Hints and tips:
...As always, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with thoughts for other companies to cover, trends to follow or general tips....
...I see no signs of a fast, V-shaped recovery in the advanced world. There will also be big changes from the acceleration of the digital and automation revolution....
...We recommend owning lower-risk companies or companies with catalysts that can drive share price performance. ......
...(Reuters, FT) Renault-Nissan talks Renault aims to restart merger talks with Nissan within 12 months and then acquire another carmaker, with Fiat Chrysler among the preferred targets....
...The incredible demand to buy into a Chinese company that does not yet have any clear products is just one sign that China's venture capital market is overheating (FT) Xerox v activist investors Xerox is...
...Mr Trump and his companies are seasoned consumer marketers....
...British motorists can now view their own driving record online, as can their insurance providers. They can buy, register and transfer personalised number plates online....
...But it’s a useful insurance policy if the economy were to take a sudden cyclical lurch downwards....
...Take the success of Wandisco, the software company. David Richards, chief executive, preferred his home steel city to Silicon Valley for unsentimental reasons....
...Dispensing with such bonhomie, however, some fans viewed England v the US as something of a grudge match....
...One of Europe’s leading shipping companies – V.Ships, which manages about 1,000 vessels – has set up a subsidiary called V.Navy. One of its challenges is to make merchant shipping safer....
...Leicas became a preferred vehicle for projecting idealised Nazi images of the “master race” - a trend particularly apparent in the consumer advertising from the period produced by the Leitz company itself...
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