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...Anyway, here are names and links — we’ll let you make your own mind up: Liquid 2 Venture Fund III L.P . . . . Lake Nona Fund / LN Sports & Health Tech Fund I, LP . . ....
...“But markets are all up and they’ve been up for quite a long time but the S&P trades at 17 times forward earnings and you say ‘how can this go on forever?’...
...The S&P 500 finished 0.6 per cent higher at 2874.69, just ahead of the previous record close on January 26 of 2,872.87 and was up 0.9 per cent over the past five trading days....
...S&P Dow Jones Indices no longer allows companies with multiple share classes to join various indices including the S&P 500, the index of large US companies....
...Shares in H&M itself are down 15 per cent at SKr170.10 — their lowest since April 2009 — after the company said sales from September to November were “significantly below” its expectations”....
...One core dispute is exactly how restrictive the terms of the JV are, as the consensus view is that it is very difficult for Xerox to sell itself to a third party (H-P’s name had come up) without losing much...
...In the past five years, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook, four of the largest companies in the S&P 500, have generated a cool $293bn in free cash flow, according to Bloomberg....
...Overnight on Wall Street, the S&P 500 climbed a full per cent, with financial stocks leading gains on testimony by Jay Powell, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as chair of the Federal Reserve, in...
...The S&P 500 and Dow opened at new record highs on Friday amid renewed optimism that Republicans will push through tax reform, a key part of President Donald Trump’s agenda....
...While a sustained rout would start damaging business and consumer sentiment as wealth is depressed, the S&P 500 index remains at levels seen as recently as December....
...The benchmark Topix index in Tokyo and the S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney each added 0.7 per cent with a strong showing from the financials segment in Australia....
...A trained lawyer and former partner at private equity firm Carlyle, he also served in the Treasury under former president George H W Bush in the 1990s....
...On the corporate calendar, retailer H&M is reporting Q3 results, while Santander is holding an analyst meeting....
...Overnight, the S&P 500 ended fractionally higher as investors hunkered down ahead of the BoJ and Fed....
...S&P and Moody’s still have investment grade ratings on the company’s debt....
...At lunchtime Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 0.8 per cent, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.5 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.2 per cent....
...Meanwhile, Pfizer and Boeing both raised their dividends and the S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent to 2,022.1....
...H & R Block, which prepares tax returns, led the S&P up as investors piled in after Tuesday’s announcement of a share buyback plan and the sale of its bank. Its shares rose 7.5 per cent to $35.4....
...Even at its lowest point this week, the S&P 500 never fell 10 per cent from the high it set last month – the definition of a market correction....
...H. Stern: also suggested for both Richemont and LVMH. As a global Brazilian brand, a natural segue into that potentially lucrative Bric market. 3....
...An IPO of Aramark, which was acquired in a 2007 buyout worth $8.3bn, would pave the way for its private equity backers, led by Warburg Pincus, Thomas H....
...Yours faithfully, Dr Mike Lynch Related links: FT Alphaville’s Autonomy file Long before H-P deal, Autonomy’s red flags – WSJ...
...Futures suggest Wall Street’s S&P 500 later in the day will advance by 1 point to 1,458. (FT’s Global Market Overview)...
...Fitch thinks the banking system needs €50bn-60bn, Barclays pegs it at €70bn-80bn, while S&P goes as high as €90bn-100bn....
...The news also raised doubts about whether Essar would get forestry clearance permits for its Tori power station, which is due to be switched on next year....
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