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...Mercury LLC, a company operating in the Syrian oil sector and sanctioned by the EU in 2021, generated sales of $67mn in the three years before the designation but declared zero revenues afterwards....
...This company shares a Russian director with “Velada LLC”, which was granted a concession by the Assad regime in Syria to explore for oil and gas....
...After it faltered in 2018, billionaire investor Carl Icahn helped to engineer the Eldorado deal on the belief that it could slash almost $1bn of annual operating costs....
...It made operating profits of €39m last year and expects to reach €54m this year....
...“Dark Mode”, usually white text on a black background, has become a pervasive feature in apps and operating systems. Last year, Apple and Microsoft began offering it on desktops....
...He’ll be a deal-seeking “operating partner” at Atlas Merchant Capital, Diamond’s investment outfit, and he’ll join the board at Panmure, the venerable broker now part-owned by AMC, which another Diamond...
...The likes of Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman and former Barclays boss Bob Diamond have been trying to replicate it ever since....
...In 2018 Kepler is on track to increase last year’s operating profit of €38m on revenue of €252m, according to a person close to the company....
...That complaint used as an example the firm’s investments in Atlas Mara, the investment vehicle founded by former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond....
...The demand attracted newer models including Senfina and Folger Hill, which is run by the former chief operating officer of SAC Capital....
...Anglo’s 75 per cent value destruction while operating an effective vertical monopoly in diamonds is what separates Mr Cutifani from the pack....
...Anglo American, whose De Beers unit is forecast to provide 37 per cent of operating profit this year, fell 0.1 per cent to £10.06....
...Industry observers are asking why traders who managed to make consistent returns while at Goldman have struggled when operating within their own hedge funds....
...Mr Idzik served as chief operating officer at Barclays under Bob Diamond when he was chief executive. In 2009 he was brought in by DTZ to restructure the UK-based estate agency....
...But Anglo’s platinum business, South African-heavy business mix and diamond operations are greater deterrents than three years ago....
...P&G, which makes Gillette razors, Pantene shampoo and Tide detergent, said the overall restructuring could boost its operating profit margin by as much as 9.5 percentage points....
...“Anybody who’s highly leveraged, has high operating expenses or doesn’t have long-term charters is clearly going to have difficulties.”...
...India’s wealthy boost gold with unexpected spree On Monday, gold surpassed $1,600 a troy ounce for the first time, the FT reports....
...Other holders include Greywolf Capital, Double Black Diamond Offshore and Silver Point Capital....
...Even so, he inspires immense loyalty and prefers to be close to the action – operating from a glass-fronted office on Barclays Capital’s trading floor, which gives him instant feedback on the markets....
...At its film division, which includes Warner Brothers, operating profit fell 34 per cent to $243m, due to weaker sales of the DVDs of Happy Feet, The Departed and Blood Diamond, compared with sales of Harry...
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