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Investors seek Bumi talks with Bakries
Shareholders want the Bakrie family and their partner Samin Tan to withdraw a motion calling for Nat Rothschild to be ousted from the company’s board
Fresh blow to TCI as analyst joins rival
Oscar Hattink joins six other ex-TCI stars at Thélème, an exodus that is raising eyebrows among fellow Mayfair-based hedge fund managers
BAE considers cut to Typhoon price
UK defence group’s chief says it needed to talk to partners in Germany, Italy and Spain, but that all options were open
Ferragamo sets UK retail rent record
Italian fashion brand agrees to pay nearly £1,000 a square foot a year for part of its space on Bond Street
Corporate defaults set to jump in Europe
Though as a whole companies remain in relatively good shape, smaller groups look vulnerable to looming debt repayments
Facebook to be keenly missed by private markets
With businesses built around secondary trades in shares of the social network, the markets will face a sharp drop in trading volume after its IPO
Smith & Nephew in $22m bribes fine
UK-based medical devices company agrees to a settlement following a probe by US authorities that it bribed Greek doctors to use its products
Verizon and Coinstar to challenge Netflix
The wireless provider and the owner of the Redbox DVD rental service are teaming up to take on their rival by launching a video streaming service
Low-cost Norwegian airline ready for dogfight
Former air force pilot set sights on northern European dominance in wake of $22bn deal to buy up to 222 aircraft
Fresh wave of Spanish bank deals imminent
Round of restructuring by the government aimed cleaning up balance sheets set to trigger more mergers