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...The price of spaghetti, rigatoni, penne and other staples rose 17 per cent in March and another 16 per cent in April....
...Bernstein’s regular ‘black book’ of investment research has been staple reading on some Wall Street desks for decades. In 2002, Fortune said they were “snapped up like best-selling romance novels”....
...And The best gift I’ve received is a letter from Sylvia Plath to Ted Hughes that Kim Jones gave me....
...British waters are rich in staples of the European diet: herring, mackerel and sole as well as shellfish such as langoustine....
...Additional reporting by Laura Hughes and Sebastian Payne...
...Penny Hughes, the former Coca-Cola executive who joined the business immediately before its IPO a year and a half ago, will step down as chairman as part of Mr Stroll’s deal....
...It is no longer appropriate to forecast that Diageo will grow margins faster than other consumer staples companies....
...This entailed fewer individual product lines, an expansion into other countries, more online sales and diversification from the staples of hoodies and coats into areas such as skiwear and childrenswear....
...jennifer.hughes@ft.com...
...Like Telstra, both groups are staples of investor portfolios. The telecoms group’s decision comes as it faces significant challenges from rising competition and the rollout of competing technologies....
...7.8 per cent, the best performance since 2012 according to Morgan Stanley, which adds that ‘’this top-line expansion is fairly broad, with energy, technology, healthcare, discretionary, industrials and staples...
...Once a staple of the older art fair schedule, Biennale Paris now faces competition in a busier calendar of events....
...It has been a tough year for megadeals, with a planned merger between oilfield services companies Halliburton and Baker Hughes sunk by regulators who sued in an attempt to stop the deal....
...Indeed the FTC had halted an Office Depot-Staples deal once before, in the 1990s....
...Over the past 18 months, the US government has blocked the $25bn tie up between Halliburton and Barker Hughes, torpedoed a $6.3bn merger between Staples and Office Depot, thwarted a $45bn deal between media...
...A $28bn planned merger between oilfield services companies Halliburton and Baker Hughes was sunk by regulators who sued in an attempt to stop the deal....
...In the past two years alone, the US government has blocked the $28bn tie up between Halliburton and Barker Hughes, torpedoed a $6.3bn merger between Staples and Office Depot, thwarted a $45bn deal between...
...There are delicious bowls of vegetables, grains and protein with contrasting textures; plus staples such as pasta and curry....
...Real or imagined, currency wars and competitive devaluations have been the staple conversation of the FX market for decades, most recently fuelled by the successive monetary easing programmes of the central...
...Halliburton and Baker Hughes also plan to fight the DoJ....
...The US Federal Trade Commission has sued to block the proposed $6.3bn acquisition of Office Depot by Staples....
...In May, Halliburton abandoned hopes of acquiring Baker Hughes amid DoJ opposition....
...His tie-up with GBG sparked speculation that he could launch his own menswear line — potentially pitting him against his wife, Victoria, who is a staple of the high-end fashion world with her eponymous label...
...Meanwhile, Halliburton’s 2014 deal to buy rival oil services group Baker Hughes continues to be held up....
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