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...After an aggressive push into boxing, motorsport, football and golf, tennis is a natural next step for Saudi Arabia....
...Now, in an interview with my colleagues Laurence Fletcher and David Sheppard, the French kick-boxing enthusiast and former champion swimmer makes two more big calls....
...Tuesday 21.00 GMT What you need to know S&P 500 gains 0.5%; benchmark now up 16% from Boxing Day low Stoxx Europe 600 index climbs 1.4% US ISM services index slips in January Sterling drifts below $1.30...
...“It is why he loves watching boxing so much. It appeals to his manly streak.”...
...Affiliate and subscription fees jumped 52 per cent to $1.15bn, boosted by the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor pay-per-view boxing match on Showtime and growth in CBS’s streaming video services....
...The foray into China comes as UFC’s Lightweight champion Conor McGregor prepares to step into the ring against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr next month, in a boxing match dubbed the “money fight” that...
...Mr Fertitta bought UFC in 2001 for $2m when the reputation of mixed martial arts — a combination of boxing, kick-boxing, wrestling, jiu jitsu and other combat disciplines — was “about as sullied as you could...
...However, some old habits die hard: the group also announced “further enhancements to interest free credit offer planned from Boxing Day and into 2016.”...
...The Boxing Day sales peak seen in previous years — as readers downloaded titles for their new ereaders — was less pronounced in 2014, said Charlie Redmayne, chief executive of publishers HarperCollins UK...
...In London, where Boxing Day is a public holiday and one of the busiest shopping days of the year, retailers were encouraged to see increased online shopping and a rise in footfall through stores....
...This was despite Kesa’s management reporting “record trading” from Boxing day through to the new year weekend at its Comet stores, though it said the VAT increase on January 4 had further hit turnover....
...Don King, the uniquely coiffured boxing promoter, may want to consider turning his skills to an area he has previously overlooked: enterprise software....
...Jerrold Perenchio, the 75-year-old former boxing promotor who is also credited with launching Elton John’s music career and with a fortune of nearly $3bn, has done well from the $33m he invested in Univision...
...One shareholder said the atmosphere was going to be more like a boxing match than a polite shareholder meeting, adding: “We are going to act like New Yorkers on this one.”...
...But the reality is that 60 days have not erased the fears and financial needs of those who felt the rumble of the earth and saw the swelling of the seas on that dark Boxing Day morning....
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