Hints and tips:
...Smoke signals Cigarette maker Philip Morris International’s quest to buy nicotine pouch maker Swedish Match has run into trouble with hedge funds in search of a bigger payday....
...Morrisons’ chair Andrew Higginson previously worked alongside Leahy at Tesco. Fortress manages about $53.1bn in assets and is best known for its work in credit and distressed investing situations....
...Moreover, a rebound “is cold comfort for investors who suffered through years of underperformance [and] then redeemed”, said Andrew Beer, managing member at Dynamic Beta Investments....
...Jupiter Fund Management is set to replace its current chief executive Maarten Slendebroek with Andrew Formica, in an accelerated change of management at the UK investment company, the FT reported....
...Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed-martial-arts organisation, was acquired for $4bn in August by William Morris Endeavor, a Beverly Hills-based talent agency, in a deal that was backed by KKR and Silver...
.../ From Prof Andrew D Roberts...
...Andrew Liveris, Dow’s chief executive, said the price was “unprecedented” for a similar business, and well above the $2.5bn-$3bn that he had thought the sale might raise....
...Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and talent agency William Morris Endeavor, the talent agency in which Silver Lake holds a stake, are thought likely to participate in the auction, as is a similar...
...Google has signalled a new willingness to value the rights of creators,” said Cary Sherman, RIAA chairman....
...Liberty has suggested one path for its position in Sirius would be to pursue a Reverse Morris Trust, a structure designed to help companies avoid paying tax on mergers and acquisitions that meet certain...
...It also boosted the fortunes of Gemini Fund Services, a New York-based platform that sets up mutual funds and is finding a niche in alternative strategies, says Andrew Rogers, its president....
...served up on smartphones, tablets and PCs....
...Mr Morris’s plea is the eighth secured by Andrew Cuomo, who was recently elected governor of New York and will assume his new office on January 1....
...A sustained slowdown in the live music industry could hit promoters such as Creative Artists Agency, Live Nation Entertainment and William Morris Endeavour, whose artists led this year’s league tables....
...In the first action, Cuomo added Rattner as a defendant to a forfeiture action pending in New York State Supreme Court, New York County, against Henry “Hank” Morris and David Loglisci, and seeks to recover...
...Additional reporting by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Matthew Garrahan....
...He said he helped steer hundreds of millions of dollars to Mr Morris and to “politically favoured firms”....
...Endless was advised by Deloitte and Walker Morris. Vasanta was advised by Deloitte and DLA Piper. The banking syndicate was advised by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Linklaters....
...being steered to Mr Loglisci and Mr Morris, according to the claim....
...“The new awards reflect an improvement in the business environment for all oil service providers as oil companies reinvest cash flows to try to grow production and reserves” said Andrew Whittock of Numis...
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