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Exclusive: Jimmy Choo to pledge industry-beating growth in expected IPO
2014-09-18 01:30:31| Apparel - Topix.net
Luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo will seek to woo investors with a share market flotation prospectus promising industry-beating annual sales growth of more than 10 percent on the back of aggressive expansion plans in Asia and elsewhere, a source close to the deal told Reuters. The upmarket shoe maker, known for its stilettos worn by Hollywood and Asian stars alike, will decide in the coming days whether it goes ahead with the initial public offering , depending on market conditions.
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Exclusive - Jimmy Choo to pledge industry-beating growth in expected IPO
2014-09-17 22:31:50| Footwear - Topix.net
Luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo will seek to woo investors with a share market flotation prospectus promising industry-beating annual sales growth of more than 10 percent on the back of aggressive expansion plans in Asia and elsewhere, a source close to the deal told Reuters. The upmarket shoe maker, known for its stilettos worn by Hollywood and Asian stars alike, will decide in the coming days whether it goes ahead with the initial public offering , depending on market conditions.
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Author claims Richard Branson failed deliver on $3bn climate pledge
2014-09-14 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue aund Green: Richard Branson has failed to deliver on a pledge to spend $3 billion (1.8bn) on climate action over a ten-year period from 2006, according to author and activist Naomi Klein in her new book. Klein argues that this demonstrates that relying on the world of big business to address climate change is hypocrisy. After meeting with former US vice president Al Gore, Branson pledged to spend a significant amount of money, coming from profits from his company Virgin, to develop low carbon fuel. However,...
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Richard Branson failed deliver on $3bn climate change pledge
2014-09-13 04:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Richard Branson has failed to deliver on his much-vaunted pledge to spend $3bn (1.8bn) over a decade to develop a low carbon fuel. Seven years into the pledge, Branson has paid out only a small fraction of the promised money well under $300m according to a new book by the writer and activist, Naomi Klein. The British entrepreneur famously promised to divert a share of the profits from his Virgin airlines empire to find a cleaner fuel, after a 2006 private meeting with Al Gore. Branson went...
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Development banks pledge to step up climate action
2014-09-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The worlds six multilateral development banks promised on Thursday to do more to help emerging nations fight climate change as part of efforts to reinvigorate flagging work on a UN deal to limit temperature rises. In a statement before a Sept. 23 summit on global warming to be hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, the World Bank and other banks said they had delivered $75 billion in financing since they started joint tracking of funds in 2011. We now pledge to build on our...
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