’s assistants, Lex Kembery, Simon MacKinlay and Jessica Pearson. Stylist’s assistants, Tess Pisani, Xenia Settel, Franco Garcia and Jade Paturel. Hair assistant, Kyoko Kishita....
...However, as an incoming boss, Anderson has a licence to think the unthinkable....
...This week he riffed hilariously on Wes Anderson’s latest film Asteroid City. The column pastiches the quirky, downbeat mood of a Wes Anderson movie rather than the director’s typical plot devices....
...Jonathan GuthrieHead of Lex...
...And: Bayer chief executive Bill Anderson has ruled out a fresh capital increase as he battles investor scepticism over his plan to turn around the indebted and litigation-stricken German drugs and pesticides...
...“CVR is the key thread holding what’s left of his empire together,” Nathan Anderson, who leads Hindenburg, told the FT earlier this year....
...Lex, critically, noticed something else: the letter was full of contradictions....
...James Anderson, the successful portfolio manager who led the trust’s push into these investments over a decade ago, retired last year. Good timing. More bad news could be coming....
...Need to know: UK and Europe economy Ex-Tory adviser Iain Anderson is devising a plan for a UK business “partnership” with a future Labour government....
...Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has hired Jarryd Anderson as a bank regulatory partner in Washington, DC. He joins from O’Melveny & Myers....
...The group’s shareholders should gear up for a fight with Silver Lake and Emanuel, Lex argues....
...Research by The Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles claims this has made Norwegians broadly happier. Correlation does not, of course, prove causation....
...) Monsanto: Anderson must uproot Bayer’s perennial problem (Lex) The dangerous game of floating by China’s new rules (Alphaville)...
...While everyone will be watching to see who emerges victorious in the battle between Anderson and Icahn, we know a few billionaires who would like a front-row seat....
...It’s the latest bombshell report from Hindenburg, the short seller founded by Nathan Anderson, which has bet that Block’s share price will go down....
...One thing to start: When US short seller Nathan Anderson decided to take on Indian conglomerate Adani Group, he faced the ultimate challenge for someone in his line of business: India’s anti short selling...
...Job moves Former Roche boss Bill Anderson will become the next chief executive of Bayer. His predecessor Werner Baumann has faced pressure from activist investors including Jeff Ubben....
...Scottish Power boss Keith Anderson batted the problem back to the government. He said: “The size and scale of this is well beyond what I can deal with, what the industry can deal with....
...In Lex’s view, the high valuations and opaque earnings visibility of Adani’s companies leave much to the imagination for investors....
...Renault will get Nissan’s support for some of its own initiatives, like a spin-off of its electric car business Ampere, as Lex notes....
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