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...While we have a breather, some thoughts on where markets, companies and consumers stand. Write to us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...His father’s company — then called the Al-Zahawi Group, but now known as Iraq Projects Business Development (IPBD) — quickly procured a contract to provide cleaning, logistics and support services to the...
...Et tu Brutus? Or in Boris Johnson’s case, Et pretty much everyone — Rishi, Sajid, even Priti for goodness sake (non-aficionados of UK politics should Google them)....
...All assets may perform badly under stagflation, but we’d rather own Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, Bristol-Myers et al than sit and watch our cash lose its earnings power....
...The UK-based foodmaker has taken a £5bn writedown on its $17.9bn takeover of baby formula maker Mead Johnson, which it bought three years ago....
...SocGen also revisits its idea about a “merger with Unilever (post-unification) and the ultimate creation of an ‘HPC only’ business, which would see Unilever Food operations and [Mead Johnson Nutrition] combined...
...Certainly, the food remains classic and lush (guinea hen with truffles and Madeira et al), and the prices remain high to the point of becoming a sort of performance art....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...Eleven days later, Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, contracted Covid-19. The disease nearly killed him. That was Johnson’s road-to-Damascus. Many hoped Trump had had a similar conversion....
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...The FT’s Robert Armstrong says possible solutions may not be effective or easy to apply. (FT)...
...Addison Lee, the mini cab company that was bought by Carlyle just months before Uber et al made it on to the scene....
...Thus the CBI, Airbus et al are either ignorant or deceitful; you can take your pick.”...
...Unilever saw off Kraft Heinz with ease and Reckitt Benckiser struck a large deal to buy US infant nutrition group Mead Johnson....
...Venture capitalists and specialist investors back early-stage innovative companies as they grow and flourish....
...Nice companies are more pleasant to work in, and if you agree with management guru Peter Drucker that “culture eats strategy for breakfast” you should consider subscribing to the Peter Mead school of business...
...Nestle and Mead Johnson may benefit — and SocGen points out that Nestle spent $12bn buying Wyeth (aka Pfizer Nutrition) last year in part to remove the stigma ....
...The film’s cynical message, teased or possibly tortured from George V....
...The case (now called FCC v. Fox Television Stations et al) was appealed to the US Supreme Court, where it was debated on Tuesday....
...The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4, by Robert Caro, Bodley Head, RRP£35, 736 pages Caro’s magnum opus, begun in 1976 and still to encompass most of Johnson’s five years in the White...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...A shareholder derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery: Seymour v. Samuels, et al....
...Given all the upheavals in the banking world right now, it seems some of the executives at Citigroup et al forgot the principles of their profession....
...Musorgsky’s four-hour epic dramatises the turmoil preceding Peter the Great’s accession but carries modern resonances in Vladimir Putin et al....
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