Bloomberg Joann Inc., the fabric and craft store, and selling shareholders raised about $131 million in an initial public offering (IPO) a decade after being taken private by buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners. The IPO fell short of the Hudson, Ohio-based company’s goal of raising as much as $186 million. Joann sold about 11 million shares for $12 each after …
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Cathay Pacific posts $2.8b loss
Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. reported a net loss of HK$21.65 billion ($2.8 billion) for 2020, a period the carrier described as “the most challenging 12 months of its more than 70-year history†as the coronavirus pandemic brought unprecedented disruption to global air travel. The outlook isn’t much better, according to Chairman Patrick Healy, who said “it is by no …
Read More »Adidas to boost e-commerce, recycled gear in 5-year plan
Bloomberg Adidas AG is targeting sales growth of as much as 10% annually through 2025 as it doubles down on e-commerce and sustainable materials. The German sportswear maker forecast a surge in online sales and the steady build-out of shoes and apparel made from recycled materials to help push up profit by as much as 18% a year. The company …
Read More »US airline flyers top 1m-a-day pace
Bloomberg US airlines carried an average of more than 1 million passengers a day in the past week, the highest non-holiday total since the Covid-19 pandemic began gutting travel demand in the countryalmost a year ago. The total of 1.28 million was the third highest since travel collapsed in mid-March 2020, according to data reported by the Transportation Security Administration …
Read More »Deutsche Bank investment unit bonuses up 46% after boom year
Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG jacked up its investment banking bonus pool by almost half after a blowout year in the markets, a far cry from the lean years when traders called the annual pay announcement the “day of long faces.†A 46% jump in variable compensation for investment bankers, and a 29% increase across all units at Germany’s largest lender, …
Read More »Citigroup creditors seek to end freeze on mistaken transfers
Bloomberg A group of asset managers for Revlon Inc. lenders urged a judge not to extend a freeze on more than $500 million that they accidentally received from Citigroup Inc. while the bank appeals a ruling that they don’t have to return it. Citibank sought the freeze because it’s upset that the lenders received a “lottery-like windfall,†the group said …
Read More »Credit Agricole urged to raise Creval bid by top investor Alta
Bloomberg Alta Global, one of Credito Valtellinese SpA’s biggest shareholders, is urging Credit Agricole SA to increase its all cash-offer for the Italian lender, boosting the camp of shareholders pushing back against the current bid. “At the current offer price, Alta Global will not adhere to the bid,†Viatcheslav Pivovarov, the founder and CEO of the investment firm previously called …
Read More »British banks lost 10,000 women in diversity blow
Bloomberg More women than men have left British banks during the pandemic, undermining the sector’s pledges to become more diverse. The number of women at the UK’s five biggest lenders shrink by 3% during 2020, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News, while men saw a decline of about 2.1% as banks pushed ahead with long-planned cost cuts and adapted …
Read More »TDB gives staff eight hours off for vaccines
Bloomberg Toronto-Dominion Bank (TDB) plans to give workers up to eight hours of paid time off for coronavirus vaccinations. Workers will receive as many as four hours of paid time off for the vaccine and as many as four additional hours if a second dose is required, according to a memo from Kenn Lalonde, executive vice president of human resources. …
Read More »Credit Suisse to wind down frozen Greensill-linked funds
Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG plans to wind down a $10 billion group of supply chain finance funds linked to financier Lex Greensill that it suspended this week because of valuation concerns. The Swiss bank said it will make the first payments to investors — amounting to approximately 80% of the available cash and cash equivalents — for the Luxembourg-domiciled …
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