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...Daiwa said: “We will continue to consider M&A in the US if we have the opportunity, and we are considering various projects.”...
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...“I can write my own narrative as I’m playing.”...
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...Tesco veteran Jason Tarry will replace Dame Sharon White as chair of John Lewis and Waitrose....
...M&S and John Lewis, they will have to run faster.” M&S cannot afford distractions....
...Waitrose is only slightly ahead of M&S in the grocery market, with a 3.6 per cent market share this month versus the latter’s 3.4 per cent, according to data provider NIQ....
...To help understand where the country’s going, I’m joined by two colleagues: Kana Inagaki is the FT’s Tokyo bureau chief and Leo Lewis is our Asia business editor....
...I’m Sonja Hutson, and here’s the news you need to start your day. [MUSIC PLAYING] Shareholders dealt Thames Water another major blow yesterday....
...Polish prosecutors identified the suspect as Paweł K and said that he had “expressed willingness to act on behalf of the Russian military intelligence and established contacts with citizens of the Russian...
...“Like I’m some sort of god painting the universe, but really I’m much more a technician trying to go, ‘Goodness me, how are we going to do this?’ as David piles problems at my doorstep.”...
...Marc FilippinoLeo Lewis is the FT’s Asia business editor. [MUSIC PLAYING] Marc FilippinoIn other market news, Reddit is gonna float....
...“I’m finally starting to achieve what I aimed for with the Indeed acquisition,” Idekoba said, adding that he would consider bolt-on technology acquisitions but not a large-scale one aimed at boosting revenues...
...I mean, maybe Leo sitting there in Tokyo going, God, what is this seed I’m on? Leo Lewis No, no, I think that’s exactly right....
...Another head of M&A at a global investment bank said the Nippon Steel deal “would inspire other Japanese companies to act”....
...Leo Lewis Yes....
...“The yen is cheap and I’m afraid that investors will all of a sudden go and we’re left with an empty field.”...
...I’m befriended by a local man, Serafim. When he hears that I’m a writer he takes me under his wing....
...for M&S to steal their customers....
...This year Mizuho, the third-biggest of the Japanese banks, announced the purchase of the Wall Street M&A advisory boutique Greenhill in an effort to keep up with its two rivals....
...And the good news is that centrist dads are back in the game, parkrunning every weekend (well I’m not, but I’m told others are) and wearing our relaxed-fit Blue Harbour jeans with pride....
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