Tesco Barely in Profit as it Prepares U.S. Exit
(LONDON) — Tesco PLC, Britain’s largest supermarket operator, says it is looking to sell its U.S. operations after failing to make an impression over six years. Tesco said Wednesday that net profit for the year dropped 96 percent to 120 million pounds ($183 million) following a 1.2 billion pounds writedown to exit its Fresh & Easy brand in the U.S. It also took an 804 million pounds writedown on its U.K. property portfolio. Fresh & Easy has nearly 200 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada. Tesco says it is also leaving Japan and taking a more measured approach to growth in China. Chief Executive Philip Clarke told the BBC that the decision to leave the United States was right for shareholders and that the company was looking for a single buyer. MORE: How the Entry of Walmart and Big Retail Chains Will Change India
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United States: FSA Fines Lamprell Plc For Listing Rules Breaches - Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
The Final Notice issued to Lamprell plc on 15 March 2013 by the Financial Services Authority provides a timely reminder to listed companies of the consequences of non-compliance with their obligations under the Listing Rules.
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United States: Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal Of Section 11 And 12(A)(2) Claims, Holding That Plaintiff's Allegations Were Sufficient To Plead A Reasonable Inference Of Misrepresentations In A Prospectus - Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
In New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, PLC, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4317, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the dismissal of a claim for violations of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77k, 77l, holding that the plaintiff pleaded sufficient facts to support a reasonable inference that defendants misstated mortgage underwriting guidelines to investors.
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United States: Court Orders Adverse Inference Instruction For Bad Faith Spoliation Of ESI - Littler Mendelson
In Aviva USA Corp. v. Vazirani [pdf], No. 11-0369, U.S. District Court Judge James A. Teilborg, denied the plaintiffs' request that they be granted judgment on liability and granted the plaintiffs' request for an adverse inference instruction against the defendants for their bad faith spoliation of evidence related to the lawsuit.
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London Markets: Aggreko leads U.S. stocks higher; Aviva sinks
Aggreko PLC led the London benchmark higher on Thursday after a well-received earnings report, while investors also awaited the latest policy decision from the Bank of England.
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