Hints and tips:
...Even companies that had agreed a deal before the crisis are now trying to find ways to walk away (China’s Anbang and Victoria’s Secret owner L Brands know something about this)....
...Before accounting rules changed and forced companies to put equity compensation in the GAAP P&L, the underlying shares still appeared in the sections of securities filings that listed the details of stock...
...Since 2016, we estimate the Kingfisher P&L has had an £81m transactional benefit from weaker sterling. FX could become a headwind once trade talks are agreed (or not)....
...V, U, or L? The nature of Covid-19 growth impact means that some elements – e.g., production resumption, inventory restocking, and travel normalisation – would lend a natural rebound to growth....
...(WSJ) News round-up Iliad chairman fined €600,000 for insider dealing (FT) Allianz in exclusive talks to buy L&G’s general insurance unit (FT) Sprint, T-Mobile push back deadline to complete merger (...
...A 34oz bottle of P&G’s Pantene Pro-V Shampoo & Conditioner was listed by 10 different sellers — nine of them third parties — on the shopping site....
...In the spring of 2013, Jobs’s successor as CEO of Apple Inc., Tim Cook, decided the company needed to borrow $17 billion. Yes, borrow....
...T-Mobile and Sprint....
...(Reuters)(Financial Times)(Bloomberg) Sprint Nextel is in the early stages of evaluating a bid for MetroPCS Communications that would counter an offer by Deutsche Telekom, according to three people familiar...
...J J & D Wilkie James H Heal & Company JCB Backhoe Loader Business Unit JD Hughes Group Jomati Consultants Joseph Rhodes JSR Genetics K King Cole Kiveton Park Steel L Langtec Stuart Langworthy...
...Sprint was by far the biggest faller in the S&P 500, losing 10 per cent of it market capitalisation on Friday afternoon, to close the week down 10.9 per cent at $2.71, after its chief executive said the...
...GlaxoSmithKline rose 0.5 per cent to 12.75 after an upgrade to “buy” from US broker Raymond James....
...Both moves sparked criticism of L&G’s communications strategy and of Mr Breedon....
...Shares in L&G closed 2.4 per cent lower at 93½p. All told, it was another poor day for financial stocks....
...Fitch responded by cutting the company’s credit rating to junk. The news sparked a rally in Sprint’s chief rivals, AT&T and Verizon....
...Pub group Mitchells & Butlers outperformed a falling UK market on Tuesday....
...Mitchells & Butlers eased 0.7 per cent to 585½p after Blue Oar Securities said R20, the investment vehicle of Robert Tchenguiz, could also have taken out a interest-rate hedge on a £4.5bn property joint...
...Rather than list all the single letter stocks, let’s just look at the ones that haven’t yet been taken (just in case you want one): G (was Gillette until recently), I, J, L, N, P U, V, W and Z....
...Wal-Mart shares slipped 0.2 per cent to $47.49 Titan rose 7.6 per cent to $21.55 on reports that the military-equipment maker was in talks about a potential takeover by L-3 Communications....
...THE WORLD IS FLAT by Thomas L....
...Russell Simmons, Chairman, President and CEO, Rush Communications James Sinegal, President and CEO, Costco Wholesale David B....
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