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Wednesday, 4 August, 2021

New York Times Co
New York Times: all the news that’s fit to print and more besides Premium
Digital advertising sales boon reveals a big story
1 hour ago
Wednesday, 4 August, 2021

Pharmaceuticals sector
SoftBank/Roche: Northstar reorients to embrace drug development Premium
The Swiss company and Japanese tech investor both have a taste for big data and disruption
3 hours ago
Wednesday, 4 August, 2021

Technology sector
Match: the dating app group that wants to be friends Premium
For a better relationship with investors it must clarify its intentions
Wednesday, 4 August, 2021

Legal & General Group PLC
Legal & General: nonconformist Nigel seeks BlackRock comparison Premium
If investors applied even a small part of premiums enjoyed by such a powerhouse, L&G would be unassailable
Wednesday, 4 August, 2021

Toyota Motor Corp
Toyota: record profits presage a downhill path Premium
Carmaker boosted by its stockpile of chips but cannot escape supply drought for much longer
Wednesday, 4 August, 2021

Private equity
Lex Letter from New York: labour of love as private equity courts workers Premium
Aligning the interests of owners and employees via profit shares could make the buyout business more responsible
Tuesday, 3 August, 2021

Smiths Group PLC
Smiths/TA: low price shows why deal inspired foot dragging Premium
New chief’s task is to show that remaining units are worth more together than would be separately
Tuesday, 3 August, 2021

Sanofi SA
Sanofi/Translate Bio: do recruit the messenger Premium
The acquisition is a sign of the French pharma group’s determination to get back on the podium
Tuesday, 3 August, 2021

Stellantis
Stellantis: versatile vehicle is torque of the town Premium
Last year’s takeover of Fiat by Peugeot group has resulted in impressive debut first-half earnings
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Tuesday, 3 August, 2021

Chinese business & finance
Tencent/Alibaba: reading between the lions after ‘spiritual opium’ slur Premium
Beijing’s game of sectoral whack-a-mole means investors must expect limits on share valuations
Tuesday, 3 August, 2021

Credit cards
US card payments: shrugging off shrinking balances Premium
Payment card companies benefit from both reduced credit losses and bounceback in consumer spending
Monday, 2 August, 2021

UK house prices
House prices/Rightmove: UK property portal is impregnable to rivals Premium
Visits to site hit 1.4bn in first six months of this year, up from 845m in same period of 2019
Monday, 2 August, 2021

Allianz Global Investors AG
Allianz: why perfect hedges are perfect nonsense Premium
A cautionary tale on offering supposedly protected returns
Monday, 2 August, 2021

HSBC Holdings PLC
HSBC: Asian wealth managers command hire power Premium
A talent war has made recruiting and retaining business-getters costlier
Monday, 2 August, 2021

CFA Institute
CFA exams: high fail rate sets flunkees speculating Premium
The proportion of candidates who fell short this year is even higher than usual
Monday, 2 August, 2021

Square Inc
Square/Afterpay: a clear challenger to big banks emerges Premium
New entrants with new technology are wresting market share from traditional lenders
Sunday, 1 August, 2021

IPOs
IPO prospectuses: the long and longer of it Premium
For investors, more is not necessarily better
Saturday, 31 July, 2021

Tokyo Olympics
Olympic Games: local athletes own the stage Premium
Host nations generally do well because of factors such as not having to travel and familiarity with stadiums
Friday, 30 July, 2021

UniCredit SpA
UniCredit/Monte dei Paschi: Andrea Orcel must stick to his firm line Premium
Chief executive has set sensible conditions on relieving the Italian government of the bank it nationalised
Friday, 30 July, 2021

International Airlines Group
IAG: cautious summer schedule signals late take-off for recovery Premium
Once Covid fog has cleared, a more encouraging view of the airline group’s prospects will emerge
Friday, 30 July, 2021

Chinese business & finance
Chinese hot pot stocks: market sell-off lifts lid on opportunities Premium
China’s catering industry has historically carried low regulatory risk — and this is now a big draw
Friday, 30 July, 2021

Companies
Best of Lex: inside the metaverse Premium
Big Tech | SoftBank | Deutsche Bank | Covid vaccines | burial vs cremation
Thursday, 29 July, 2021

Comcast Corp
Comcast: media group faces an Olympic-sized dilemma Premium
Conglomerate must strike balance between short-term returns and long-term growth
Thursday, 29 July, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse/Archegos: Hwang prang reveals bankers as hostages to fortune Premium
Executives wilfully ignored every bell, buzzer and klaxon of the risk alarm systems
Thursday, 29 July, 2021

Food & Beverage
Diageo/AB InBev: spirited specialist has better optics Premium
London-listed distiller is well placed for another challenging year

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