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...High-profile departures resulting from takeovers include Arm, Shire, SABMiller, Sky, Cobham, Meggitt, Wm Morrison and the insurer RSA....
...Speaking after US private equity group Clayton, Dubilier and Rice won a £10bn takeover battle for Wm Morrison, the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket, earlier this month, Wright said there was a strong case...
...The move follows similar measures by rivals Wm Morrison and Sainsbury’s on Monday....
...Logan Wright, Daniel Rosen and Lauren Gloudeman make an important contribution....
...next five years, while needing a very considerable pinch of salt, will partly offset the confirmation that the group has put itself in a position where it can no longer sustain the dividend”Peel Hunt ● Wm...
...Iain Wright, who chairs the committee, dismissed the proposal, saying MPs would listen to Mr Ashley’s evidence before deciding whether a warehouse visit was necessary — and warned the Sports Direct founder...
...When Dalton Philips announced the acquisition of Kiddicare in February 2011 for £70m, the Wm Morrison chief executive trumpeted the purchase with his usual hyperbole....
...Dalton’s stroll in the dark Write-offs of £163m on Kiddicare, a retailer of strollers and other tot-wrangling kit, reflect the dither that left Wm Morrison with a £176m pre-tax loss in 2013-14....
...On Thursday, Wm Morrison pledged to take them on head on with a new loyalty card and price-matching scheme – which it said was the first in the UK to include Aldi and Lidl prices....
...Sir Ken told chief executive Dalton Philips at Wm Morrison’s annual meeting in Bradford on Thursday that although he kept cattle, “You have a lot more bullshit than I do.”...
...Ocado’s positive update contrasted with the disappointing sales reported last week by supermarkets such as Wm Morrison and Tesco....
...This proved true for Wm Morrison’s balance sheet, when it announced sales volumes for broccoli rose 200 per cent after the price was cut....
...At the same time, all of the big four supermarkets — Tesco, Asda, J Sainsbury and Wm Morrison, have lost market share....
...Miles Foster, described as a “rising star” within Morrison, will take over the convenience store programme, while Keith Wright will be in charge of buying for the stores....
...Wm Morrison is making its first foray into internet retailing with the purchase of Kiddicare, in a surprise deal that will earn £70m for the Peterborough-based family behind the online baby goods retailer...
...Dream weaver Wm Morrison has bought Kiddicare, the children’s goods retailer, for £70m....
...Mr Bolland’s package includes £7.5m in compensation for the awards he would have got if he had stayed at rival Wm Morrison....
...companies include Booker, Boots, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Co-operative Group, Dairy Crest, HJ Heinz, Iceland Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft Foods, Marks and Spencer, Mars, Wm...
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