Mark J. Roberts

Royal Mail owner rejects £4.5bn takeover bid from Czech billionaire Křetínský

...Křetínský, a lawyer-turned-energy tycoon, is the largest shareholder in IDS with a 27.5 per cent stake and has been a prolific dealmaker in the UK, buying stakes in supermarket chain J Sainsbury and London...

April 17, 2024

J Sainsbury PLC

Sainsbury’s says customers ready to splurge as it targets higher profits

...Roberts said Sainsbury’s was the only traditional supermarket to meaningfully gain market share from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl as well as the more upmarket chains including Waitrose and Marks and...

April 25, 2024

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Commodities Asia Summit

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Transcript: The fight for Paramount

...James Fontanella-KhanWe actually have a colleague who’s gonna write a book about this, Mark Vandevelde, about how essentially private equity is taking over Main Street in a way that is unthinkable....

May 9, 2024

O. J. Simpson

OJ Simpson, NFL star known for ‘trial of the century’, dies aged 76

...As the case progressed on TV, Simpson’s legal team of Johnnie Cochran and Robert Shapiro tapped into the theme of race and the LA police department....

April 11, 2024

Investor activism

Activist wins board seats at railroad Norfolk Southern but fails to oust CEO

...Ancora’s board appointments, which include a former executive at the US railway regulator Surface Transportation Board, mark a partial victory for the $10bn hedge fund....

May 9, 2024

Johnson & Johnson Co Inc

Johnson & Johnson proposes $6.5bn deal to settle talc cancer lawsuits

...The latest proposal would bring the total payout across all cases to $11bn, a net increase of $2.7bn on a previous offer, and marks the third attempt by J&J to resolve the ovarian cancer claims through bankruptcy...

May 1, 2024

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Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

Sainsburys Bank PLC

Sainsbury’s to exit core banking business

...Roberts said it was “business as usual for now at Sainsbury’s Bank”....

January 18, 2024

Letter

Letter: Does gender explain why intelligence was missed?

...Robert A J MatthewsDidcot, Oxfordshire, UK...

December 1, 2023

Bridge - Card game

Bridge: Silence from opponent marks partner with key card

...East overtakes the lead with A♠ and returns J♠. When this holds the trick, he switches to 10♣. Declarer rises with A♣ and reflects on the play to date....

March 20, 2024

News updates from April 25: US economy grew less than expected in Q1; Microsoft and Alphabet beat Wall Street estimates

Sainsbury’s profits drop 15% despite rise in sales

...Chief executive Simon Roberts said: “We expect to continue to grow grocery volumes ahead of the market.”...

April 25, 2024

Markets InsightToby Nangle

What’s wrong with the Shiller Cape benchmark for markets?

...More than half a century later, in 1988, economists Robert Shiller and John Campbell investigated whether this approach could help predict aggregate stock market returns. They found that it could....

February 5, 2024

UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

A cooler jobs market may not be enough Premium

...Let me know your thoughts: robert.armstrong@ft.com. How good was that jobs report?...

May 6, 2024

UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

Does private credit generate excess returns? Premium

...Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....

April 9, 2024

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Transcript: Election special — local poll results roll in

...There were sort of question marks left over some really quite easy questions. Robert Shrimsley Yeah, I think that’s right....

May 3, 2024

Unhedged

Calpers bets on leveraged equities

...Email before 2pm eastern time with your predictions about whether the meeting will be hawkish or dovish: robert.armstrong@ft.com....

March 20, 2024

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Transforming mainstream finance

Film

‘Oppenheimer’ blitzes 2024 Bafta Film Awards with seven wins

...In a litmus test of industry feeling ahead of next month’s Oscars, Nolan’s biography of nuclear physicist J Robert Oppenheimer left with seven Baftas in total, including the blue-riband award for best film...

February 19, 2024

Life & Arts

FT Weekend Quiz: Haydn’s Symphony No 45, Robert Graves and cymbals

...What’s the name of Robert Graves’s 1929 autobiography? In which film does Robin Williams play the real-life disc jockey Adrian Cronauer?...

March 8, 2024

InterviewTheatre

Robert Icke on directing Ian McKellen as Falstaff: ‘He’s a criminal, not a jolly Santa figure’

...A new English version (with Mark Strong and Lesley Manville) will arrive in the West End this autumn just as the US (and possibly the UK) is gripped by-election fever....

March 24, 2024

J Sainsbury PLC

Sainsbury’s to cut costs by £1bn and launch share buyback

...J Sainsbury’s fresh plans to boost shareholder returns and cut a further £1bn in costs over the next three years drew a lukewarm response from investors on Wednesday after the supermarket chain also disclosed...

February 7, 2024

Unhedged

Five ways US growth accelerates

...Email us your view: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....

March 26, 2024

UK politics

Keir Starmer faces deepening backlash over Natalie Elphicke defection

...The Sunday Times also reported claims that Sir Mark Spencer, then the Tory chief whip, later refused a request from Elphicke to arrange another meeting with Buckland so that she could raise concerns about...

May 12, 2024

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NYCB won’t be the last rates accident Premium

...Email us about anything else: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com. NYCB gets worse It is a sign of our times that a pretty big US bank is in deep crisis and nobody much cares....

March 6, 2024

News in-depthShipping

Surge in maritime violence boosts demand for private security forces

...The renewed interest marks a turnaround for a sector that had been declining over the past decade after a near-halting of attacks by Somali pirates....

April 21, 2024

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Transcript: Britain’s China conundrum

...[MUSIC PLAYING] Lucy FisherSo we’ll mark the government’s report card as it gets to the Easter break shortly....

March 28, 2024

Robert Armstrong

American style and what it says about class

...The other includes Brooks Brothers button-collar oxford cloth shirts; J Press tweed jackets; Bass Weejuns and penny loafers generally; Docksides and Sperry boat shoes; odd lightweight cloths such as madras...

January 17, 2024

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