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...Sainsbury’s sold its Shaw’s Supermarkets chain to Albertson’s in 2004 in the face of rising competition. Neither has rival German discounter Lidl found the market easy....
...But living in a city, the supermarket is my pantry, and the library is my study room. I see the whole city as my back yard.”...
...For the record, I’ve been getting my lunch from the supermarket so I can write stories. George Parker Nooo. Katie Martin I know, I know. (George laughs)....
...Activist investors including DE Shaw and Jana Partners had been pressuring FIS to review its business strategy, including considering undoing the 2019 deal, since last year....
...Private equity groups are fighting to buy supermarket chain Wm Morrison, while Carlyle, another investment firm, stepped back on Tuesday from a bidding war with Philip Morris International for inhaler maker...
...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...It still has a commanding position in pharmacy, but its market share in health, beauty and toiletries has been eroded by department stores, supermarkets and discounters....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Neither do we need to ponder the meaning of Father Dougal McGuire’s penchant for wearing a V-neck tank top over his clerical robes in Father Ted....
...Parker worked at Morgan Stanley for 15 years. Arnold & Porter has hired Miomir Žužul as a senior international policy adviser....
...(Vanity Fair) Locally challenged Private equity-backed regional supermarkets are facing big trouble in a retail world being re-shaped by Amazon....
...Thirty years ago your choice of washing powders was limited to the shelf space of your supermarket. This precious commodity tended to be laden with offerings from companies such as Procter and Gamble....
...I tried taking a trip to the supermarket with only my watch, which served as shopping list, payment card and communicator....
...(Reuters) Apple v WeChat The biggest rival to Apple’s flagship smartphone in China is a messaging app that allows users to pay for food, hail cabs, stream video and more....
...We aren’t going to let them use it.” ————————————————– News: Amazon agrees to buy Whole Foods for $13.7bn Lex: Grain of truth Video Lex on Whole Foods takeover FT Alphaville: Whole Foods v the activists...
...So it is hard to feel sorry for Daisuke Inoue, Dr Jean Carruthers and Walter L Shaw — who each missed out on millions by failing to patent their respective ideas. Smartphones, tablets, connected TVs....
...Kroger, one of the world’s biggest supermarket chains, had 9.2 per cent wiped from its share price to $22.29....
...Colonel Tom Parker turned Elvis Presley from a dashing young GI into a Las Vegas freak show, but made millions along the way....
...While Ruskin’s essays were widely read, and influenced many thinkers from George Bernard Shaw and Gandhi, to Proust and Tolstoy, the term illth did not catch on....
...To take a recent example, ticket sales for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice dropped by an astonishing 68.4 per cent on its second weekend, as comic-book fans returned to their dens....
...Philip Shaw, chief economist, Investec Sterling’s depreciation has been material....
...“Sports leggings are the new denim,” said Mr Parker, surrounded by models clad in Nike’s casual yet stylish designs....
...Defence lawyers argued a leading 1983 Supreme Court decision called Dirks v. SEC was the guiding principle....
...The private equity group and its partners also own other chains including Chicago’s Jewel-Osco and New England’s Shaw’s....
...This may complicate life for makers of driverless cars: because of legal uncertainties and hugely variable driving environments, “self-driving” is likely to be offered as an optional setting for decades...
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