Hints and tips:
...With additional reporting from Sujeet Indap and Mark Vandevelde in New York...
...While DD doesn’t doubt Marks’ savvy, our one main takeaway is this: while taking on Black is one thing, Xi Jinping may be quite another....
...But the job introduced him to “the best peers” such as Joe Baratta, now head of private equity at Blackstone, with whom he’s still “really good friends”....
...Marc Bolland, who was chief executive of retailer Marks and Spencer for six tumultuous years, is joining Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager to head up its European private equity portfolio...
...Today, it is a global industry leader and its annual revenues exceed £1bn,” said Joe Baratta, global head of private equity at Blackstone....
...Little could be more tranquil than the view across the mirror-still waters of St Mark’s Bay, yet the president of the Venice Biennale should look harassed....
...Mark Brumby, analyst at Oriel Securities, remarked in a morning note that Center Parcs came to the market some 2½ years ago at 100p, 20p higher than Thursday’s offer price....
International Edition