Hints and tips:
...On the first day of the trade show, just as I was heading into the metro station, a staff member asked everyone to leave because the train had “unexpectedly” halted operation....
...Křetínský’s portfolio includes stakes in the UK’s Royal Mail, grocer J Sainsbury, and West Ham football club as well as German wholesaler Metro and US sneaker chain Foot Locker....
...France’s Carrefour exited from its operations in 2014 while Germany’s Metro is now considering the sale of its cash and carry business....
...Metro Bank: future shock It may have been left on the shelf, but Metro Bank still has a vision....
...Allegro shares surged immediately after listing but have since fallen back to around their IPO price....
...Metro Bank declined to comment on Monday, but in its annual report published last week the bank said: “As the founder of the Bank, Vernon has a unique role....
The rift between cinemas and studios is set to grow deeper in the post-Covid era
...However, two people close to Elliott said it had no plans to make a move for Metro. Metro declined to comment. The bank’s board will outline its turnround plan in February....
...Metro Bank has appointed Robert Sharpe, an industry veteran and the chairman of Bank of Ireland UK, as its chairman after co-founder Vernon Hill resigned in the wake of a reporting scandal last year....
...On Wednesday Metro announced that Mr Hill, 73, would leave the UK bank at the end of the year....
...Three months later, Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky’s €5.8bn offer for retailer Metro fell through....
...Job moves Metro Bank co-founder Vernon Hill has stepped down as chairman with immediate effect, as the UK challenger bank’s woes deepen. More here....
...37% of India’s Adani gas distribution business (FT) Family row over Italian publisher GEDI drives shares up 10 per cent (Reuters) Blackstone talked with Ken Griffin’s Citadel about buying stake (WSJ) Metro...
...Metro Bank has started its search for a new chairman to replace its founder Vernon Hill....
...amid mass lay-offs (FT) Comcast, Partners make offer for India’s Zee Entertainment stake (BBG) AB InBev to fight government order banning sales in New Delhi (FT) Investor seeks talks over contested Metro...
...rebellions against Standard Chartered and Schroders, were instrumental in overturning pay at Standard Life Aberdeen, and played a role in the departure of several directors, including chairman Vernon Hill at Metro...
...Metro’s shares fell 40 per cent on the news....
...(FT) News round-up H2O/Natixis fallout, multiple stories to catch up via DD’s Rob Smith (FT) Ex-Morgan Stanley Banker Wins $1.6 Million Bonus in Lawsuit (BBG) Metro rejects takeover offer from Czech...
...Metro will use the new money for investing in operating technology, hiring more staff and for working capital, said Mr Wadhera, who predicted continuing growth and — eventually — full legalisation of cannabis...
...Metro Bank’s chairman, Vernon Hill, is set to come under intense pressure at the challenger bank’s annual meeting next week as concerns mount over controversial multimillion-pound payments to a business...
...Last month, shareholders in the UK’s Metro Bank were faced by complaints that the bank had paid £21m to InterArch, a design and architecture company owned by the wife of its chairman Vernon Hill, including...
...Corporate earnings and updates for Monday include Yoox Net-A-Porter, Metro AG and Acacia Mining....
...Corporate earnings reports for Wednesday include Purplebricks and Metro....
...Lightower’s dense fibre footprint is well-located in top metro markets in the Northeast and is well-positioned to facilitate small cell deployments by our customers.”...
...Corporate earnings expected on Thursday include Metro, Bouygues, Pernod Ricard, Ladbrokes Coral, Alfa Financial Software, Restaurant Group and Hays....
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