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  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
    Office life
    Workplace health: clean offices, dirty data Premium

    Statistics often come from academics sponsored by hygiene businesses but fail a sniff test

  • Saturday, 7 December, 2019
    Food security
    Deforestation: here’s the beef Premium

    Soyabean farmers add nutrients to the soil that benefit their livestock peers

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Media
    CVC/European football: round numbers Premium

    Investing in tournament franchises will offer less volatility than big bets on top clubs themselves

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Companies
    Best of Lex: your weekly round-up Premium

    GAM, French luxury, UniCredit, M&G, Expedia, Alphabet, Steven Cohen

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Food & Beverage
    Luckin Coffee/Starbucks: frothy latte Premium

    A cup of Chinese chain’s coffee seems a better buy than its shares this Christmas

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter: bonding time   Premium

    Group’s bond sale will be useful but improving advertising sales would be even better 

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    New York Mets
    Mets: ballpark figures Premium

    Steven Cohen’s interest in the baseball team has sparked fan joy but the valuation defies logic

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Dunelm Group PLC
    Dunelm: no slouching Premium

    Soft furnishings group has enjoyed a stunning turnround but it must keep focusing on costs

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Luxury goods
    Moncler/Kering: objects of desire Premium

    Acquisition of quilted jacket maker would offer benefits but does not tick every box

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  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Airlines
    HK Airlines/HNA: chop, chop Premium

    Chinese conglomerate will need the guile and wit of a Shaolin monk to stay in the black

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Technology sector
    Expedia: trip over  Premium

    Restructuring and cost cuts may not be enough to overcome long-term threat from Google

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    M&G Investments PLC
    UK property funds: M&G the Unready Premium

    Brexit uncertainties and the decline of physical retailing have taken a toll

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Campbell Soup Co
    Campbell Soup: the traipse of broth Premium

    Lacklustre outlook suggests the path to sustained turnround could take awhile

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Telecoms
    Orange: not the only fruit Premium

    Carving out infrastructure will not juice up the telecoms operator’s essence

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Companies
    Best of Lex Midweek: UK election is the City’s to lose Premium

    The polls point to a comfortable Conservative majority. The problem is that polls are often wrong

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Financial services
    Numis: poll dancer Premium

    A clear Tory win in the election would help calm business nerves

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Fund management
    GAM split: Bluebell would Premium

    The small new activist wants more scrutiny and possibly a sale of the asset manager’s ‘private label’ business

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Google Inc
    Alphabet/Google: founders keepers  Premium

    Sundar Pichai is likely to ensure the main focus remains on advertising revenues

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Corporation tax
    Tech tax v lux levy: le tit-for-tat Premium

    Dispute between France and the US is serious but could still be resolved

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Media
    Cineworld: island in the streams Premium

    Cinema chains will survive blizzard of content, if not precisely in their present form

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Financial services
    Government Pension Investment Fund: eat my shorts Premium

    Restrictions are well-meaning but misguided

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    UniCredit SpA
    UniCredit/EU banks: bunny hop Premium

    Shareholders barely blinked when the Italian lender announced a share buyback plan

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Apple Inc
    Apple: pod people  Premium

    Selling more expensive versions of recent products is a popular, and successful, strategy

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Silver Lake Group LLC
    Silver Lake/Egon Durban: sporting gent Premium

    German-born banker given newly-created role of co-chief executive

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Media
    GEDI/Agnelli: press pass Premium

    Shares in La Repubblica owner were suspended while they weighed offer for their stake

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