Hints and tips:
...Despite the mini-boom, Mr McManus warned that many independent music stores may not re-open if they have not quickly adapted to the online world....
...Along with Citigroup, he worked with Elan boss Kelly Martin in the transformative sale of its drug technology unit to US group Alkermes....
...Barchester, which operates 200 care homes, sold its property in a £572m securitisation three years ago that allowed its Irish owners, John Magnier, JP McManus and Dermot Desmond, to pay themselves a £363.5m...
...Meanwhile, Irish tycoons JP McManus and John Magnier picked up more than 3m to raise their stake in the pubs group to 12 per cent....
...After being closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday, stocks extended their big losses from last week and have now fallen for the past five days....
...McManus, whose one-time close second Clan Royal runs again at the age of 12, and champion jockey Tony McCoy, who rides L’Ami, must be due some National luck....
...Martin Pipe, 15 times the champion trainer, lost the title last year to Paul Nicholls and retired. But some things stay the same....
...martin.dickson@ft.com...
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