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...Newell began losing the less affluent consumers who had traded up in the pandemic to brands such as Yankee Candle, and “just chasing them with huge discounts is not going to bring them back”....
...Rodriguez, best known for his 12 seasons as a New York Yankee, was among the star-studded bidders for the Mets in a glitzy auction process last summer, ultimately losing to Cohen....
...On April 16 2009, Rob Kapito went to the newly built Yankee Stadium, where the pride of New York was taking on the Cleveland Indians....
...New accounting standards in the US borne out of the financial crisis have left American banks’ pockets deeper than their European peers, but the threat of a second wave quashes any Yankee bravado....
...Yankee Global Enterprises, Amazon and Sinclair said the three companies will “position [YES] strategically to continue its leadership in sports broadcasting across all forms of distribution”....
...The deal between the two activists ends a proxy fight that Starboard had launched earlier this year on the company that makes Yankee Candle, Graco baby strollers and Calphalon pots and pans....
...Starboard Value, the activist fund, is launching a proxy fight at Newell Brands, the maker of Yankee Candles, Sharpie pens and Crock-Pots, setting up a showdown with billionaire investor Carl Icahn over...
...If they do that, the effects could creep into money markets currency swaps, Pozsar writes: Reverse Yankee bonds typically have a cross-currency basis swap stapled to them....
...US corporates made up 20 per cent of the total supply of European high-yield bonds in the quarter, and Fitch predicted the so-called “reverse Yankee” trade will remain popular for the remainder of the year...
...BAR BOULUD Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park, London Terrine volaille £0 Yankee cheese burger £18 Sea bass £24 Soufflé x 2 £20 Espresso x 2 £9 Still water £4 Sparkling water £4 Total (inc service and...
...Newell Brands, the owner of Elmer’s glue, Sharpie pens and Yankee Candle, led the gains on the benchmark S&P 500 after it reported sales and earnings in its second quarter had eclipsed expectations....
...Jarden’s brands include Yankee Candle, Crock-Pot, Breville and Josten’s graduation rings. Newell’s top brands include Sharpie markers and Paper Mate pens....
...The company bought Yankee Candle for $1.75bn in late 2013. It is on its way to doubling Yankee Candle’s revenue by creating new products to sell through Walmart and other retailers....
...founder, Martin Franklin, who turned a tiny canning company into a $10bn conglomerate, owning a range of seemingly unrelated branded goods including baseball mitts by Rawlings and scented candles from the Yankee...
...Excluding banks, so-called reverse Yankee issuance stands at $71.4bn, an all-time high with more US companies tapping the European market than at any time since 2004....
...Indeed, the supply of dollar bond issuance in this year’s first quarter hit record levels, and those levels do not account for the increased use of “reverse Yankee” issuance, whereby US corporations issue...
...Multinational companies also use the Yankee market to raise dollar-denominated debt for financing their US operations and for trading in international markets....
...(FT) Food for thought The smell of wealth Procter & Gamble, hoping to boost sales, is launching a line of upscale fragrances in an effort to lure customers away from department stores and Yankee Candle...
...Especially if you are talking about men, who, says ye olde conventional wisdom, tend to want to dress like the men they admire....
...However, the Maier deal takes things a step further back to ye good olde days, as neither Kering nor LVMH invested in the eponymous brands of Wang, Simons or Anderson when they hired the designers....
...And really, if you need a trench coat, or a dress that recalls ye olde Gatsby days of yesteryear, or a perfect relaxed trouser suit, and so on, where do you go?...
...“April has exceeded expectations in the IG new issue market with many news worthy transactions, large transactions and Yankee names,” said Edward Marrinan, head of macro credit strategy at RBS Securities...
...This week’s total issuance is expected to reach $20bn, according to estimates by RBS, with Yankee sales accounting for roughly 50 per cent of the total....
...The $3.5bn Yankee offering from Italy’s Intesa was almost six times subscribed. For investors, bank debt is appealing as supply is still recovering from a sharp drop in issuance in 2010 and 2011....
...Investment-grade Yankee issuance has hit $330bn so far in 2012, according to Dealogic, putting it on course for the biggest year to date....
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