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CRH acquisition alters geographic mix

Name: CRH acquisition alters geographic mix
Uploaded: 2015-02-02T15:27:17.500Z
Duration: 2 min 34 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Lex on whether CRH can cope with a €6.5bn buy

Irish building materials group CRH has spent €6.5bn on assets from Holcim and Lafarge. Lex’s Rochelle Toplensky and Oliver Ralph discuss whether it can cope with what is an unusually large purchase, and whether the change in geographic mix is wise.

February 2, 2015

Filmed by Nicola Stansfield and Petros Gioumpasis. Produced by Darryl Thomson.