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  1. Curtley Bale

    Taxing Times: The USA Proposes a New Global Corporate Tax

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  2. Mondelez buys majority stake in Grenade

    Mondelez buys majority stake in Grenade

    Mondelez buys majority stake in Grenade By Curtley Bale The Story International snack food company Mondelez has bought a majority stake in Grenade, the UK-based company focussing on healthier, low sugar snack options. Grenade is best known for its market-leading protein bar, Carb...
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    Mondelez buys majority stake in Grenade

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  4. Stuck in the Suez

    Stuck in the Suez

    Stuck in the Suez By Curtley Bale The Story On Tuesday 23 March 2021, a 400m-long shipping vessel ran aground in the Suez Canal. The cargo ship, the Ever Given, was grounded due to high winds, causing the vessel to splay diagonally across the canal. The Ever Given weighs 220,000 tonnes...
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    Stuck in the Suez

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  6. Stars and Stripes: The $95bn Valuation

    Stars and Stripes: The $95bn Valuation

    Stars and Stripes: The $95 billion Valuation By Curtley Bale The Story Online payment company Stripe has become Silicon Valley’s largest private company. This comes after a fresh round of fundraising has left Stripe with a valuation of $95 billion. This means the company surpasses...
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    Stars and Stripes: The $95bn Valuation

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  8. Cutting the Cake: Deliveroo Announces Intentions for IPO

    Cutting the Cake: Deliveroo Announces Intentions for IPO

    Cutting the Cake: Deliveroo Announces Intentions for IPO By Curtley Bale The Story Deliveroo has announced its intentions to raise money via an Initial Public Offering (IPO), confirming it would do so in London. The IPO is expected to be worth around £7 billion but the date for the...
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    Cutting the Cake: Deliveroo Announces Intentions for IPO

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  10. Spring Tide: Square to Buy Jay-Z’s Tidal

    Spring Tide: Square to Buy Jay-Z’s Tidal

    Spring Tide: Square to Buy Jay-Z’s Tidal By Curtley Bale The Story Jay-Z’s asset sell-off continues. This week, the rapper sold a majority stake of his streaming service, Tidal, to financial services and payments company, Square. The deal is expected to cost Square $297 million, and...
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    Spring Tide: Square to Buy Jay-Z’s Tidal

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  12. Sole Trader: Birkenstock Agrees to Sell its Business to LVMH-backed L Catterton

    Sole Trader: Birkenstock Agrees to Sell its Business to LVMH-backed L Catterton

    Sole Trader: Birkenstock Agrees to Sell its Business to LVMH-backed L Catterton By Curtley Bale The Story German sandal-maker Birkenstock has agreed a deal to sell its business to LVMH-backed private equity house, L Catterton. The deal is expected to be worth €4 billion. L Catterton...
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    Sole Trader: Birkenstock Agrees to Sell its Business to LVMH-backed L Catterton

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  14. Supercharged: Car Manufacturers Set Ambitious EV Targets

    Supercharged: Car Manufacturers Set Ambitious EV Targets

    Supercharged: Car Manufacturers Set Ambitious EV Targets By Curtley Bale The Story This week, multiple car companies set out significant and meaningful electric vehicle goals. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) committed to ditching the combustion engine within 15 years, with the brand becoming...
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    Supercharged: Car Manufacturers Set Ambitious EV Targets

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  16. Spurring Partners: CVC’s potential investment in the NBA

    Spurring Partners: CVC’s potential investment in the NBA

    Spurring Partners: CVC’s potential investment in the NBA By Curtley Bale The Story Whilst the pandemic has led to a global economic slowdown, it seems to have ramped up private equity deal-making. Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners has entered into talks to buy a 15% stake in the...
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    Spurring Partners: CVC’s potential investment in the NBA

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  18. Curtley Bale

    Commercial Awareness Update - March 2020

    Flybe Collapse By Alice Manners The Story Flybe, the largest regional airport in Europe, has entered into administration after being “unable to overcome significant funding challenges”. We have previously heard about these challenges and the (much criticised) proposed government rescue deal...
  19. Curtley Bale

    Commercial Awareness Update - March 2020

    Please find this week's report below! Aviation industry hit by COVID-19 By Brian Chiu The Story The impact of Covid-19 on the aviation sector is increasingly pronounced. More than 54 countries have now issued travel restrictions to China and the wider APAC region. With Standard & Poor’s...
  20. Curtley Bale

    Commercial Awareness Update - January 2020

    The story of retail in 2019 (By Heerim Hwang) The story According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG, 2019 saw the worst year in sales for retail with total sales decreasing by 0.1%. Helen Dickinson, the chief executive of the BRC, stated that 2019 was the first year “to show an...

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