Hints and tips:
...In a letter to Kwasi Kwarteng seen by the Financial Times, the bosses of companies such as Adecco, Hays, Randstad and Manpower urged the business secretary to rethink proposals to repeal a decades-long ban...
...It tastes great – like a spritzy blend of cucumber, gooseberry, apricot and hay, with a tickle of spice on the finish....
...Korea: interest rate decision Turkey: interest rate decision Results: Anglo American FY, Danone FY, Ferroglobe Q4, Genus HY, Hargreaves Lansdown HY, Hays HY trading update, Huntsman Q4, Intuit Q2, Indivior...
...executive, succeeding Alistair Cox Gerry Murphy joins Tesco as non-executive chair, succeeding John Allan, who stepped down in June Brazil: Q2 GDP figures EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US: S&P...
...But if it is a natural monopoly, why does Google need to give Apple $20bn a year? Hovenkamp: That’s a very good question. And the government made lots of hay on it at the trial....
...A: Brad Pitt What was the FT-friendly name that Third Point’s Dan Loeb used when he was a hardcore message board poster? A: Mr Pink 8....
...And finally A few decades ago, the residents of Wigtown (population c. 1,000) in south-west Scotland wondered if they could follow Hay-on-Wye in Wales’s lead....
...But one year of returns tells a limited story. Parnassus has outperformed the S&P 500 over a five-year period and so did BlackRock’s biggest ESG fund....
...barrel of oil (Bloomberg $) — Meet the designer behind Brad Pitt’s skirt (GQ)...
...The shares have solidly outperformed UK-listed peers such as Hays and PageGroup over the past decade. This reflects a higher weighting to fast-growing Asian markets....
...So far this year, shares of PepsiCo have outperformed the S&P 500....
...At mid-year, US large cap active managers were having their best year since 2009, but that still meant that 51 per cent of them underperformed the S&P 500....
...AMC made hay while the sun shone, issuing new shares to raise capital to pay down its borrowings....
...A specialised focus and merchandise mix have helped shield it from online competitors. You cannot easily buy 40lb bales of chopped hay on Amazon....
...There will also be a chance for international comparisons from the S&P Global purchasing managers’ index data, out on Tuesday....
...Finally, new estimates from S&P Global for its purchasing managers’ index — a more timely and forward-looking indicator than government data — show business activity suffering a “considerable loss of momentum...
...If for whatever reasons a company is not making as much hay as it did early in the pandemic, its shares are getting punched right in the face....
...This puts the sector on a relative P/E premium of 29% on NTM+1 (Apr 21-Mar 22), 18.5x for Beverages vs 14.3x for the Market....
...Hays’ year-end statement is a bit weak. Australian bushfires, French strikes and UK elections caused problems for permanent hires in December....
...Sampo offers a c7% yield in 2021e on a c12x multiple compared to pure P&C peers offering a 4% yield at c20x....
...But only one-third of the FTSE 350 have a credit rating at all, says rating agency S&P. It — and other agencies — can be asked to do a credit quality assessment specifically for the CCFF....
...to this article: A good time to re-evaluate food production strategy / From J P Garnier, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, UK...
...Upgrading Adecco/Randstad to Hold and Hays/Page to Buy....
...Hays, the recruitment company, enlisted Bank of America to work with house brokers Jefferies and UBS to raise £200m....
...■ A current ratio of more than 1. ■ Above-average dividend yield (excluding cheap P/BV stocks)....
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