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...The talks come as media groups express concern over the threat to the industry posed by the rise of AI, as well as fears over the use of their content by OpenAI and Google without deals in place....
...Disruptions to cross-border payments Of course, merely changing hands to African owners is no guarantee of governance that is better for ordinary Africans....
...A lawyer for Bleckley said his client was “a dedicated member of the armed forces” who “places a high priority on doing what’s right”....
...Meanwhile Birmingham’s relegation shows that English football is a very unforgiving place, no matter who is sitting in the owner’s box....
...Bitcoin ETF issuers have put in place policies to keep “dust” at arm’s length, regulatory filings show....
...Vista used a similar manoeuvre in its $4.6bn sale of events planning software company Cvent to Blackstone in March....
...In America he had encountered a place called Foggy Bottom. As the fog hung heavy over his Norfolk field, he and his intrepid wife Rosemary decided to call their home Foggy Bottom too....
...Buyout groups as a result are holding on to some businesses for longer than expected — and confronting debts that would have been managed by new owners after a sale. Vista is not alone....
...Return of Trump The FT writes about how the least divided place in America feels about the inevitability of Trump’s return....
...freezing order against Gupta’s Liberty House (FT) Atom takes valuation hit as it raises £100mn in new equity (FT) India tightens foreign investor rules after Hindenburg report on Adani (FT) Blackstone and Vista...
...The vistas are monumental: a cardiogram line of hills foregrounds the desert plateau stretching to the horizon....
...But, GroupM warns, “traditional media owners, large brand advertisers and agencies” are being slow to make this transition....
...Instead, he reshuffled Millennium’s top ranks and put in place a new organisational structure that divided responsibilities....
...Job moves Vista Equity has hired Dan Parant as a managing director and global head of private wealth solutions. He joins from KKR....
...The authorities pointed in particular to instances where driverless cars stalled in city intersections and blocked traffic, forcing the vehicles’ owners to go in person to move them....
...“The story [told by the previous owners] was this is a high-end luxury brand that only plays at places like Selfridges . . . there’s lots of other places where, you know, the person is actually using it...
...The luxury group, known for developing Donald Trump’s golf course in Dubai, aims to snap up the offices at bargain prices and turn them into plush places to work that meet ESG standards....
...At the PE conference in Berlin, Robert Smith, founder of Vista Equity Partners, called on business leaders to help resolve the tensions....
...One byproduct of these agroturizëms’ seclusion is that the owners are active on social media....
...The potential transaction comes as SAP, Qualtrics’ majority owner, tries to divest a 71 per cent stake as part of restructuring of the German software group....
...The lowest ramp gives way to a surprise vista, a dropped-down secret garden, protected by steep walls, and a view of Rome....
...“This investment is emblematic of our flagship strategy of providing long-term, aligned capital to family business owners and founders to help them achieve their objectives,” co-chief Trott said in a statement...
...“So many guests had commented on the overwhelming experience of [that] great vista of the Southern Ocean being dramatically revealed.”)...
...More than a dozen banks were forced to put up their own cash to fund Vista Equity Partners and Elliott Management’s takeover of Citrix after investors balked at financing the debt package....
...Mine will no doubt vanish with a future owner. The East Ruston vicarage’s will not....
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