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...GAM fund managers publicly back Liontrust takeover (FT) BAT investors call on tobacco group’s new chief to restart share buybacks (FT) SoftBank’s long-term debt rating cut deeper into junk status by S&P...
...CCL’s current Price/BV stands at 0.39x, vs an average P/BV of 1x over the last year and a longer term average of 1.45x. On our TP, the implied P/BV is 0.50x....
...“Active investors can capitalise on the acceleration of investment into ETFs by constructing strategies based on passive flows,” says Ronnie Shah, Deutsche Bank’s head of US quantitative strategy....
...As the evening progressed, “Opus 4” breezed in over Afro-Cuban beats and “O.P.” delivered up-tempo modernism and Lauren Sevian on speedy baritone sax....
...Nelson Peltz: A Battle for the Future of Big Brands (WSJ) P&G vs....
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.3 per cent, and in Tokyo the broad Topix benchmark was up 0.7 per cent....
...Former chief executive Ronnie Hui has held prominent roles in several Hong Kong-listed companies....
...Its frontman was Michael Mwenso who — until Marsalis lured him to JALC in 2012 — had run the late-show gigs at Ronnie Scott’s and been a vivacious presence on London’s jazz scene....
...In an interview after the verdict, Rick Lepkowski, the foreman, and Ronnie Sesso, juror number seven, said Mr Gupta was living “the American dream” and they wanted to send him home to his family....
...Coolabi , the children’s media company that owns rights to characters including Bagpuss and Purple Ronnie, dropped 24.3 per cent to 6¾p on news the takeover bid from North Promotions would be pitched at...
...Related reading: S&P cuts China property outlook, beyondbrics China: Just how fine a tuning? beyondbrics Property flip-flop exposes fault lines, beyondbrics...
...Mr Ronnie has denied any wrongdoing. Sports Direct said it was co-operating with the investigations....
...Shares in the group, which had fallen to less than 3p a year ago, were unchanged on Thursday at 25½p....
...The shares are likely to be priced below 25p, a significant discount to Thursday’s close of 34½p. JJB shares were sharply lower in early trading on Friday, falling 6.5 per cent to 32¼p....
...Shares in JJB rose 1½p to 24½p....
...Shares in JJB, which hit 300p two years ago before plunging to 2½p in December amid fears of administration, fell 7¾p to 23p as they gave up more of the gains made since unsecured creditors and shareholders...
...The shares, which have already lost 89 per cent of their value in the past year, fell 2½p to 11¼p....
...Mr Ronnie’s Icelandic backers....
...The shares closed up 45p at 677½p. Ron Wood, finance director, said the main driver continued to be increased sales of fertiliser....
...JJB shares rose 4p, or 12 per cent, to 36¾p on Monday. The deal reunites the billionaire with Mr Ronnie, who was once one of his most seasoned executives at Sports Direct....
...Shares in the group, which have fallen 80 per cent in the past month, rose 4¾p, or 25 per cent, to 23½p....
...The warning, which has been included in results statements for companies including Woolworths, Jessops and Taylor Wimpey in recent months, triggered a share price fall of 51½p, or 49.5 per cent, to 52½p....
...Shares in Sports Direct dipped ¼p to close at 34¾p....
...Shares in Carr’s, up 25 per cent over the year, closed at 702 1/2 p on Friday....
...Chris Ronnie, who was appointed chief executive last year, owns 29 per cent of the company with Exista, the Icelandic investment group. Shares in JJB fell 1¾p to close at 88¼p....
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