Posts tagged: Financial Times
Friday, 24 September 2021, 10:02 am
Loyal readers of Betaville's work on here and at the Mail on Sunday will be aware that I have been attempting to uncover what the former Chancellor of the Exchequer and editor of the Evening Standard has been up to since he joined the uber dealmakers at Robey Warshaw in April this year. Below is the link on the piece I wrote about his Osborne's (or lack of) activities:..
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Friday, 13 August 2021, 11:13 am
It's been a while since Nelson Peltz, the American corporate raider, has had a crack at a London-listed company but now City scribblers are suggesting he may have set his sights on Unilever, the FTSE 100-listed consumer goods giant.
Well, that's according to Bryce Elder's excellent City Insider column in the venerable Financial Times. Below is the link to his piece, which appears to be based on Bernstein research...
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Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 7:45 pm
The bizarre goings on at Solutions 30, the controversial France-listed Luxembourg-based outsourcer, continue, with the French regulator and Financial Times jumping onto the stock suspension story. Below is a link to Jamie Powell's (of FT Alphaville) excellent summary of the situation since Betaville last published Part 4 a week ago:..
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Thursday, 22 April 2021, 10:12 pm
Followers of little old Betaville's work might have noticed last weekend's front page business story in the Mail on Sunday's business section about The Analyst's bearish view on Deliveroo. Below is the link in case you missed it:
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9482635/The-Analyst-warns-Deliveroo-dive-40.html..
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Thursday, 11 February 2021, 11:43 am
Dealmaking seems to have gone into overdrive, with Microsoft making a $50 billion takeover approach for Pinterest, online-pinboard platform.
Well, that's according to rivals at the Financial Times. Below is a link to their execellent scoop:
https://www.ft.com/content/f88b8474-e791-4efb-a9f6-54c8222680fe..
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Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 6:51 pm
The FT's brilliant deals team presents more evidence that dealmaking is continuing at a brisk pace despite the pandemic in a lengthy piece quoting top bankers and lawyers...
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Thursday, 13 August 2020, 10:26 pm
Another week, another scoop confirmed for Neil "Neily" Craven, Deputy City at the Mail on Sunday.
On Sunday the intrepid retail hack revealed in the Mail on Sunday's business section that New Look was heading for a major restructuring by appointing advisers from Deloitte. Below is the link:..
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Betaville IntelligenceMonday, 3 August 2020, 10:48 pm
Natixis has just booted out its chief executive.
Could this have anything to with the fact that the company's largest shareholder, BPCE, was/is plotting a takeover of the ailing investment bank?
One presumes yes.
Below is an important two paragraphs from tonight's Financial Times. ..
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Monday, 22 June 2020, 5:44 pm
Does anybody else think yesterday's business splash in the The Sunday Telegraph about the Public Investment Fund accumulating a sizeable shareholding in BT Group is connected to the FT's scoop last month about Macquarie holding talks with the FTSE 100-listed telecoms giant about buying a stake in Openreach?..
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Thursday, 14 May 2020, 7:15 pm
The Pink 'Un has just published a rather good tale about BT Group starting talks about a sale of Openreach as part of a deal that would value the business at up to £22 billion...
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