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    Blockchain: not hip to be square Premium

    Integrating open-ledger technology into the financial industry was never likely to be easy

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  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    Ageing Populations
    Germany: demographic cliff Premium

    As conventional wisdom is ripped up, smarter money will watch out for clever pivots

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Retail sector
    John Lewis/Waitrose: trouble in store Premium

    Retailer’s plan is commendable but the scattergun approach smacks of desperation

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Companies
    Best of Lex: banks, shops and going pop Premium

    Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, AO World, Just Eat, Big Hit Entertainment and more

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Corporate bonds
    Ligado Networks/high yield: total recall

    Investors in the bond sale may well see the US telecoms group as a binary bet on the saleability of its spectrum

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Airlines
    Asian airlines: serving bubbly Premium

    Quarantine has hit cross-border travel hard but a planned air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong could change things

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    US banks
    Morgan Stanley: well-balanced Premium

    Bank is in a stronger position for good and bad times but this is not reflected in its valuation

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Property sector
    Unibail/Xavier Niel: Cuvillier’s travails Premium

    What seems like cavalier interference during difficult times for a shopping mall business could actually make a lot of sense

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    AO World PLC
    AO World: online shine Premium

    Investors should wait for prices to drop before stocking up

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  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Big Hit Entertainment
    Big Hit/BTS: liable to pop Premium

    Music agency’s rating of more than 4 times the sector average is unjustifiable in a pandemic

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    New York Times Co
    NYT/Trump: blue wave wipeout Premium

    The publisher’s impressive digital subscription engine would not be enough to protect it from a ‘Trump slump’

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Goldman Sachs Group
    Goldman Sachs: The K Factor Premium

    But shareholders are left wondering how long the renaissance in trading can last

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Wells Fargo
    Wells Fargo: stuck Chuck Premium

    Despite a year in post, chief has yet to produce a detailed plan for bank’s turnround

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Football
    English football: the grass brutes game

    Project Big Picture might have worthy goals, but mid-tier sides might not want to play along

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Just Eat PLC
    Just Eat Takeaway: meal ticket Premium

    Appetite for sector is strong, but investors should beware biting off more than they can chew

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    UK employment
    Lex letter from London: of jobs and jabs Premium

    Unemployment is rising but holding out for a vaccine to end the pain could mean a long wait

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    Huawei Technologies
    Shenzhen/Huawei: the other Bay Area Premium

    There is an uncharacteristic urgency in China’s reaction to US attacks on its tech sector

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    JPMorgan Chase & Co
    JPMorgan: Holding pattern Premium

    Bank’s revenue unchanged from year ago and net profit compared with last quarter doubled

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    Cryptocurrencies
    Digital currencies/regulation: the hard bit Premium

    Pressure to diversify payment options are growing but central banks must tread carefully

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Renewable energy
    UK renewables/SSE: dump trumps Premium

    Utilities group will receive £995m for its half of the 75 megawatts Multifuel Energy projects

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    Hipgnosis/song funds: precarious pachyderms Premium

    This is a risky binary stock, destined for spectacular hits or misses

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank: Spaced out Premium

    Launch of blank-cheque company will exacerbate investor concerns

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Mallinckrodt: receptor antagonist Premium

    All of the swagger of the speciality pharma group has disappeared

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Neles/Valmet: buy valve anatomy Premium

    Swedish group looks to veto Alfa-Laval’s $2bn bid for Finnish engineer

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    Mergers & Acquisitions
    NCB/Samba: bigger not better Premium

    Saudi banks’ deal is unlikely to improve shareholder returns

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