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...Ponti fans will find two new Gio Ponti re-editions unveiled, but there are also brand-new concepts from Vincent Van Duysen (who has been somewhat prolific this year)....
...Codemasters: bryce.elder@ft.comSizewell C: jonathan.ford@ft.com...
...Here’s Goodbody: Cranswick provided a Q1 trading update this morning reporting a strong start to the year with c.19% LFL sales growth (25% inc. acquisitions)....
...matthew.vincent@ft.com GlaxoSmithKline: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...Together, the business will create a UK grocery, general merchandise and clothing retail giant, with combined revenues of c£51bn for 2017 — giving it a UK food retail market share of around 31 per cent,...
...matthew.vincent@ft.com Balfour Beatty: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...Ladbrokes Coral shareholders would then hold c.46.5 per cent of the newly combined company, and GVC shareholders would hold c.53.5 per cent....
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...Sobeys operates more than 1,500 stores across the country, and generated sales of C$23.8bn in fiscal 2017....
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...matthew.vincent@ft.com Citi: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...CCL: Matthew.vincent@ft.com Rest: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...C Northern Trust Asset Management has hired Rosina Barnett as head of UK consultant relations....
...Vincent Bolloré, the French activist investor, now controls the media group Vivendi with a 14.5 per cent stake and is extending his influence into Italy with a 3.5 per cent stake in Mediaset....
...This mainly seems to have involved breaking up companies: first, C-MAC MicroTechnology, a private-equity backed group that split into three, then Plastic Logic, which was trying to build bendy electronic...
...• Andrew Jones has moved to F&C Investments as director of consultant relations. He joined F&C, part of BMO Global Asset Management, from Insight Investments....
...Supporters of Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré point out that his activist challenger, P Schoenfeld Asset Management, dropped its request for strategic clarity as soon as its other demand — for a bigger...
...“Mayor Gray has chosen jobs, economic development and common sense over special interests – and that’s good news for D.C. residents,” said Steven Restivo, a spokesman for Walmart....
...Between the international stand-off over Syria and the approaching US debt ceiling, investors have had to endure a healthy amount of bad news that has clouded markets, said Marino Marin, managing director...
...● Franklin Templeton has appointed Peter Vincent as head of alternatives sales, Europe. Mr Vincent previously worked at Fauchier Partners....
...Board addressed three possible alternatives for alleviating the problem: (a) adopt only one method for all combinations, (b) reduce the differences between pooling and purchase accounting outcomes, or (c)...
...Vincent Gray, the mayor of Washington, should veto the bill. It is time to stop attacking the symptoms of low wages in the US and address the causes....
...●Mr Morris will be replaced at JPMorgan Asset Management by Vincent Juvyns, who is moving from ING Investment Management....
...Importantly, it is also awaiting approval of deals by Canal Plus that will pave the way for Vincent Bolloré, the French investor, to take a 5 per cent stake in Vivendi....
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