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Tuesday 07 July 2015 1:57 pmGerman media merger still has many challenges to overcomeBy: Charlotte HenryShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleShares in Axel Springer, the German media giant, ended today up over 2 per cent, on the back of escalating rumours of a media mega merger.The publisher of Europersquo best selling tabloid newspaper, Bild, had yesterday failed to quash rumours that are swirling that it is in merger talks with Germanyrsquo top broadcaster ProSiebenSat 1.However, any such deal still faces challenges to be completed. Axel Springerrsquo majority shareholder, Friede Springer, said yesterday she would not give up control of the company founded by her late husband.There are also regulatory hurdle polene france s that would have to be jumped. The two companies generated combined revenues of euro;5.88bn last year, with Axel Springer accounting for euro;3bn of that.The regulatory problems stopped a similar deal between the two firms a decade ago.Noting the i polene bag ssues that any deal would face, Liberum analyst Ian Whittaker wrote in a comment that At first sight, it would look like any deal would have no chance of going through.He added We think there is a chance something may be allowed this time as the German government is concerned about the power of big US 8200;media firms. Share this arti polene cleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly Xcao Review: Watch Dogs on Xbox One
Wednesday 19 March 2014 12:12 pmWhy copperrsquo getting crushed again By: Harriet GreenShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on Li polene cyme nkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleChinarsquo the worldrsquo number one commodity buyer. So itrsquo not overly surprising that the slowdown in its economy has been blamed for the decline in the price of copper, which ndash; dubbed Dr Copper ndash; usually serves as something of a barometer for the health of the global economy, is falling.Today, itrsquo down 2.24 per cent at $2.93 per pound, extending the fall seen over the last two weeks and hitting lows not s polene canada een since at least 2010.But itrsquo not just dwindling investment and retail sales thatrsquo hitting the metalrsquo price. Chinese businesses have been using copper as collateral for loans and, with the first ever bond default the countryrsquo seen, concerns that a glutrsquo about to flood the market are rising.How much of this is being used for finance is something of an unknown, but estimates seem to vary between 40 per cent and 56 per c stanley mugs ent. Goldman Sachs estimates that as much as 1m metric tonnes of copper could pour in if deals fail to come to fruition.In January, China imported a record 536,000 tonnes in January ndash; over 50 per cent more than it did a year earlier. Numbers fell a bit in February, but itrsquo still a lot of copper for an economy thatrsquo slowing down.Share th
Tuesday 07 July 2015 1:57 pmGerman media merger still has many challenges to overcomeBy: Charlotte HenryShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleShares in Axel Springer, the German media giant, ended today up over 2 per cent, on the back of escalating rumours of a media mega merger.The publisher of Europersquo best selling tabloid newspaper, Bild, had yesterday failed to quash rumours that are swirling that it is in merger talks with Germanyrsquo top broadcaster ProSiebenSat 1.However, any such deal still faces challenges to be completed. Axel Springerrsquo majority shareholder, Friede Springer, said yesterday she would not give up control of the company founded by her late husband.There are also regulatory hurdle polene france s that would have to be jumped. The two companies generated combined revenues of euro;5.88bn last year, with Axel Springer accounting for euro;3bn of that.The regulatory problems stopped a similar deal between the two firms a decade ago.Noting the i polene bag ssues that any deal would face, Liberum analyst Ian Whittaker wrote in a comment that At first sight, it would look like any deal would have no chance of going through.He added We think there is a chance something may be allowed this time as the German government is concerned about the power of big US 8200;media firms. Share this arti polene cleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly Xcao Review: Watch Dogs on Xbox One
Wednesday 19 March 2014 12:12 pmWhy copperrsquo getting crushed again By: Harriet GreenShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on Li polene cyme nkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleChinarsquo the worldrsquo number one commodity buyer. So itrsquo not overly surprising that the slowdown in its economy has been blamed for the decline in the price of copper, which ndash; dubbed Dr Copper ndash; usually serves as something of a barometer for the health of the global economy, is falling.Today, itrsquo down 2.24 per cent at $2.93 per pound, extending the fall seen over the last two weeks and hitting lows not s polene canada een since at least 2010.But itrsquo not just dwindling investment and retail sales thatrsquo hitting the metalrsquo price. Chinese businesses have been using copper as collateral for loans and, with the first ever bond default the countryrsquo seen, concerns that a glutrsquo about to flood the market are rising.How much of this is being used for finance is something of an unknown, but estimates seem to vary between 40 per cent and 56 per c stanley mugs ent. Goldman Sachs estimates that as much as 1m metric tonnes of copper could pour in if deals fail to come to fruition.In January, China imported a record 536,000 tonnes in January ndash; over 50 per cent more than it did a year earlier. Numbers fell a bit in February, but itrsquo still a lot of copper for an economy thatrsquo slowing down.Share th