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...Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has joined a private equity-led consortium bidding for UK supermarket chain Wm Morrison....
...Discounters were considered, but regarded as less important in competition terms than traditional rivals, such as Tesco and Wm Morrison....
...Patrick O’Brien, research director at GlobalData, said his analysis showed at least 75 stores might need to be sold....
...Two Democrat heavyweights, Alan Krueger, who formerly chaired the Council of Economic Advisers in the White House, and Seth Harris, former deputy Labor secretary, last month proposed the idea of creating...
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...Few staff have left, or been let go, as a result of the merger, says Mr Prideaux, although Mike O’Brien, Mr Prideaux’s predecessor, was one exception: he moved over to JP Morgan Asset Management....
...Mr Ross is expected to retire in the near future, while Bridget Macaskill and Kathleen O’Donovan have both already served more than seven years....
...The move would complete the transition at the retailer’s top team, which will see Marc Bolland, the former chief executive of Wm Morrison, become M&S chief executive next spring....
...The most recent market share data from TNS, the market research company, showed Asda’s grocery sales increasing 7.8 per cent, well ahead of Tesco and J Sainsbury but behind Wm Morrison....
...Our only question why didn’t this happen sooner,” said George O’Connor at Panmure Gordon....
...If the transaction goes ahead, the retail-oriented group, whose interests include the islands’ Marks and Spencer franchise, would be run by Tony O’Neill, former director at Somerfield, as part of a management...
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