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...“Frankly, I had expected Agendia to gain more market share,” said Dr Ashim Anand, who follows the medical diagnostics industry for Natixis Bleichroeder....
...Natexis analysts, repeating “buy” advice, revisited the idea that Tui Travel may be bought out by parent company Tui, particularly if the latter can accelerate plans to sell its Hapag-Lloyd shipping division...
...Petrofac, the oil services group, slid 1.8 per cent to £13.85 following a downgrade to “neutral” from Natexis....
...He previously worked at Natexis Bleichroeder covering media and entertainment securities, and before that worked as a consultant....
...Natexis, which downgraded Compass to “reduce”, saw the risk of further bad news given the catering group’s exposure to the UK and corporate customers....
...“The crisis is only just beginning to impact on the spirits sector,” Natexis said. “We do not expect the sector to collapse, but we are concerned that valuation multiples will remain under pressure.”...
...Natixis Bleichroeder analysts said a deal could end the “game of mutually assured destruction” played by the two companies as they stepped further into each other’s core areas....
...IAC is trading at just 2 times next year’s expected earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, according to Alan Gould, an analyst with Natixis Bleichroeder....
...But Natexis analysts argued that Cadbury would be a better fit for Hershey, which generates 95 per cent of its sales in North America and holds US licences for Cadbury products....
...Bleichroeder....
...Jon LeCroy, analyst at Natixis Bleichroeder, says Pfizer’s strategy is evidence that “bigger is rarely better”....
...Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, Calyon, HSBC, Caja Madrid, Natexis and Royal Bank of Scotland will each take a 6 per cent holding and will have the right either to remain invested or sell on to other investors...
...Finlay’s casebook Finlay Thomson, the oil and gas analyst who left ABN Amro last month, will join Natexis Bleichroeder in specialist sales next week....
...Lead managers were Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, Ixis, JPMorgan and Natexis Banques Populaires. La Poste is rated AA- by Standard & Poor’s and AAA by Fitch....
...Natexis Banques Populaires fell 2.5 per cent to €209.90 after UBS initiated coverage with a “neutral” recommendation and a target price of €205.00....
...The 11-year French inflation-linked bond sale, managed by IXIS CIB and Natexis, is expected to raise at least €1bn....
...A former apprentice with the Royal Navy who had worked for a range of employers inc-luding British Steel and Alcan, Mr Breen started thinking about ways that small companies could raise money....
...It’s still a strategy of acquiring national leaders or [smaller companies that are] complementary,” said Arnaud Schmit, analyst at Natexis Bleichroeder....
...David Gornall, bullion and foreign exchange director at Natexis Metals, said higher silver prices had pushed up lease rates on the metal to about five per cent from three per cent in the past two weeks....
...with Natexis....
...Natexis Banques Populaire leapt 9.2 per cent to €206 as the way was cleared for its merger with rival investment bank Ixis....
...The syndicate included BNP Paribas, HSBC, Natexis Banques Populaires, Royal Bank of Scotland and Societe Generale....
...ABN Amro, Calyon, HSBC and Natexis Banques Populaires are managing the deal, to be priced at 70bp over swaps....
...Natexis Banque Populaire, the French investment bank, rose 6.8 per cent to €191.70 after its parent company confirmed it was in talks with another bank - believed to be mutual lender Caisse d’Epargne - about...
...“The response in the market was phenomenal for this time of year,” said Pierre Lebel, head of the corporate syndicate desk at SG CIB, which managed the sale with Citigroup, Natexis and RBS....
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