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...“VCs all want a piece of the next big AI thing and they are willing to swallow huge valuations for that,” said Mike Volpi, a partner at Index Ventures....
...Chief executive Mike Fries said even with recent indications that the EU is more favourable to mergers, such deals are “not going to happen” because it is “a dream that doesn’t reflect the reality of operating...
...In September, French billionaire Xavier Niel announced he had bought a 2.5 per cent stake in Vodafone via his investment vehicle Atlas Investissement....
...But there are subsidies galore for hosting these funky mustelids and their tufty-eared frenemies, as Mike Denbury of Red Squirrels Northern England points out. The economics are worth investigating....
...only a matter of how it would get done,” Mike Fries, chief executive of Liberty Global, told the Financial Times this month. But the tie-up has rankled Mr Niel’s Salt....
...White & Case has hired Xavier Petet as a partner in its M&A practice in Paris. He joins from Clifford Chance....
...Ireland’s mobile market — which is dominated by Vodafone, CK Hutchison’s Three and eir, which is owned by French billionaire Xavier Niel — offers a chance for further consolidation....
...Relationship management is Mackenzie Smith’s forte — from acting as sole adviser to Royal Dutch Shell for its $65bn purchase of BG to playing spoof with Mike Ashley to settle the bill for Sports Direct’s...
...Mike Ashley is circling Arcadia, the stricken retail empire of rival entrepreneur Philip Green, which is expected to enter administration as soon as Monday....
...Mike Coupe, J Sainsbury chief executive for the past six years, is cutting himself out of his job just hours after doing the same to hundreds of managers at the UK supermarket chain....
...“There have been some air pockets before, but today is the first really big one,” said Mike Riddell, a fund manager at Allianz Global Investors....
...Lombard The exit of Mike Coupe at J Sainsbury is hardly unexpected....
...Xavier Rolet is stepping down as chief executive of CQS, the hedge fund founded by Michael Hintze, just one year after taking the role. More here....
...Analysts were also broadly supportive, pointing to the deal’s potential to increase the LSE record of successfully integrating transactions under former chief executive Xavier Rolet....
...But Mr Sprecher — just like billionaire Mike Bloomberg — will be among those looking to make life harder for the LSE’s new management team....
...As for Malone’s camp, Liberty Global chief executive Mike Fries was more optimistic. “This deal could come back to life,” he told the FT....
...The journey from the smallest nation in South America to the Baltic archipelago of Aland is arduous but Mike Antonius is glad he made the trip....
...Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s prime minister, said there had to be compromise on both sides. “There is a much better atmosphere than in recent weeks and months.”...
...A week ago Xavier Rolet, head of the London Stock Exchange, announced his retirement to spend more time with his bees. It marks a moment....
...Here, pianist Xavier Davis’s dense voicings and rhythmic drive were a highlight. The last three numbers were new compositions that confirmed the band’s potential and range....
...From research taking in 701 companies in six countries, Xavier Baeten and Said Loyens of Belgium’s Vlerick Business School have drawn two conclusions....
...The suspected shooter, Micah Xavier Johnson, a 25-year-old former Army reservist who served in Afghanistan, was killed by police....
...Meanwhile Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, has warned that 100,000 City jobs could be lost if Britain left the EU....
...Step forward Xavier Niel, whose Iliad group is upsetting France’s mobile markets with Free — surely just the name to trigger a price war....
...Police and Army officials identified the man as Micah Xavier Johnson, a 25-year-old former Army reservist who served in Afghanistan....
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