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Sunday, 15 September, 2019

Friday, 13 September, 2019

US retail

Kroger: no-thrills retailer Premium

US supermarket chain should be able to withstand the onslaught of Amazon into groceries

Friday, 13 September, 2019

Economics books

Book publishing: short sellers Premium

Verbose tomes do not necessarily translate into sales to time-pressed buyers

Friday, 13 September, 2019

Food & Beverage

JD Wetherspoon: ale and hearty Premium

British pub group’s rises in sales is the latest sign of a successful strategy

Friday, 13 September, 2019

Companies

Best of Lex: your weekly round-up Premium

LSE/HKEX, Peloton, Cairn/climate change, BAT/vaping, Uber/Lyft

Friday, 13 September, 2019

Ecommerce

Shopify: crossing the Amazon Premium

Challenge to ecommerce giant is laudable but will prove expensive

Thursday, 12 September, 2019

IPOs

SmileDirectClub: grinning, bearing it Premium

The group’s governance is a lot less brilliant than the teeth of its customers

Thursday, 12 September, 2019

Africa

Helios Towers: call of Africa Premium

Telecoms group should easily manage a $2bn valuation for its London listing

Thursday, 12 September, 2019

Tobacco

BAT/vaping: gasping for breadth Premium

Crackdown on e-cigarettes could disrupt Big Tobacco’s reinvention attempts

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Thursday, 12 September, 2019

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd

LSE/HKEX: beer of losing out Premium

AB InBev’s renewed enthusiasm for HK float proves multinationals still want to tap bourse

Thursday, 12 September, 2019

Gig economy

Uber/Lyft: the gig is up Premium

If ride-hailing groups want to keep drivers as contractors, it should pay more

Wednesday, 11 September, 2019

Peloton Interactive LLC

Peloton: pedalling a dream Premium

IPO prospectus has the right buzzwords but the exercise group is burning through cash

Wednesday, 11 September, 2019

Technology sector

Naspers/Prosus: EU’s springbok tech giant Premium

With more than $100bn of assets, the demerger is one of the 10 largest consumer tech companies

Wednesday, 11 September, 2019

Companies

Best of Lex Midweek: Break out from La-la-don Premium

While the capital is in a tizzy, the rest of the UK will collectively arch an eyebrow

Wednesday, 11 September, 2019

Mergers & Acquisitions

LSE/HKEX: bid rings wrong bells Premium

Unrest means Hong Kong bourse looks more like a refugee than a gatekeeper to Asia

Wednesday, 11 September, 2019

Singapore

Singapore property: home improvements Premium

Good relations with Beijing give developers edge over Hong Kong counterparts

Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

Apple Inc

Apple: ‘slofie’ hunter Premium

Services are being used to persuade buyers to pick its hardware over rival products

Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

Ford Motor Co

Ford/Moody’s: Hackett can hack it Premium

Restructuring plan has been criticised but automaker has a sound balance sheet

Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

Utilities

EDF/French nuclear: pressurised decisions Premium

Cash-strapped government has a strong incentive to treat shareholders well

Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

Oil & Gas industry

Cairn/climate change: tilting to windmills Premium

Investor ennui means oil companies may need to tap private capital instead

Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

MBA

MBAs/start-ups: disruptive students Premium

Business is not as instinctive as some entrepreneurs believe; it can be taught

Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

IPOs

SoftBank/WeWork: down round disconnect Premium

Listing concerns cast doubt over strategy of paying steeply for loss-making start-ups

Monday, 9 September, 2019

AT&T Inc

Elliott/AT&T: activist calling Premium

A shake-up of US telecoms group is long overdue

Monday, 9 September, 2019

Amgen Inc

Amgen/cancer drugs: Seal of approval Premium

The pursuit of novel mechanisms in fighting diseases is paying dividends

Monday, 9 September, 2019

En+ Group Ltd

China/EN+: aluminium foil Premium

Those taking on shares from VTB might ask about shareholder rights

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