Hints and tips:
...Saying goodbye to ice cream means hiving off a division that accounts for about 16 per cent of Unilever’s overall sales....
...“This is a rare opportunity to create a global live sports and entertainment pureplay built for where the industry is headed,” said Ariel Emanuel, chief executive of Endeavor, in a statement....
...a consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners....
...to buy a majority stake in the division, according to a new FT report....
...The panel could force a restructuring that effectively makes TikTok an independent US company as a condition for approving the deal....
...In 2017 Meti scored a success when it forced through the $18bn sale of Toshiba’s prized memory chip business to a private equity consortium led by Bain Capital....
...That made it an especially punchy proposition for foreign private equity firms, who at the outset also included Apollo Global Management, Carlyle and a consortium of CVC and PAI....
...Sony Music Entertainment has acquired Somethin’ Else, the biggest independent producer of audio programmes in the UK, as the record label accelerates its push into the fast-growing global podcast market....
...Now it could hold one for Morrisons, the UK supermarket that two private equity consortiums are fighting for....
...The global head of music at YouTube, formerly top man at the New York rap label Def Jam, walks briskly into Sautter, a cigar retailer based in Mount Street, Mayfair, one of the ritziest streets in London...
...People close to the company blame silos that had prevented fiercely independent divisions within Sony from co-ordinating their strategy....
...As part of a restructuring, Credit Suisse has launched a new division that combines its global markets, investment banking and capital markets as well as Asia-Pacific markets business under a new investment...
...The new subsidiary will distribute its free cash to the consortium in quarterly dividends....
...But Newcastle’s claim is that the consortium failed the Premier League’s so-called owners’ and directors’ test, which determines whether a would-be buyer is worthy of taking control of a club....
...This month the self-styled industrialist made his boldest move yet, with a bid of an undisclosed price for the ailing steel division of German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp....
...Comcast has tabled a £14.75-a-share offer for Sky, while Fox, backed by its new owner Disney, bid £14 a share for the 61 per cent it does not own....
...Global Port Holdings, reported a 15 per cent increase in cruise port revenues in 2019, and is investing in two new Caribbean ports....
...“Jim Ryan [head of games division Sony Interactive Entertainment] and Tony Vinciquerra [head of Sony Pictures Entertainment] are partners, and even friends.”...
...In 2011, when Clinton was secretary of state, she appointed Farrow as her special adviser for global youth issues; the pair worked together “for years”, he says....
...A recent example of closer ties between Hollywood and games is the success of the new Spider-Man game for its PlayStation 4 console, which sold a record 3.3m copies in its first three days....
...“We expect the Korean entertainment industry will enjoy a great earnings season by 2020 thanks to global fans of Korean songs.”...
...China’s troubles with Donald Trump could be an opportunity for Japan Inc....
...for Facebook,” says Christopher Vollmer, global entertainment and media advisory leader at PwC, the professional services firm....
...She also highlights other models of journalism such as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which played a central role in co-ordinating the global coverage of tax havens stemming from...
...behind hit Fox shows such as The People v OJ Simpson and Glee....
International Edition