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...Key economic and company reports Here is a more complete list of what to expect in terms of company reports and economic data this week....
...This year the oil company decided it had had enough. 4....
...“Milton Friedman said that chocolate companies should make chocolate and make money for their shareholders . . . Companies should stick to their core remit.”...
...Mel Morris, who made a fortune on the Candy Crush game and ploughed it into his boyhood club, no longer owns the team, which is now fighting to escape the third tier of English football....
...The New York gallery Friedman Benda showed his limited-edition furniture pieces — big febrile compositions that push together natural and man-made materials — at Design Miami in 2021....
...William Morris and the avid Indian miniature collector Howard Hodgkin hymned the Persian epic the Hamzanama....
...He learnt from Milton Friedman, Leonard Savage and Tjalling Koopmans....
...the piece is reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s jewellery collection....
...From 1999 to 2013, Sylvanians were designed in the UK by a company called Flair, giving rise to some of the more British elements (the caravans, canal boats and racing-green Morris Minors)....
...The downturn follows a rush of initial public offerings and listings by special purpose acquisition companies last year....
...Speaking to banking editor Stephen Morris at the FT’s global banking summit last week, Anil also said that financial crime was an “industry challenge”....
...Mr Tucker indicated that economic recovery would come more quickly thanks to recent breakthroughs in vaccine development — although expecting a “V-shaped” recovery remained “beyond stupid”....
...By now Heseltine, wearing his trademark blue V-neck under a dark suit, is tucking into his soup....
...As ever, reach out to us with your thoughts (imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com). Thanks, and happy reading....
...Late last year, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice used the same strategy to sell a majority of its investment in automotive repair company Belron, also at a €21bn valuation, to Hellman & Friedman....
...When it comes to the sell-off of Eletrobrás, Latin America’s biggest electricity company, “we are going to fight until the last day”....
...Ligue de Football Professionnel is inviting formal bids for a stake in a new company that will market its broadcast rights in a deal that could be worth €1.5bn....
...Chang cited Thomas Friedman’s book, The World Is Flat, in which the commentator analyses globalisation and the opportunities it creates for nations....
...“As most of you know, I’ve been racking my brain to make sense of this disconnect,” Schwarzman grumbled to Blackstone stockholders in 2017 after 10 years as a public company, most of that spent with the...
...Meanwhile, I spoke to Pleo, which provides smart company cards and has secured a $4.7bn valuation after a $200m extension to their series C round. As always you can reach me at sid.v@ft.com....
...And the thing is, what we get is a sensible approach from Labour in that they’re not proposing whacking most companies with big tax rises....
...“There is strong evidence of a ‘V-shaped’ recovery in Asia,” said chief executive Noel Quinn. “We will not put our strong balance sheet and liquidity at risk . . ....
...He is also encouraged by a “V-shaped” recovery in Asia, its largest market, and less dire forecasts for UK consumers....
...A temporary stamp duty holiday that offers purchasers a tax saving of up to £15,000 has fuelled a V-shaped recovery in the housing market since May....
...“It’s going to cost my company over £7m to reopen those shows in the West End,” says Friedman. “That’s not even talking about the foreign productions or the new work and before the running costs....
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