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Quentin Webb

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Covers:  mergers & acquisitions, deals, corporate finance, private equity, m&a, ipos
Deputy finance editor for Europe at The Wall Street Journal. Views here are mine.

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Quentin Webb is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist, covering mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private equity. He is based in London. Before becoming a columnist, he was a news reporter for Reuters, where he was most recently European M&A correspondent. He has also worked as a correspondent in Brussels and as a credit-markets reporter. He joined Reuters in 2003 from Legalease, a legal publisher.

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Romney tax row may bite European private equity

Romney tax row may bite European private equity

European buyout bosses are unlikely to run for high office. But, like the former Bain Capital boss fighting t…

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Formula one drives hard bargain

Formula one drives hard bargain

Formula One's owners are driving a hard bargain. Securing $1.6 billion from pre-IPO investors is a big boost …

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Spotify’s $4 billion pitch sounds high

Spotify’s $4 billion pitch sounds high

Spotify's pitch to prospective shareholders looks ambitious. The online music-streaming firm boasts rapid gro…

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Newest burger kings get Whopper of a finder's fee

Newest burger kings get Whopper of a finder's fee

The biggest rival of McDonald's in the hamburger wars will return to the U.S. equity markets via a $1.4 billi…

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Douwe Egberts listing has to create its own buzz

Douwe Egberts listing has to create its own buzz

Sara Lee's coffee spin-off must create its own buzz. Investors need to believe the unit, officially known as …

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UPS love letter validates TNT’s earlier break-up

UPS love letter validates TNT’s earlier break-up

The U.S. parcel service has admired its smaller Dutch peer for years, and proposed just before Valentine's Da…

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Where Do Fed Voters Stand on a December Rate Cut? Original

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By Quentin Webb 
| The Wall Street Journal
The coming interest-rate decision by the Federal Reserve could be an unusually close call. Here’s a breakdown of the stance of the 12 policymakers who will vote on Dec. 10. This explanatory article may be updated.
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How Global Bond Markets Are Moving, in Charts

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By Quentin Webb 
| The Wall Street Journal
Concerns about the sustainability of government debt loads are helping push up benchmark borrowing costs around the world. Here's a look at some of the action. An exchange-traded fund tracking global bond markets sank Tuesday. It was the worst one-day pullback since the turmoil sparked by President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff plans in April. In the U.S., the 30-year Treasury yield edged up, briefly topping 5% early Wednesday. It is nearing peaks hit in May and in October 2023.
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Supreme Court Order Casts Fresh Doubt on U.S. Exceptionalism, Jefferies Says

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By Quentin Webb 
| The Wall Street Journal
The Supreme Court granted President Trump’s emergency request to fire federal commissioners but signaled the Federal Reserve was off limits from White House interference.
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