Hints and tips:
...The once popular Sussex brand has moved away from the core suite of products and must either be retired or refreshed....
...If the last two were to merge in tech's biggest ever deal, it would appear to mark a further demotion in the importance of the Valley and its chipmaking giants of the past....
...In a sector dogged by low returns, that would truly mark Mr Hirano out as different. patrick.jenkins@ft.com...
...Unlike Twitter, however, Snap has already moved from its core product....
...The FT’s analysis suggests five scenarios: carry on regardless with the Alibaba spin-off, spin off the core with Marissa Mayer still in charge, sell the core, change the board or sack the CEO....
...Mark Wiedman, global head of BlackRock’s iShares unit, says cost increases for running S&P futures positions have encouraged investors to switch to ETFs....
...The carmaker’s December sales in its core European markets were 27 per cent down on December 2011, while sales across the continent for the year fell 13.2 per cent year on year....
...The emirate’s core businesses of trade, tourism and transport have been growing strongly over the past couple of years after the city was plunged into recession in 2009....
...To some, though, the former were a high-water mark, showing that the large and haphazard collective could unite to do good....
...Carmakers are also reaching out to the sceptical hard core of young drivers unsure whether they want to own a car at all....
...He said he expected the requirement for core tier one capital ratios to be “around the 10 per cent mark”. That is far higher than the 8 per cent that regulators have been suggesting in private....
...Without one, not only can Omnicom forget about the non-core businesses, but clients who have largely bet on a V-shaped recovery will begin a fresh assault on costs, including advertising and marketing....
...In the US, the percentages have been rising too, and are hovering around the 140 per cent mark....
...Mr Mittal’s status as India’s eighth richest man was consolidated by solid financials in its core business....
...V is for virgin, judged best new client for Virgin Mobile, Virgin Trains and Virgin Mobile Australia. W is for why not?...
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