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...His main political opponents in April’s two-round vote range from the rightwing Valérie Pécresse to extreme-right Eurosceptics Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour....
...Taking on Macron: The French centre-right Les Républicains party has nominated Valérie Pécresse as its presidential candidate....
...Xavier Bertrand, the frontrunner and Valérie Pécresse have both quit LR when it suited their political ambitions....
Viktor Orban’s ministers fight social media platforms over ‘limits on Christian, conservative, rightwing opinions’
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...Javier Espinoza reports....
...round-up Investors demand higher price for Just Eat (FT) LME in talks over sale of precious metals stake to XTX (FT) Cerberus weighs sale of $800m drugmaker Covis (BBG) KPMG nets £2.3m for Patisserie Valerie...
...Read Javier Espinoza’s scoop here....
...Behind the Money: Patisserie Valerie This week, Behind the Money digs into the fall of coffee and cake chain Patisserie Valerie....
...FT) Amazon drops plans for headquarters in New York City (FT) China’s Ant Financial agrees to buy WorldFirst in $700m deal (FT) Ghosn prepares for battle in court with new legal team (FT) Patisserie Valerie...
...over years (FT) Billionaire Citadel founder snaps up most expensive US home for $238m (FT) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi and Javier Espinoza in London, James Fontanella-Khan, Sujeet Indap...
...administration (FT) Goldman Sachs backs online wealth manager Nutmeg to expand abroad (FT) Tencent looks for growth after annus horribilis (FT) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi and Javier Espinoza...
...(WaPo) News round-up Casino Group to sell another 26 sites to Fortress to cut debt (FT) Patisserie Valerie locked in talks with banks (FT) China’s private sector struggles for funding as growth slows...
...Patisserie Valerie has hired Nick Perrin as an interim chief financial officer, the FT reported. His appointment came after his predecessor quit amid the British café chain’s near collapse....
...iHeartMedia stake to boost its streaming service (FT) Fox's Murdoch mulls buying back regional sports networks from Disney (Reuters) Italian banks under the spotlight as stress tests loom (FT) Patisserie Valerie...
...RPC: inelastic plastic (Lex) Uber, Lyft get IPO feedback as latest shutdown looms (BBG) Delivery start-up DoorDash reaches for over $6bn valuation in new funding (WSJ) Mike Ashley ditches Patisserie Valerie...
...FT) SoftBank injects another $2bn into South Korean etailer Coupang (FT) T-Mobile tweaks Sprint deal rationale as opponents see problems (BBG) Accounting watchdog opens investigation into Patisserie Valerie...
...Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi and Javier Espinoza in London, James Fontanella-Khan, Sujeet Indap, Eric Platt, Jennifer Bissell-Linsk, Lindsay Fortado and Mark Vandevelde in New York, and Don...
...The FT’s Javier Espinoza and Anjli Raval have more here....
...(FT) Thai regulator blocks $4 billion sale of Engie's Glow to PTT (Reuters) Australia’s banks aim to rebuild public trust (FT) Newspaper group Johnston Press puts itself up for sale (FT) Patisserie Valerie...
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