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  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Goldman Sachs Group
    Goldman Sachs: a stellar ROE, an even better ROA Premium

    US bank enjoys return to form even if it may be fleeting

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    LVMH
    LVMH: the unstoppable rise of luxury’s €299bn behemoth Premium

    Europe’s most valuable company is just as much of a pandemic winner as US tech giants

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Coinbase Inc
    Coinbase: supersize listing rests on bitcoin price

    Investors must be crypto believers — or speculators cynically hitching a ride

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Executive Pay
    Executive pay: pandemic sheds harsh light on excesses Premium

    Heavy taxpayer support for business and markets leaves boards and investors with a challenge

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Letter from Asia: Spac gold rush lures region’s unicorns to New York Premium

    Deals offer lucrative, prestigious and convenient way to list but signs of cooling are emerging

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Technology sector
    TSE/Appier: retail investors may spark a tech renaissance Premium

    The record of foreign start-ups in Japan has been underwhelming but this trend could be about to change

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Grab Holdings
    Grab: superapp secures superior price Premium

    Spac deal arms start-up in battle for dominance in Asia

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Air France-KLM
    Air France-KLM: come fly the Balkanised skies Premium

    The political pressure created by financial strain will continue

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Babcock International Group PLC
    Babcock: positively buoyant with rights at bay Premium

    Attack may be the best form of defence

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd
    China bonds/Huarong: debt manager heal thyself Premium

    Unless the Chinese government intervenes, the sell-off is set to widen

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    TJX Cos Inc
    TJX/off-price retailers: US retail bargain hunters buck ecommerce trend Premium

    A focus on the in-store ‘treasure hunt’ has served the sector well

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Americas economy
    Latin American markets: shot in the arm required Premium

    Rise in competition from China has cut back EM investor interest in the region

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Microsoft Corp
    Microsoft/Nuance: voice recognition deal is software giant’s latest random acquisition Premium

    Tech group’s interest makes sense but such bets could draw scrutiny from competition authorities

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Hammerson PLC
    Hammerson: offloading assets a necessary survival strategy Premium

    More disposals will be needed to strengthen balance sheet of UK mall owner

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Alibaba
    Alibaba: record fine means more spending on corporate good deeds Premium

    Ecommerce group will have to continue working hard to remain in Beijing’s good books

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Telecoms
    Euskaltel/MasMovil: little consolidation gain in Spain Premium

    The merger is unlikely to boost returns for long-suffering telecoms investors

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Coronavirus/cash: why the public is using less but hoarding more Premium

    Growing demand for cash predates the pandemic

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Crocs Inc
    Footwear: Crocs give dress shoes a kicking Premium

    While they may not be easy on the eyes, Crocs have been attractive to investors

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Trade unions
    Amazon: union stymied but labour costs are rising anyway Premium

    Warehouse staff vote down membership suggesting tough future for collective bargaining

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Frasers Group
    Frasers: the political capital of write-offs Premium

    Other retailers, while indubitably struggling, have not doubled impairments

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Companies
    Best of Lex: automation, innovation, exaggeration Premium

    Robots, SoftBank/AutoStore, Vaccitech/AstraZeneca, solid-state batteries, air taxis; international tax, and more

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Golf
    Golf/country clubs: the drive for $1m memberships Premium

    The loftier the bar, the greater demand will be from the status-conscious wealthy

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Tencent Holdings Ltd
    Block trades: a short walk to price discovery Premium

    A monster block trade of a Tencent stake by Prosus is a credit to the old-fashioned accelerated book build

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    KKR & Co LP
    Box/KKR: private equity group is not quite a white knight Premium

    Boardroom dynamic at online data storage company just grew more complicated

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Property sector
    Offices: homeworking will save employers billions Premium

    Expect bosses at companies already suffering margin pressures to cut workplaces down to size

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