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...The company had the backing of Middle East investors including Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the son of the previous UAE president, who died in 2022....
...Arrival’s deal with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp V values the company at $524mn....
...It feels like Son is itching for his next big bet. The fundamental question remains, though, what is SoftBank? 2....
...It is far from the kind of news someone who is looking to shore up their company’s share price wants to deliver and marks another big setback for Son. This isn’t his first rodeo, of course....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...in a big way....
...(FT) A big law deal Legal Business runs the rule over the news that the law firms Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers have been exploring a merger....
...Mr Bannon has a digital platform to build on, regardless of whether he collaborates with Mr Smith and Sinclair....
...Spotify plans to pull off an IPO without an O....
...But it would also help further the political aims of David Smith, its chairman and largest shareholder. Mr Smith is cut from the same political cloth as Mr Murdoch....
...He is the second big loss from Fox News’ primetime line-up following the departure in January of Megyn Kelly, the star presenter who quit for NBC....
...In the case of Kirtsaeng v Wiley, the court ruled in favour of Supap Kirtsaeng, a California student who asked his family in Thailand to buy textbooks for him at low international prices so he could resell...
...Bloom and Maggie Smith....
...Selections by James Lovegrove … Lionel Shriver, Author of ‘Big Brother’ (HarperCollins) The most memorable novel of 2013 for me was Philipp Meyer’s The Son (Simon & Schuster), which had a panoramic sweep...
...“Well, my big dose of working-class life was when I was really young....
...Bestway (Holdings) Big Yellow Group (S) BlueGnome BMP Europe BOFA International Boxford Boxfresh International BPR Medical (I) Bridge of Weir Leather Company Brinker Technology Bryson Charitable...
...I bet £500 on you, Smith’s saying it’s Mr Oxbridge golf-crony-son-in-law, so call me back. Better still, get your scabby arse over to the Ivy....
...Smiths meet Funkadelic…”)....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...Additional reporting by Sarah O’Connor...
...A brilliant career John Alexander Thain was born in Antioch, Illinois, the son of a doctor....
...Winthrop Smith, the son of a Merrill Lynch founder who was once seen as a potential chief executive before quitting in 2001, says Mr O’Neal’s mistake was “the opportunistic pursuit of short-term high-margins...
...Pat O’Driscoll, ranked 22nd in 2006, dropped out of the ranking after losing her job at Northern Foods, and Sly Bailey only just clung on to the number 25 slot, down seven places, as she faced challenges...
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