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...Unlike in RJR, where Henry Kravis and George Roberts spent months conjuring debt financing to cover an ever-escalating takeover price, the South African billionaire has inked one of the largest leveraged...
...Just recall that Robert Maxwell, the late newspaper tycoon, dismissed Murdoch as a “moth-eaten kangaroo” — in 1969....
...“Total spending volumes were a bit weaker than expected — domestic spending trends have not improved materially since July,” said Lisa Ellis, payments analysts and Moffett Nathanson....
...Shari accomplishes near-term by getting these two companies back together, her family’s name will not be associated with excellence in shareholder returns,” warned Michael Nathanson, senior analyst at Moffett...
...“The news of the past few days is at best disquieting, and, at worst, alarming,” said analysts at Moffett Nathanson....
...It’s a tale of movie giants, from stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway to writer Robert Towne and director Roman Polanski....
...Mr Brin’s LTA Research & Exploration is building a giant airship at Moffett Airfield, close to Google’s headquarters. Uber is also pursuing flying cars....
...Mr Roberts told reporters Comcast had been monitoring Sky for some time....
...Another local, Robert Rich, agrees....
...“All the broad themes of the Trump rally — deregulation; infrastructure; tax reform; domestic v international — seem almost tailor-made to trigger a cable rally,” wrote analysts at Moffett Nathanson....
...Robert Aguirre, a former electronics engineer, is homeless again. Now in his sixties, he refers to the condition, with a philosophical shrug, as being “unhoused”....
...A multibillion-dollar bid for a company in a deal that could reshape the media sector faces months of regulatory scrutiny: Brian Roberts probably knows how Randall Stephenson, his opposite number at AT&T...
...Algus’s first sale there was to the celebrated artists Robert Gober and Donald Moffett, and the show led to Tompkins’ acclaimed turn in the 2003 Lyon Biennale, which led to the Pompidou’s acquiring one of...
...Toby Moffett is a senior adviser at Mayer Brown, LLP and a leader of the firm’s Africa practice. He is a former Congressman from Connecticut. Back to beyondbrics...
...In 1972, he recorded the orchestral work Skies of America and in 1973 he recorded with Robert Palmer and the Moroccan Master Musicians of Jajouka....
...Craig Moffett, an analyst at Moffett Nathanson, thinks the regulator could try to block Dish from selling its spectrum holdings to Verizon or AT&T....
...A European foray would not be the first choice for Mr Roberts, who would rather stick to the original plan....
...Today, Gober and his partner of more than 20 years, painter Donald Moffett, have chosen not to wed. “This is an institution that deliberately tried to hurt me,” he says....
...They need to be able to review concrete details about which systems need to be divested and where,” said Craig Moffett of MoffettNathanson Research....
...Robert Marcus, who will take over as chief executive of the cable operator in 2014, added that he was “100 per cent on the same page”....
...“The psychological importance of video subscriber strength, not just for cable but indeed for the whole pay TV sector, cannot be overstated,” Mr Moffett said....
...Sport in the US is “doing off-the-charts well”, according to Robert Boland, professor of sports management at New York University, citing improving television ratings, steady attendance, favourable economic...
...Mr Roberts said the company’s greatest opportunity would be to make more of NBC’s television channels. “The cable channels are in fantastic shape,” said Mr Roberts....
...“Legislative intervention could be the great leveller,” said Craig Moffett of Sanford Bernstein....
...It should happen anyway [without an acquisition],” says Craig Moffett, an analyst at Bernstein Research and a critic of Comcast’s NBCU and Disney moves....
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