Hints and tips:
...Seed Beauty, coincidentally founded by another sibling duo, Laura and John Nelson, is calling those deals into question....
...BAT is close to buying out the 24.7 per cent of Brazilian subsidiary Souza Cruz it does not already own for £1.7bn. The business will be delisted as a result....
...Nelson Peltz, the billionaire co-founder of Trian Fund Management, is agitating for improvement at State Street and the investment bank Lazard, in which he took a stake last year....
...Nelson figured that men have different shirt and shoe sizes, so why not condom sizes? After one week, Nelson reported on his website that every one of Theyfit’s styles had been ordered online....
...Data from Birinyi Associates, the stock market research firm, indicate US companies announced share buy-back authorisations totalling $373.4bn in 2010....
...He cited by way of example the deal between Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, a WPP agency, and Scangroup, a Kenyan associate of WPP, to create a joint venture, Ogilvy Africa....
...Cadbury-Schweppes investors have backed Nelson Peltz’s aggressive demands for more changes at the confectionery company, including fresh faces on the group’s board....
...He and an associate subsequently won seats on Heinz’s board. Trian was also involved in an activist campaign against the management of Wendy’s in the same year....
...David Herro (Harris Associates) – Currently fighting for higher takeover price from Citigroup for Nikki Cordial. Also was vocal investor in Euronext and Deutsche Börse....
...David Herro (Harris Associates) – Currently fighting for a higher takeover price from Citigroup for Nikko Cordial. Also was vocal investor in Euronext and Deutsche Börse....
...is not a question one normally associates with Wayne Rooney....
...“Sometimes the good guys win,” said Peter Karches, a close associate who retired from Morgan Stanley in 2000 after 25 years with the investment bank. “It’s not just in the movies.”...
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