Hints and tips:
...It was a lovely time but there wasn’t a match,” said one person who was in the room for the talks....
...But if I’m asking you, hey, could you give me the state of the art on whether gravitons exist, I don’t want you to make up an answer and fabricate something....
...And DS Smith isn’t alone....
...They don’t pay dividends but they’ve changed the world. What’s the deal? Some of that I’m not going to challenge. But some of that I will challenge....
...He joins from Schulte Roth & Zabel, where he co-chaired its M&A and securities group....
...“We don’t have all the answers yet,” says Read. “We don’t know how many people we will employ. It could be more — or less. You can automate certain things and we can build other things.”...
...“Younger talent doesn’t want to take one job and work for 40 years and get a measly buyout when they’re done,” said Allan Koltin, M&A consultant to accounting firms....
...Which is why I’m sceptical much change happens....
...Honestly, I’m not sure how many people think about the market in terms of fundamentals anymore....
...“I’m a front door sorta guy. I think it was effective and I’d do it again.”...
...I’m not trying to defend all the practices, some of which are illegal or should be illegal....
...I’m not talking about real dollars, meaning dollars adjusted for inflation....
...“Everywhere you look in Saudi Arabia, you can see growth and progress and I’m excited to be part of that,” Nadal said....
...I’m not sure of the market relevance of either point, but there you go. Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...And that wasn’t the only mini-drama....
...“I’m not here to win friends and be happy ever after. We obviously have to be respectful....
...A few weeks earlier, Shiber had joined Centerview Partners, the elite boutique M&A investment bank, as a 21-year-old, first-year analyst....
...(The FT was told, however, that Hunterbrook doesn’t plan to trade on information not already publicly available . . . if that wasn’t already obvious.)...
...STC isn’t the first Gulf telecoms power to look to the west....
...Moshfegh isn’t a vintage dealer anymore but she still thinks like one....
...Finma isn’t alone. The Swiss government itself, which brokered the deal and introduced an emergency law to make it happen, is also facing claims....
...I’m sure most investors are aware of this risk when they go in,” given that it will be outlined in the ETF’s prospectus....
...Join us on October 17 at the Biltmore Mayfair in London as we gather the biggest names in M&A, private equity and corporate finance, including a deep-dive with FT journalists into short seller Hindenburg...
...That does not sound like a feistily negotiated M&A outcome, much less a market verdict....
...“We don’t lack willingness to pay, what we lack is capacity to pay,” he warned. “And an IOU from an insolvent debtor isn’t worth anything.”...
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