Hints and tips:
...Its chair, Erica Williams, told the Financial Times that it would “continue to use every tool in our enforcement toolbox to make sure people know that there are consequences for putting investors at risk...
...Other private equity deals in the agency world included Silver Lake’s investment in Ari Emanuel’s William Morris in 2012 and EQT’s investment in United Talent Agency last year....
...It advised talent agency William Morris Endeavor on the sale of a minority stake to private equity group Silver Lake in 2012 and the group’s acquisition of sports agency IMG the following year....
Deal follows move by Swiss bank to renegotiate terms of original sale of a business owned by Credit Suisse
...The company had anticipated making a profit of HK$13mn....
...It’s rare for buyout partners to become executives of the companies they own. Cutting costs, 3G sold off the 1,300 company-owned restaurants to franchisees....
...Apollo Global Management has shed its financial exposure to failed US trucking company Yellow, selling off a $500mn term loan and dropping plans to extend pricey financing to fund the freight group’s bankruptcy...
...Less than a year into the job, Lewis was seconded to an independent committee inside Murdoch’s media empire responsible for handling the company’s response....
...When dismissing part of a claim brought by three artists a year ago against AI companies Stability AI, DeviantArt and Midjourney, US Judge William Orrick said one “problem” was that it was “not plausible...
...William Blair and the Perella entities declined to comment. The other companies did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
...Silver Lake first invested in Endeavor in 2012 when it was called William Morris Endeavor, a standalone talent agency run by Emanuel....
...And in 2021, Apollo fully merged with Athene Holding, the annuity insurance company it created in the wake of the global financial crisis....
...But in hushed tones, investors and advisers have been increasingly warning DD’s Antoine Gara, Eric Platt and William Louch of trouble ahead. So how much of a bind is private equity in, really?...
...Other potential bidders include DMGT, which is also lining up external financial partners for its bid; the former Telegraph editor Sir William Lewis; and Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský....
...During Google’s opening statement, a lawyer for the company, John Schmidtlein, a partner at Williams & Connolly, argued the “competitive pressures” it faces in search “have never been more varied or significant...
...William Barr, former US attorney-general who was in office when the lawsuit was filed in 2020, said at the time that internet competition was “vitally important”, making the “challenge against Google — the...
...Creditors allege Camshaft’s now 26-year-old manager William Morton went on “an extravagant spending spree” after the $533mn was transferred and that Ferrari, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce cars were registered...
...Serena Williams, the retired tennis star, is also joining as a senior adviser....
...Here is Shelley Simpson, president of the trucking company JB Hunt, commenting on a 7 per cent year over year decline in revenue in the first quarter: We’re in a challenging freight environment where there...
...William Mansfield, Credit Suisse’s head of M&A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is departing for a new role at Deutsche Bank....
...The rare failure fuelled chatter that the audacious Hollywood agent was not cut out to run a public company....
Borked Bard? Away, slight man!
...To paraphrase William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, something is rotten in the state of Illumina,” Icahn said in the letter to shareholders....
...traded companies private....
...“Ken Griffin learned much about hedging in the 2008 financial crisis and has an extremely disciplined approach to risk,” said David Williams, founder of outsourced equity trading company Williams Trading...
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