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...Given unanimous support from the board, as well as the large premium to prior close, we would expect the transaction to be supported and go through.”...
...Both sides can then benefit if investors put a premium on companies incorporated there....
...But this premium has more to do with bog-standard accounting than cutting-edge tech....
...Aviva has now returned £9bn to investors in capital and dividends in the past three years after a series of disposals under Blanc....
...The disposal of the retail unit, which has lower margins compared with its international car distribution arm, will help improve the group’s profitability....
...The resilience of the Dollar Tree chain allowed the company to trade at a premium to Dollar General throughout much of 2023....
...The insurer-owned benefit managers argue that these rebates are passed on to patients in the form of lower premiums, but they pocket some of the discount for themselves....
...Apollo’s bid would equate to a premium of more than 44 per cent to Paramount’s closing share price on Tuesday....
...This offer represents a 2.3 per cent premium to its previous all-time high closing price of 1,085p in January 2022....
...Renesas will pay A$68.50 ($44.53) a share for Altium, which had sales of $263mn for the year to June, a premium of over a third to its Wednesday closing price....
...JD Sports will pay $87.50 per Hibbett share in cash, representing a premium of about 21 per cent to the US company’s last closing price....
...Apple has suffered falling smartphone sales in China, where it faces increased competition from Huawei in the premium segment of the market and a crackdown on the use of its devices by government employees...
...But its strong US business justifies the premium compared with UK peers. With gearing coming down, Flutter also has the bandwidth to make acquisitions to defend its position in the US if necessary....
...It plans to expand flying capacity by 6 to 7 per cent this quarter as it reaps the benefit of a focus on international travel and the push to sell more premium-cabin seats....
...Alaska’s cash offer of $18 a share represents a premium of more than 100 per cent to Hawaiian’s three-month average share price. It is still an opportunistic move....
...As healthier snacks take market share, he said, companies heavily weighted towards sugary treats would “have to sell more at a higher price — go more premium . . ....
...The lack of an AI price premium shows that most tech companies remain uncertain about how valuable customers will find the technology, according to analysts....
...The US giant faces resurgent competition from rival Huawei in the premium segment and a state crackdown on the use of its devices by government employees....
...The gallery’s statement says that more details on the disposal of its premises around the world and of its inventory — thousands of works estimated at about $250mn (although Marlborough would not confirm...
...But with the US economy continuing to outperform expectations and fear subsiding, defensiveness may be getting less of a premium. As the US election approaches, China risks become more acute....
...outside Delaware, including Apple, Nike and Microsoft, the letter said it found “no convincing evidence that reincorporating in Texas would affect Tesla’s market value” and concluded that “a ‘Delaware premium...
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