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...Disney will retain the entertainment rights to characters from films including Frozen, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Mulan and Pocahontas, but Mattel’s agreement extends...
...Singapore fintech group marries payments with ecommerce Shailesh Naik, chief executive of Singaporean fintech MatchMove, is planning a string of acquisitions to extend the global reach of his embedded finance...
...The adage certainly seems to be true for the private equity groups Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo....
...That compared with $107bn on 177 deals in 2019 — heavily boosted by pharma group Takeda’s completion of its £46bn acquisition of Ireland’s Shire — and $24bn on 152 deals in 2018, according to Dealogic....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...A Telegram Markets Live chat group is also available....
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...JAB insists it is not looking for the quick highs sought by private equity. 3G Capital, the group behind Kraft Heinz, had specialised in aggressive cost cutting....
...McCarthy’s fintech group joined up with OpenLaw, a start-up group working to apply blockchain technology in the legal sector....
...Last year was exceptional for Europe Inc in terms of growth, profitability and business expectations....
...Then in 1977 came two Supreme Court decisions, first Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat and then Continental TV v. GTE Sylvania....
...Given the dominance of its collection of online dating brands, it may withstand even the world’s most largest internet groups. The Match Group was spun out of Barry Diller’s IAC in 2015....
...These included acquisitions such as Ewos, a Norwegian salmon feed company, and Diamond V, a manufacturer of yeast culture products to aid animal health....
...CDL v Millennium hotels: Singapore stand-off A simple question sits at the heart of a battle between one of Singapore’s richest men Kwek Leng Beng and a group of investors in UK-listed Millennium & Copthorne...
...Cargill, the international agricultural trading house, has bought US feed additives group Diamond V as it builds its animal nutrition business....
...behind hit Fox shows such as The People v OJ Simpson and Glee....
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...the consumer industry with bold acquisitions....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...The big swing factor was a rebound in the group’s international business — basically the old Lehman franchise — as years of restructuring and management changes finally pay off....
...Group, an IPO adviser, and previously part of Google’s IPO team....
...In a move that has triggered anger in Rome, Macron said he would temporarily nationalise STX, the shipyard based in Saint-Nazaire, instead of allowing an acquisition by Italy’s Fincantieri. Why?...
...Analysts broadly supported the move, but questioned whether any money raised would be used for further acquisitions, or to pay down debt....
...Amazon will pay $42 a share for Texas-based Whole Foods in an all-cash deal that includes the group’s debt....
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