Hints and tips:
...Visa has called off its deal to buy fintech start-up Plaid for $5.3bn after the US Department of Justice sued to block the transaction on antitrust grounds....
...A UBS report says the exposure of Intu et al to retailing is worse than suggested by the companies or feared by investors....
...I have seen no data to show how Facebook and Twitter et al advance happiness or social cohesion....
...The biggest activist fight — Nelson Peltz v Procter & Gamble — was only recently settled, two months after a shareholder vote....
...After buying the London department store in 2010 from Mohammed al-Fayed, Qatar Holding now plans to use the brand in Harrods hotels in cities including London, New York and Paris....
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...One row back – a small step for man, a giant leap for fashionkind – is Burt Tansky, chief executive of US department store Neiman Marcus....
...If you’re north of 25 you must avoid all the tricks (drawstrings, dangly bits, too many pockets et al) and go for a very no-nonsense, trim pair of shorts that hit you just above the knee....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...would pay in large department stores....
...Again, Hugenholtz et al, point out that the majority of cases brought under the Directive have been about databases that would have been created anyway - telephone numbers, television schedules, concert...
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