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...In 2012, Nike ended its relationship with cyclist Lance Armstrong after he confessed to doping....
...With its unparalleled line-up of big-name speakers, Houston’s CERAWeek conference, now run by its new parent S&P Global, has long been the banner event on the oil industry calendar....
...IHS Markit chairman and chief executive Lance Uggla, who owns a stake in the group worth about $20m, will stay on for a year as a special adviser and is expected to leave after that....
...“These are really large growth markets,” said Lance Uggla, IHS Markit’s chief executive, who will step down to be a special adviser to the combined company for the next year....
...Net sales from continuing operations jumped 16 per cent from a year ago to $2.18bn, reflecting gains from its $4.87bn acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance which was completed in March of last year....
...“Our efforts to stabilise our core business, integrate Snyder’s-Lance, deliver our cost savings agenda and focus and optimise the portfolio are all on track.”...
...Take Campbell Soup borrowing more than $5bn in March to fund its acquisition of the snack foodmaker Snyder’s-Lance, CVS Health issuing $40bn in bonds to help pay for its acquisition of Aetna or the buildings...
...Snyder-Lance’s shares were up more than 5 per cent in pre-market trade to $49.80....
...The report said Snyder’s-Lance is in talks with the soup maker and at least one other potential suitor. Synder’s-Lance shares are up 10.6 per cent at pixel time, giving it a market value of $4.3bn....
...’s-Lance in a $4.9bn deal....
...Before Campbell Soup sold $5bn of debt this month to fund its purchase of US snack-food maker Snyder’s-Lance, its chief financial officer told analysts that the company’s prized investment-grade status was...
...at Snyder’s-Lance....
...Packaged food companies are following the customer trend: Campbell is reducing soup to a quarter of net sales by buying Snyder’s-Lance, which owns Pop Secret Popcorn and Kettle Chips; Hershey is acquiring...
...In fact, with commissioning editors plumbing depths not seen since presenter Katie Boyle was cast alongside comedian Lance Percival to create 1960s medical quiz Lance That Boyle (not making this up, either...
...Campbell said it was buying Snyders-Lance best known for pretzels, kettle chips, and popcorn for $6bn. Hershey's said it would buy Amplify Brands, best known for Skinny Pop for nearly $2bn....
...“It’s a long day, watching a correction, the S&P crashing through the floor. I bought the XIV, ’cause I’ll make my money back. I’m a bad boy, ’cause I bought even more. Now XIV is free falling....
...HYG charges fees of 50 basis points while State Street’s SPY, which tracks the S&P 500, charges only 9.5bps....
...Diamond Foods’ stock jumped 8.9 per cent to $38, a three-and-a-half year high, while Snyder’s-Lance was down 7.8 per cent to $33.25....
...Related stories The Asia300’s Major Value Producers JG Summit’s Lance Gokongwei makes his mark on his father’s empire SM Prime plans malls beyond crowded Manila Metro Pacific to proceed with $480 million...
...The S&P 500 slid 0.6 per cent to 2,067.64, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.7 per cent to 17,440.59. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1 per cent to 5,039.78....
...The S&P 500, which had its biggest rally in a month on Wednesday, rose 0.2 per cent to 2,108.86 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2 per cent to 18,039.37....
...(FT) Markets Data 05:34 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +94.89 (+0.47%) at 20,078 Topix up +10.87 (+0.67%) at 1,630 Hang Seng down -26.28 (-0.09%) at 28,407 US markets S&P 500: -0.41% at 2,109 DJIA down...
...Sponsor support for doping pedaller Lance Armstrong ran out faster than the tide in the Bristol Channel when he finally admitted to what everybody had suspected for years in 2012....
...(FT) Markets Data 05:32 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -397.27 (-1.98%) at 19,662 Topix down -35.12 (-2.16%) at 1,592 Hang Seng down -264.05 (-0.93%) at 28,136 US markets S&P 500: -0.37% at 2,107 DJIA...
...The S&P 500 closed 0.1 per cent higher at 2,039.68, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat at 17,614.90. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,660.56....
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