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...Raymond Cheng, a property analyst at CIMB, adds that the tycoons’ focus on Hong Kong has only accelerated....
...Stephane Beyazian, an analyst with Raymond James, said the “crazy auction” was disastrous for all of the Italian operators as it would add about 15 per cent of debt to already strained balance sheets....
...“Unless the competition matches these tariffs in the near-term, we see this plan as a credible way of gaining considerable market traction,” wrote analysts at Raymond James....
...Raymond was found not guilty in 2014 but Thomas was convicted and sentenced to five years in jail....
...“The results were good financially, but there was a little bit of worry commercially on the broadband side,” said Stephane Beyazian, with Raymond James....
...The group paid a high price for its debt — CIMB analyst Raymond Cheng estimated an average interest cost of 9.5 per cent — and many analysts counted the securities towards its liabilities....
...“It is increasingly becoming a holding company of telecoms assets,” said Stephane Beyazian, a Raymond James analyst....
...Tensions surfaced in 2008 when Thomas and Raymond’s eldest brother, Walter Kwok Ping-sheung, was ousted as chairman....
...Raymond Reynolds, retail director, and Richard Hutton, finance director, took advantage of the gains by cashing in some options last month but reinvested some of the proceeds last week, suggesting they expect...
...Just weeks after the streets were cleared of protesters, the trial of Raymond and Thomas Kwok, alongside three others, rocked the city. Raymond was cleared of all four charges, and Thomas of two....
...Raymond James, an analyst, speculated that savings of up to £3bn could be achieved in areas such as IT, back office and procurement....
...Analysts at Raymond James warned that it expected “major remedies to be asked of Telia, such as selling Tele2’s network infrastructure to a new entrant”....
...Raymond and Thomas Kwok, who took control of Sun Hung Kai Properties after their octogenarian mother retired last year, are the most prominent tycoons ever arrested by the city’s powerful Independent Commission...
...In 2008, the two younger Kwok brothers, Raymond and Thomas, took over control of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the city’s largest developer, after the board demoted their eldest brother, Walter....
...Hutchison Whampoa made a bid of about €2bn for Eircom Group, Bloomberg reports, citing people with knowledge of the matter....
...He prefers to invest in local brands, such as Hutchison China MediTech, a Chinese medicine supplier listed in London....
...During that leadership battle, Thomas and Raymond, Walter’s younger brothers, took over running the developer founded by their deceased father....
...Mr Li, for example, appears before the press only twice a year, at the packed and carnival-like results conferences for Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, his two flagships....
...Half of them, including Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man and chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, are over 70....
...Among Hong Kong tycoons, the brothers are second in net worth behind Li Ka-shing, chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa....
...Raymond Lee did not respond to a request for comment....
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