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...Zegna creates minimal suits and separates in high-performing technical fabrics woven at the company’s own mill....
...“A V-shaped recovery is extremely unlikely.”...
...This trend continued through March even as it became evident that China’s economy was not going to snap back with a V-shaped rebound....
...This has complicated efforts by many multinational companies and smaller companies reliant on foreign investment to restart their operations....
...s coronavirus epidemic are eased — it will suggest that the short, sharp shock to the world’s second-largest economy since January might well be followed by a second-quarter rebound — the much vaunted “V-shaped...
...“Since the start of sanctions on Russia, the government and companies have been preparing for some kind of downturn,” said Mitchell Jennings, industry analyst at Sova Capital in Moscow....
...V-Nee Yeh, the former chairman of a large Hong Kong construction group, thinks the protesters who want less integration with China, either economically or politically, might as well try to stop the flow...
...Mitchells & Butlers' rates bill is also around c.£100m, c.50% of FY19 PBT (Sep YE). It is not 100% clear this applies to large businesses, though most of the companies we have spoken to think it does....
...Meanwhile, Peel Hunt’s gone to “buy” from “add” on pub operator Mitchells & Butlers with a 300p target....
...A brief reminder that Baumann was the mastermind of the company’s $63bn takeover of US agribusiness Monsanto — a takeover that has subsequently unleashed a series of problems for the aspirin-to-crop chemicals...
...(FT) Dockwork ers v robots Dockworkers in Los Angeles are making a last stand against the automation of lucrative port jobs....
...If only foreign companies could similarly challenge Chinese law in Chinese courts and even argue their case before the highest court in the land. tom.mitchell@ft.com...
...The FT’s Tom Mitchell writes from Beijing that the chances of a US-China trade deal just got a lot worse as China’s vice-premier Liu He, President Xi Jinping’s lead trade negotiator, prepares to sit down...
...tom.mitchell@ft.com...
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...“We are seeing more and more inheritance claims go to lengths further than ever before,” says Paula Myers, national head of the will, trust and estate disputes team at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth....
...CC Land shelled out a record £1.15bn for London’s Cheesegrater building earlier this year, just one of the deals that has featured in record overseas spending by Chinese groups. ————————– Japan 1980s v...
...Bombarded Day two of the Bombardier v Boeing tariff scandal and attention has turned on the British government’s motivation to fight back against proposed US action against the Canadian company....
...Smart reads Dumb pipes v bright lights Is AT&T savvy enough to understand the mischievous world of media?...
...The next few days will shed some light on who in Beijing is winning the renminbi v reserves policy debate. Christmas or not, the world will be watching....
...Moonglow, by Michael Chabon, Fourth Estate, RRP£18.99/Harper, RRP$28.99, 448 pages Ken Kalfus is author of ‘Coup de Foudre’ (Bloomsbury) Illustration by Dan Mitchell...
...Shanghai police charged the UK company’s staff with paying doctors billions of dollars in kickbacks....
...AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and Bayer’s purchase of Monsanto) that are still pending approval from the competition watchdog....
...Leave your comments below, or get in touch: Money@ft.com Illustrations by Daniel Mitchell The article was first published on August 31 2017...
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