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...He rushed up to Barclays’ corporate box, knocked on the door and asked Diamond to come out for a chat. Diamond agreed, and the two went for a walk....
...The bond sale marks the second largest this year and the second large triple-B debt raising after Anheuser-Busch InBev raised $15.5bn last month....
...LA’s jewellery district, began in earnest in 1978, when New York investors bought a nine-storey office building at 607 S....
...The S&P 500 has rallied nearly 6 per cent in January. Barring a late-day pullback in Wednesday’s trading session, that would mark the best run since a 6.6 per cent rally in March 2016....
...Public Limited CompanyThomas S....
...Match Group, Inc — the parent company for Match.com, OkCupid and Tinder — is valued at $4.3bn....
...Majestic Wines group sales rose 12.2 per cent in the ten weeks to January 4, while like-for-like sales at Majestic Retail climbed 7.3 per cent after sliding 1.7 per cent in the same period last year....
...For the company — the worst performing UK blue-chip last year — it is “the next phase of evolution”, says Mark Cutifani, chief executive....
...Match Group, Inc....
...He points out DirecTV’s cash flows would comfort those investors who hold AT&T because of its dividend, one of the highest in the S&P 500....
...(Reuters) Marking the Fall of Saigon Vietnam today marks the end of the Vietnam war....
...West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, fell to fresh five-and-a-half year lows, below the $50 a barrel mark....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.1 per cent to 2,039.33, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2 per cent to 17,652.79. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.1 per cent to 4,680.14....
...Aside from a start-up he sold to Oracle back in 2005, the 44-year-old Frenchman lacks much of the geeky tech experience that marks many of his peers....
...(Financial Times) Bob Diamond African venture misses $400m investment target: Bob Diamond has failed to secure the additional $400m he was targeting for his African venture after some investors balked at...
...The idea was likely to be copied by other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as they sought to consolidate their hold over their own companies, said Stephen Diamond, a professor...
...Top marks....
...Diamond threatens to drag in BoE: Pressure on Barclays CEO Bob Diamond remains after the bank’s chairman, Marcus Agius, resigned on Monday (Reuters)....
...The Nasdaq was up 1.9 per cent to 3,039.88. The most heavily weighted stock on the index, Apple , continued to guide the Nasdaq’s rise, once again hitting an all-time high....
...mega deal: The American buyout firm, KKR wants to buy the diamond operations of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto and merge them, to create world’s third-largest diamond miner - Food nourishes M&S figures...
..., Ensco and Diamond Offshore....
...best performing share, writes Mark Wembridge....
...Lazard Capital has been entrusted with the task of handling the deal which marks the end of the JV signed in 2007....
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.02% at 1,166 Americas DJIA down -0.10% at 12,570 S&P 500 down -0.13% at 1,338 Bovespa down -1.33% at 63,039 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.25% at 9,997 Topix up...
...Marks & Spencer followed the London market higher after an upgrade to “buy” from Citigroup, its house broker....
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