32 ordspråk av Hilary Cook
Hilary Cook
All the retailers have been spreading themselves too thinly abroad and now it's time for them to refocus on the areas where they're doing well.
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All the retailers have been spreading themselves too thinly abroad, and now it's time for them to refocus on the areas where they're doing well.
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All this mergers and acquisitions activity is quite extraordinary.
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Any deal will be looked at closely, but on the other hand, BAA is bidding to run other people's airports, so why can't the reverse be true?
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BPB may have a valid point and they may be able to get a higher bid. The chances are they'll talk to each other and come up with a price. The fit is clear.
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Cisco, one of the bellwethers, is going to be out after the close, ... that will be a good indication of corporate health.
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Companies are feeling prepared to buy. We'll see more announcements coming through. It's a good thing for stocks.
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Consolidation now is probably a good thing.
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Germany and Japan can drag the rest of the world along with them.
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Germany and Japan can drag the rest of the world along with them. Japan's partly being driven along by China and partly by internal structural reform. It is very good news.
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Given the low rating of the shares, we would hope they would be buying them and indeed they are,
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In these competitive markets and with Wal-Mart breathing down your neck, it's all about grabbing the opportunity to expand in regions where you've got critical mass. It's better to be successful in a few countries and leave it at that than be in every country and be struggling.
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It is ironic because lower raw material prices and particularly lower oil costs is pretty good news for the global economy, but not very good news for the indices when so many of the companies are making such a big proportion of their profits from them.
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It looks like a strategically good move. These are property and cash-flow assets, and that's why they are worth so much money.
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It's a very, very big mouthful for private equity. It would have to be the biggest deal ever by a long way.
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