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...It would have been sacrilegious to sell special rights to jump the long queue to witness Queen Elizabeth II’s lying-in-state last year....
...In September, Altria ended a non-compete agreement with Juul, but its management has continued to express confidence in the future of e-cigarettes....
...Tim Mackey, chief compliance officer and chief legal officer, has told employees he wants to build a transparent culture where they can express concerns....
...Second, one of the disciplines of a constitutional monarchy is that its members have to keep their mouths shut or express themselves carefully....
...UK LFL sales growth was +3.9% ex splits (+3.0% 3Q) and +2.6% inc splits (+1.4% 3Q). RoI LFL sales growth was -1.0% ex splits and -2.4% inc splits....
...Hot on the heels of the Shareholder Rights Directive II that came into effect in Europe a few weeks back, they imposed new regulatory oversight on the industry. The UK is taking note....
...“In a Mifid II world, transparency has become more and more relevant,” she said. “We want our clients to have choice. There is certainly demand.”...
...Deleverage was sizeable, with net debt falling to £1.2bn (inc deeply subordinated bonds, pre IFRS16), or down £343m YoY....
...American Express led the benchmark index, while shares in Bank of New York Mellon were close behind....
...The board of SABMiller recommended the new £45 a share offer and did not express a view on a mostly stock alternative worth around £51 a share....
...The tobacco duty escalator will continue at inflation plus 2% with an additional 1% duty on hand rolling tobacco this year and minimum excise duty on cigarettes will also rise....
...The internet is meant to express the free flow of ideas and enhance commerce....
...Netflix will this year premiere The Crown, a series about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, outbidding UK broadcasters for the rights....
...British American Tobacco (Tobacco) 13. LVMH (Retail) 14. Alibaba (Technology) 15. Unilever (Consumer Goods) 16. Arm Holdings (Semiconductors) 17. LinkedIn (Technology) 18....
...AstraZeneca said: “We already have an ongoing phase II study, exploring the activity of olaparib in combination with abiraterone in patients with metastatic prostate, which is scheduled to read out in 2017...
...India has urged PepsiCo, the US-based drink and snack-food company, to reduce the sugar content in its carbonated beverages, making it the latest country to formally express concern about the impact of growing...
...In June alone, rents rose 1.2 per cent from a month earlier, auto fuel prices rose 1.1 per cent, and tobacco prices climbed 2.4 per cent....
...Indeed, it boasts an impressive list of clients, among them Google, Cisco, JP Morgan Chase, Travelocity, Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Moneygram, BBVA, National Geographic and American Express....
...As part of its bid it has brought in Italy’s Charme II Fund, managed by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, chairman of Ferrari....
...The European Commission announced two weeks ago that the merger would face an extended “Phase II” review due to concerns that it might create a dominant player in some markets....
...But TNT Express and UPS announced that they now expect the merger will require a so-called Phase II review by the European Commissioner for Competition, which can last up to 25 weeks....
...Add to that a multi-million pound investment by the city council to revamp the Grade II listed library and town hall on the same square and the bet looks safer....
...If the Fed had imposed a 9 per cent pass mark, even without a tougher definition of capital, only three of the 19 banks – American Express, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street – would have passed....
...Petrofac: JPMorgan downgraded the stock to “Neutral” and decreased the target price to 1699.00p BHP Billiton: Investec downgraded the stock to “Hold” and decreased the target price to 2296.68p From The Daily Express...
...American Tobacco....
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