the Guardian Archives - ׶Ƶ Know More. Risk Better.® Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:43:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-512x512-1-32x32.png the Guardian Archives - ׶Ƶ 32 32 Bumpy ride for billionaire brothers who banked on Asda’s success https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/26/bumpy-ride-for-billionaire-brothers-who-banked-on-asdas-success#new_tab Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:12:35 +0000 /?p=13983 Blackburn’s Moshin and Zuber Issa took over the supermarket promising investment to make it the UK’s second-largest chain, but the pandemic and cost of living crisis meant it didn’t go...

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]]> Blackburn’s Moshin and Zuber Issa took over the supermarket promising investment to make it the UK’s second-largest chain, but the pandemic and cost of living crisis meant it didn’t go to plan.

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]]> Is Elon Musk’s Twitter in too much trouble to cover its debts? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/22/elon-musk-twitter-debt#new_tab Sun, 22 Jan 2023 16:06:05 +0000 /?p=11088 “Twitter should have no problem making its interest payment in late January, which could be funded with cash on hand or its revolving credit facility,” says Jordan Chalfin, a senior...

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]]> “Twitter should have no problem making its interest payment in late January, which could be funded with cash on hand or its revolving credit facility,” says Jordan Chalfin, a senior analyst at the credit research firm ׶Ƶ. “Longer term, the company needs to turn around the business, particularly its advertising revenue, in order to service its debt.”

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]]> UK retailers, restaurants and clubs brace for tough run-up to Christmas https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/19/uk-retailers-christmas-icy-weather-strikes-cost-of-living-crisis#new_tab Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:10:21 +0000 /?p=10969 Amarveer Singh and Maria Nurgaziyeva, analysts at ׶Ƶ, a debt rating agency, wrote: “December should see more support from Christmas shopping for both food and non-food retailing, although cold weather...

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]]> Amarveer Singh and Maria Nurgaziyeva, analysts at ׶Ƶ, a debt rating agency, wrote: “December should see more support from Christmas shopping for both food and non-food retailing, although cold weather and ongoing rail strikes are expected to put a dent into it.”

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]]> Will Elon Musk really let Twitter go bust? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/29/elon-musk-twitter-bust-debt#new_tab Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:28:23 +0000 /?p=10580 Twitter’s interest expense will be roughly $1.2bn a year, says Jordan Chalfin, a senior analyst at the credit research firm ׶Ƶ. He adds: “It’s imperative that Twitter increase revenues and...

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]]> Twitter’s interest expense will be roughly $1.2bn a year, says Jordan Chalfin, a senior analyst at the credit research firm ׶Ƶ. He adds: “It’s imperative that Twitter increase revenues and expand margins so that it can grow into its capital structure.”

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]]> Elon Musk’s takeover financing deal could clip Twitter’s wings https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/07/elon-musks-takeover-financing-deal-could-clip-twitters-wings?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#new_tab Sat, 07 May 2022 15:19:21 +0000 /?p=7545 According to calculations by ׶Ƶ, a credit research firm, the bank financing alone will leave Twitter highly leveraged once the deal is completed. Twitter’s gross indebtedness will be nine times its...

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]]> According to calculations by ׶Ƶ, a credit research firm, the bank financing alone will leave Twitter highly leveraged once the deal is completed. Twitter’s gross indebtedness will be nine times its underlying Ebitda – a measure of profit – for 2021, says ׶Ƶ.

“That is very high and certainly not a comfortable amount of leverage,” says Jordan Chalfin, a senior technology analyst at ׶Ƶ.

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]]> ‘Proof is in the pudding’: Morrisons’ hometown less than sold on takeover https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/29/morrisons-hometown-less-than-sold-on-takeover-bradford#new_tab Sun, 29 Aug 2021 14:25:50 +0000 /?p=5457 “Nods to heritage and legacy should be treated as just that,” wrote Neill Keaney, an analyst at the debt rating agency ׶Ƶ.

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]]> “Nods to heritage and legacy should be treated as just that,” wrote Neill Keaney, an analyst at the debt rating agency ׶Ƶ.

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]]> Why cash-rich private equity firms scent bargains in the UK https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/22/why-cash-rich-private-equity-firms-scent-bargains-in-the-uk#new_tab Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:16:13 +0000 /?p=4499 Neill Keaney, a debt analyst at ratings agency Creditsights, said that British companies were “very much in the crosshairs of foreign suitors as Brexit weighs on valuations and equity prices”.

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]]> Neill Keaney, a debt analyst at ratings agency Creditsights, said that British companies were “very much in the crosshairs of foreign suitors as Brexit weighs on valuations and equity prices”.

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