Antimonopoly regulator of EU approved the agreement of 16.2 billion euro merger with French group for the production of luxury goods LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) and transnational jewelry company Tiffany. This was reported by Reuters.
According to the information, the merger agreement was approved without additional conditions for the companies.
Earlier, Tiffany reported that the lawsuit had been filed in a Delaware state court against the French concern LVMH due to the delay in the last stage of the merger process, in which it stated that LVMH postponed the submission of the documentation to the antitrust authorities. The company attributed this to the French government’s desire to persuade the United States to impose additional duties on the number of French goods, including luxury items.
Revenue of French LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton for the first three quarters of this year fell by 21% year on year and amounted to 30.348 billion euros, according to the company’s report. The strongest decline in revenue in this period was recorded in the section “selective retail trade” and “watches and jewelry” – […]
Holding LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVMH) reported that on Monday, September 28, filed a counterclaim against Tiffany in a Delaware court over a failed merger agreement between the two companies. The French holding and the American jewelry house agreed to merge in November 2019. The parties signed the agreement under which LVMH had to pay […]
The multinational jewelry company Tiffany has filed a lawsuit in the court of the state of Delaware (USA) against the French luxury goods manufacturer LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) for delaying the latest merger process. This was announced on Wednesday by the press service of the jewelry company. According to press service, LVMH group intentionally […]
The position of the richest man in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reached $ 199.7 billion, which is a record for a businessman. This was reported on Wednesday by Forbes magazine. The publication noted that during the trading of Amazon shares on Tuesday, the state of Bezos even exceeded the mark of $ 200 […]
The world’s largest producer of alcohol, the British Diageo has initiated arbitration proceedings with the French luxury goods manufacturer LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SA due to non-payment of dividends in the amount of 181 million euros in 2019. Diageo owns 34% in the joint venture with LVMH for the production of alcoholic beverages […]
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Pechersk District Court of Kyiv satisfied the petition of the Main Investigation Department investigators of Natspolitsiia and arrested the property of the former ruler of PJSC City Commercial Bank (CityCommerce Bank). Such a decision the court took on January 12 this year. According to the document, the former ruler of the bank is suspected of […]
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Last week, from November 16 to 22, more than 4 million people in the world became infected with the new type of coronavirus, which is a record number since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced on Tuesday, November 24, the press service of the World Health Organization. According to the WHO, in these […]
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Unfortunately, most businesses in our country learn about foreign investments from the media but not directly from their own production facilities. Despite the recent positive changes in the state, we still can’t talk about a high or at least a satisfactory level of foreign direct investment in the Ukrainian economy. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT According to […]
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The largest Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will acquire from Auchan Retail International shares of the largest Chinese hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group for $ 3.6 billion, according to the press release from Alibaba. “Alibaba is investing $ 28 billion ($ 3.6 billion) to acquire … 70.94% of Auchan Retail’s stake in […]
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Businessmen from Saudi Arabia are planning to invest $ 10.5 billion in the agricultural sector of Ukraine. This writes the “Novoe Vremya”, with reference to the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan. According to the report, a statement was made after the talks of the Ukrainian Ambassador in Saudi Arabia Vadim Vakhrushev with 25 Saudi businessmen. The meeting […]
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