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Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

Microsoft Corp
Microsoft/Activision: titan pays up to seize bigger chunk of metaverse Premium content
Technology company to acquire group at aggregate purchase price of $68.7bn
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

Goldman Sachs Group
Goldman/trading: weak quarter should not deter investors Premium content
Bank is worth holding during what promises to be a bumpy year in the markets
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

Fund management
Petershill: quoted private equity fund must show and tell Premium content
Scant details about alternative asset manager’s activity will blunt appetite for the business
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

UK energy
UK energy crisis: Super-CFD would put government in a hole Premium content
Contracts for difference would be a dangerous exercise in kicking the can down the road
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

Unilever PLC
Unilever/GSK: slicing the salami should attract buyers Premium content
Consumer goods group has gems it could sell piecemeal
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

Renewable energy
Renewables: China will breeze into offshore wind top slot Premium content
Three new plants will turn Three Gorges into the world’s largest offshore operator
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

City of London
City of London/Brexit: job market is buoyant but relocations impend
Brexit’s final impact on the City will depend partly on Brussels’ determination to reduce dependence on the UK
Monday, 17 January, 2022

Chinese economy
China rate cut: Winter Olympics helps push economy downhill Premium content
Beijing’s zero-Covid policy trades GDP growth for international prestige ahead of the Games
Monday, 17 January, 2022

European banks
BBVA: Spanish bank highlights huge payout pot for Europe Premium content
Announcement is the earth tremor heralding a gusher of cash from European lenders
Monday, 17 January, 2022

London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange: private stock platform would perform a public service Premium content
For bourses, any extra business from private companies comes with strings
Monday, 17 January, 2022

Credit default swaps
CDSs/SEC: easier to spotlight wheezes than stop them Premium content
Legal threat will probably have intended chilling effect on the most aggressive hedge funds
Monday, 17 January, 2022

Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse: bank destabilised as Horta-Osório fails Wimbledon test Premium content
A penchant for occasional but serious lapses of judgment has let the former Lloyds chief executive down
Sunday, 16 January, 2022

Currys Group PLC
Currys: levelling up proves elusive goal for electrical retailer Premium content
Despite controlling a quarter of the UK market, the retailer still depends on its appeal to consumer whims
Saturday, 15 January, 2022

Unilever PLC
GSK: £50bn-plus takeover would leave Unilever omnileveraged Premium content
The consumer goods group would probably have to go higher to win, shouldering heavy debts
Saturday, 15 January, 2022

Demographics and population
Baby bonuses: still a good investment for governments Premium content
With baby costs there are moving parts, including amount of public services consumed. But most should comfortably repay their juvenile largesse
Friday, 14 January, 2022

US banks
US banks: costs will be swing factor for 2022 Premium content
Lenders will have to pay well to hang on to their dealmakers and tech investment is needed to keep the upstarts at bay
Friday, 14 January, 2022

EDF
EDF/energy prices: payback demands wipe out gains for nuclear champion Premium content
Covering reactor outages without financial support from the government would push the French group well into the red
Friday, 14 January, 2022

Food & Beverage
Chinese food: inflationary climate heralds a new ice age Premium content
Frozen products may be the best way for the government to achieve greater food security
Friday, 14 January, 2022

Jonathan Guthrie
The Lex Newsletter: mercurial data is now the world’s dominant commodity Premium content
TSMC | Signal | Darktrace | Novak Djokovic | UK grocers | Kazakhstan | Fast Retailing
Friday, 14 January, 2022

Technology sector
PCs: sales reboot is nearing the end Premium content
Demand for devices has boomed during the pandemic but the revival is not sustainable
Thursday, 13 January, 2022

Airlines
Airline stocks: taking flight, despite Omicron turbulence Premium content
The industry has endured a rough fourth quarter, but there are signs of clearer skies ahead
Thursday, 13 January, 2022

Countryside Properties
Countryside Properties: profits slump pushes chief executive out the door Premium content
Shares fall following abrupt departure of Iain McPherson
Thursday, 13 January, 2022

Thyssenkrupp AG
Thyssenkrupp/hydrogen: industrial stalwart seeks upward mobility Premium content
German group pivots into a new area as it aspires to list Nucera
Thursday, 13 January, 2022

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
TSMC: shrinking transistors power a growing giant Premium content
Demand for the latest, pricey technology will help the chipmaker maintain its fat operating margin of 42%
Thursday, 13 January, 2022

Automobiles
Holiday car hire: sharing economy unprofitable for peer-to-peer groups Premium content
Rental shortage should be a boost for companies that connect drivers with vehicle owners but they are struggling to make a profit

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