Fortnum & Mason, the upmarket department store chain that counts the British royal family among its regular customers, has announced that its flagship shop in Hong Kong will close by the end of the month. The British luxury goods brand, known for its speciality teas and food hampers, announced on Friday that the store, which opened in 2019, would also offer discounts of up to 60 per cent ahead of ...
Fortnum & Mason, the upmarket department store chain that counts the British royal family among its regular customers, has announced that its flagship shop in Hong Kong will close by the end of the month. The British luxury goods brand, known for its speciality teas and food hampers, announced on Friday that the store, which opened in 2019, would also offer discounts of up to 60 per cent ahead of its closure. “We want to share that we have taken the decision to close our store and restaurant in...
Reliance Industries Ltd. is off to bruising start to the year, with shares down more than 6% as investors digest weak retail outlooks and tougher US rhetoric on India’s Russian oil purchases — putting the onus on upcoming earnings to arrest the slide. The selloff so far this year has wiped about $15 billion off the company’s market value, making it one of the stock’s worst starts to a year in rece...
Reliance Industries Ltd. is off to bruising start to the year, with shares down more than 6% as investors digest weak retail outlooks and tougher US rhetoric on India’s Russian oil purchases — putting the onus on upcoming earnings to arrest the slide. The selloff so far this year has wiped about $15 billion off the company’s market value, making it one of the stock’s worst starts to a year in recent memory and weighing on India’s benchmark equity gauges. Reliance will report quarterly earnings after close of trading on Jan. 16. READ: Reliance Tumbles Most Since 2024 on Retail Business, US Worries Pressure on the stock intensified this week after several of India’s largest retailers flagged weaker-than-expected consumer demand, stoking concern that Reliance — a major player in the segment — could face a similar slowdown. Sentiment worsened after US Senator Lindsey Graham proposed legislation targeting countries that buy Russian oil, pushing the shares’ weekly decline past 7% , the steepest in more than 15 months. The weakness follows an almost 30% rally in Reliance shares last year, fueled by expectations that the oil-to-telecom conglomerate was preparing to list Jio Platforms Ltd. in what could be India’s biggest initial public offering. Growing concern over tougher US action on Russia has since cooled investor appetite for the company, which in recent quarters has benefited from refining discounted Russian crude. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts expect the company’s retail business to report slower growth for the quarter through December on lower discretionary spending but the same would be offset by a strong growth in energy business. The recent selloff in shares was “potentially due to concerns around refining exposure to Russian crude and softer retail growth momentum across peers,” analysts including Nikhil Bhandari wrote in a note dated Jan. 9. Notwithstanding a moderation in Russian crude volumes, they see the company’s refining margins getting support from ...
Experts are urging guideline changes for doctors and nurses as surgical masks offer ‘inadequate protection against airborne pathogens’ such as Covid Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts urging...
Experts are urging guideline changes for doctors and nurses as surgical masks offer ‘inadequate protection against airborne pathogens’ such as Covid Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts urging changes to World Health Organization guidelines. There is “no rational justification remaining for prioritising or using” the surgical masks that are ubiquitous in hospitals and clinics globally, given their “inadequate protection against airborne pathogens”, they said in a letter to WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus . Continue reading...
Star Capital is considering holding German defense technology firm Vincorion’s initial public offering in Frankfurt as soon as the first quarter of this year, according to people familiar with the matter. The IPO could raise as much as €300 million ($354 million) and value the company at about €1.5 billion, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Star Capital pi...
Star Capital is considering holding German defense technology firm Vincorion’s initial public offering in Frankfurt as soon as the first quarter of this year, according to people familiar with the matter. The IPO could raise as much as €300 million ($354 million) and value the company at about €1.5 billion, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Star Capital picked UniCredit SpA and Commerzbank AG to join the group of banks helping to arrange the offering, people said. Berenberg , BNP Paribas SA and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are leading the IPO, the people said. Rothschild & Co. is acting as financial adviser and was appointed earlier in the process, they said. No final decisions have been made and the timing, deal size and valuation could still change, they said. Representatives for Vincorion, Star Capital, BNP Paribas, JPMorgan, Unicredit, Commerzbank and Rothschild declined to comment. A representative for Berenberg did not respond to a request for comment. Vincorion supplies the defense industry with generators, electric motors, drive systems and other equipment. The company has about 900 employees in Germany and the US, according to a recent press release . It generated revenue of about €200 million in 2024. Star Capital acquired Vincorion in 2022 from Jenoptik AG . For the latest news on equity capital markets activity in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, follow the channel or visit NI BFWECMEU . To subscribe to ECM Watch , Bloomberg’s daily roundup of news from around the region, click here .