Pete J. Metros

Rap beefs heat up on two albums from Future and Metro Boomin

...Accompanied by cleverly arranged samples of 1980s west-coast rap tracks, the modern LA kingpin takes jabs at Drake and also J Cole....

April 17, 2024

Atos SE

Křetínský in talks to buy unit of ailing French tech group Atos

...Armed with a windfall from his assets in gas and coal, the billionaire has also snapped up stakes in British retailer J Sainsbury and Germany’s Metro....

August 1, 2023

FT Live

Due Diligence Live

Where leaders in investment and finance meet

News in-depthUK regional policy

Can King’s Cross provide a template for UK regeneration?

...Local leadership was crucial to any longer-term regeneration, he added, with the addition of metro mayors to some regions, including South Yorkshire, “of huge benefit”....

August 21, 2023

Due Diligence

Everyone’s pouring money into private credit Premium

...Křetínský’s portfolio includes stakes in the UK’s Royal Mail, grocer J Sainsbury, and West Ham football club as well as German wholesaler Metro and US sneaker chain Foot Locker....

May 24, 2023

News in-depthDaniel Křetínský

Daniel Křetínský: the Czech energy tycoon building a European media and retail empire

...As well as Fnac Darty, his retail portfolio includes stakes in German wholesaler Metro as well as US sneaker chain Foot Locker and UK grocer J Sainsbury....

May 23, 2023

Vivendi SA

Vivendi in talks to sell 100% of publishing house Editis

...newspaper Le Monde, food retailer Casino and German retailer Metro AG....

March 14, 2023

FT Live

Managing Operational Risk in M&A Transactions

Examining the value of business licensing and property tax in the deal cycle

The Week Ahead

Week Ahead: UK rates set to hit 15-year high

...It is a sombre reminder of the importance of assessing the legacy of J Robert Oppenheimer — not least by going to see Christopher Nolan’s powerful biopic — but also, as FT columnist Janan Ganesh notes, that...

July 30, 2023

Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman Sachs ramps up cobalt trading

...Goldman has a long history of trading commodities, stretching back to its takeover of J Aron & Co in 1981. Former chief executive Lloyd Blankfein rose up through the commodities division....

June 14, 2021

Architecture

How street furniture has shaped our cities

...Think of London’s lipstick-red post and phone boxes, Parisian metro signs, New York’s helmeted hydrants. These small things define public life....

December 2, 2022

InterviewUS politics & policy57 min

FT Live subscriber webinar on the US midterms

...I would actually go with Pete Buttigieg because I think that he hits some of the diversity issues, actually. He's a he's a married, gay man. He's a veteran. He hits to a lot of fields....

November 11, 2022

ObituaryRoger Angell

Roger Angell, baseball writer, 1920-2022

...But the balls Marichal threw, as the likes of Henry Aaron and Pete Rose told him, were the epitome of perfect control....

May 27, 2022

UK economy

England’s northern mayors seek to ‘defrost’ relations with Ireland

...Oiled by free-flowing pints and performances from Liverpudlian, Mancunian and Irish singers, metro mayors Andy Burnham of Greater Manchester and Steve Rotheram of Liverpool headed England’s first-ever mayoral-led...

April 2, 2022

Deforestation

Supermarkets drop Brazilian beef products linked to deforestation

...Germany’s Metro, which stocked filet mignon from Marfrig, said it was in the process of investigating the report’s claims....

December 16, 2021

Tesco PLC

Tesco looks to axe 1,000-plus roles in shift to cheaper daytime work

...But wages at many supermarkets have already risen above that level, with Wm Morrison, Aldi, Lidl and J Sainsbury all paying or committing to pay £10 per hour or more....

February 1, 2022

The Weekend Essay

Still Top Gun? What Tom Cruise’s new movie tells us about American power

...Its conclusion saw Cruise’s character, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, dogfighting with MiG-28s from an unnamed enemy, but whose paint jobs looked distinctly North Korean....

May 27, 2022

FT Live

Future of Retail

Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation

Daily Mail & General Trust

Rothermere closes in on DMGT as large investor supports bid

...J O Hambro Capital Management also attacked the first offer as “neither fair nor supportable”....

December 15, 2021

Elliott Advisors UK Ltd

Elliott takes $1bn stake in Europe’s biggest supermarket Ahold

...Sainsbury and attempted to buy German wholesaler Metro in 2019....

November 17, 2021

Due Diligence

It pays to be the boss of Barclays. It pays more to be second-in-command Premium

...News round-up Ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB trial paused after new evidence is disclosed (FT) The complex route to VW’s planned Porsche IPO (FT) J....

February 24, 2022

News in-depthWar in Ukraine

Stay or go? Western consumer brands wrestle with Russian dilemma

...Supermarket operators such as France’s Auchan and Germany’s Metro have also opted to stay, an approach that contrasts with some other retailers such as Inditex, parent company of fashion chain Zara, which...

March 10, 2022

Life & Arts

FT Weekend Quiz: Klondike Pete, Bertolt Brecht and Robert De Niro

...Klondike Pete is the mascot for which breakfast cereal? The two types of competition in Olympic weightlifting are the snatch — and what?...

August 28, 2020

LexUK banks

Virgin Money: universally challenged Premium

...Supermarkets such as Tesco and J Sainsbury are retreating from financial services....

February 2, 2021

City Bulletin

Serco raises 2021 profit forecast Premium

...Sales in metro cities and travel retail locations, which accounted for about a third of pre-Covid global store revenues remain “materially below” 2020 trading levels, the company said....

June 14, 2021

FT GlobetrotterSpirit of a city: drinks that summon great places

Spirit of a city: seven cocktails that sing of Paris

...Top with soda water and garnish with the rest of the basil J’aime Paris, by Judicaël Noël of Mandarin Oriental, Paris 251 Rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris, France J’aime Paris is inspired by the hotel’s...

May 27, 2021

Bryce Elder

To thrive from here, cash cow Tesco needs to keep delivering

..., this week raised his stake in J Sainsbury to just under 10 per cent by buying shares from Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund....

April 14, 2021

The Week Ahead

US tech and UK banks head earnings bonanza, Fed rate meeting

...Brands; Chubb; Santander; Dixons Carphone; Fresnillo; Lloyds Banking Group; London Stock Exchange; Metro Bank; Nichols; Persimmon; Reckitt Benckiser; WPP; French Connection; J Sainsbury Thursday Altria...

April 25, 2021

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