Hints and tips:
...Křetínský’s bought stakes in supermarket chain J Sainsbury and London football club West Ham United....
...DD’s Kaye Wiggins dug deep into these structures in November....
...Lazard chair William Rucker has been named chair of private equity firm ICG, effective January 1....
...Former William Hill boss Philip Bowcock has joined as interim chief. More here....
...(Current owner Walmart, blocked by regulators from selling it to rival J Sainsbury last year, wants out and is running out of options.)...
...DD knows some in our target audience remain ardent Juulers through all of this. Feel free to sound off in an email....
...Coupe was furious on the radio on Wednesday and didn’t respond to multiple requests for an interview with DD....
...J Capital, an independent research house focused on China, wrote in a research note this week....
...More recently, O'Reilly served as non-executive on the board of William Hill, the bookmaker. Read the full story here....
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...Job Moves Citi has hired William Tang to lead consumer and retail investment banking in Asia. Tang held the same job at HSBC, where he worked for 13 years....
...Le Pigeon: Cooking at the Dirty Bird , by Gabriel Rucker, Meredith Erickson, Andrew Fortgang, Ten Speed Press, RRP£30 / $40 I’d heard nothing about this Portland, Oregon institution until the book landed...
...Clients for its safety closures include Bacardi, William Lawson, Absolut, Dewars, J&B and Ballantines....
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