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10 The Sunday Times December 30, 2018 BUSINESS BESTSELLING BUSINESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR ROBERT THOMPSON’S FUNNY BUSINESS 2018 Shoe Dog Black Box Thinking Rich Dad Poor Dad StrengthsFinder 2.0 Start With Why Phil Knight Matthew Syed Robert T Kiyosaki Tom Rath Simon Sinek 1(35,695 copies) 2(27,704) 3(26,533) 4(22,254) 5(21,641) The Nike story, written by If we had a black box like Some 21 years on, financial Focus on your top five What makes you more one of its founders: more a plane, we’d see how we advice in a set of parables, talents after a Gallup test innovative, influential and Almost 8 in 10 companies The excuses for not hiring No escape in the corporate than just doing it failed and how to succeed based on the author’s life online (with access code) profitable than other people and public sector bodies more women on boards world from the General pay men more than women were described as ‘pitiful’ Data Protection Regulation Elon Musk Who Moved My Cheese? The 4-Hour Work Week Little Black Book What They Don’t Ashlee Vance Spencer Johnson Timothy Ferriss Otegha Uwagba Teach You at Harvard 6(20,428) 7(19,646) 8(19,444) 9(18,758) 10Business School Mark McCormack (18,252) Authorised biography of Two mice, two little people ‘Maximising results while A brand consultant’s Top sports agent on the entrepreneur behind Tesla in a maze, seeking cheese minimising time spent’, ‘modern career guide every smarts needed to succeed, cars and a mission to Mars in this business allegory according to Inc magazine creative women needs’ first published in 1984 Business critic Boris The online retailer’s UK unit Wonga, the payday lender Johnson’s opposition to a paid a pittance, as profits with extortionate interest Bestseller list prepared by Nielsen using date supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the period December 31, 2017 to December 15, 2018 third runway is thwarted almost trebled to £72.3m rates, finally goes bust DATABANK INSIDE THE CITY SABAH MEDDINGS THE WEEK IN THE MARKETS THE ECONOMY Consumer prices index current rate prev. month FTSE 100 FTSE 100 DOLLAR 2.3% 2.4% sales of about $100m the rollout of a generic by a USD > GBP Indivior (£78.7m) this year, but competitor. It is expected to 8,000 CPI including housing current rate prev. month Indivior later slashed the generate tens of millions of $1.27 2.2% 2.2% guidance to $12m. dollars in sales. That is 7,600 U 0.01 Retail prices index current rate prev. month could get The wave of bad news has unlikely to help it recover to 12-month high: $1.44 low: $1.25 sent the shares down almost its previous revenues — $1.1bn 7,200 3.2% 3.3% EURO 75%, wiping £2.1bn off its in 2017 — but Thaxter has said 6,733.97 Average weekly earnings on prev. month on last year over highs EUR > GBP value. The former division of costs will be cut to 12.80 H:7,903.5 6,800 consumer goods giant Reckitt compensate, ensuring that it 0.19% L:6,536.5 £528 U0.8% U3.3% Unemployment current rate prev. month and lows Benckiser, once worth £2.9bn, maintains $250m of cash to 6,400 €1.11 is limping along at £795.1m. avoid breaching covenants. FTSE 250 W 0.00 2018 12-month high: €1.16 1.38m 4.1% 4.1% This year has not been kind to There is a question over how Indivior hopes that its low: €1.10 Source: Thomson Reuters Manufacturing output on the year on last month Indivior, the FTSE 250 well the company guided schizophrenia treatment, YEN producer of treatments for investors about the potential Perseris, which is due to RISERS FALLERS YEN > USD U0.3% V0.9% opioid addiction. Barely a downside, but that is an launch in February, will take Funding Circle: 325.4p U 28% on Evraz: 392.6p V 12.9% on coal deal rumours Low & Bonar: 14p V 12.8% Retail sales on the year on last month week seems to have gone by argument for another day. pressure off Subuxone. broker note Debenhams: 4.9p U 24.7% on recovering losses on continuing woes Indivior: 109.2p ¥110.40 without the shares falling on There are reasons to Jefferies forecasts $300m of Amigo: 297.5p U 14.4% on investor V 12.1% on dealers taking profits U3.9% U 1.4% 17,465.05 V 0.81 Hammerson: 473p V 12.1% on revelations that sales of its believe things could look up peak sales, although these 22.07 H:21,371.5 feeling Dialight: 398p U 13.7% on 12-month high: ¥114.54 sentiment Tarsus 277p U 11.7% on retail gloom Xaar: 146.4p V 11.3% on low: ¥104.55 top-selling Suboxone Film for Indivior in 2019. While its will be shared with a partner. 0.13% L:17,054.7 analyst rating worse-than-expected sales UK trade latest 3 mths prev. 3 mths latest 12 mths could soon be wiped out by a shares may not soon return to Also, America’s Food and OIL balance (£bn) -10.3 -7.2 -29.9 cheaper competitor. the heady heights of June’s Drug Administration, which DOLLARS/BARREL DOW JONES HANG SENG FTSE EUROFIRST Gross domestic latest quarter prev. quarter annual change Indivior specialises in 490p, it is taking steps to recently issued only tentative 23,062.40 25,504.20 1,326.64 product treatments for people improve its position. approval to Brixadi, a weekly $53.21 U0.6% U0.4% U1.5% 617.03 H:26,951.8 249.22 H:33,484.1 2.18 H:1,588.0 addicted to heroin, as well as Led by Shaun Thaxter, injection that rivals V 0.61 Budget deficit latest month prev. month year-to-date 2.75% L:21,712.53 0.97% L:24,540.6 0.16% L:1,291.0 12-month high: $86.74 (PSNB) in £bn prescription painkillers. Indivior plans to launch an Sublocade, has now awarded low: $49.93 -7.2 -6.4 -32.8 India’s Dr Reddy’s is authorised generic version of Indivior exclusivity until NASDAQ SHANGHAI SENSEX GOLD among the rivals that have Suboxone to coincide with November 2020. 6,584.52 2,493.90 36,076.72 DOLLARS/TROY OZ been fighting Indivior in the Indivior must speed up its 251.53 H:8,133.3 22.35 H:3,587.0 334.65 H:38,989.7 courts for permission to Indivior pipeline of new treatments to 3.97% L:6,190.17 0.89% L:2,449.2 0.94% L:32,483.8 $1,277.53 10-YEAR BOND YIELDS % launch their own versions of replace the inevitable loss in U 17.60 Suboxone, which dissolves 500p revenue from Suboxone Film. S&P 500 CAC 40 ALL ORDS 12-month high: $1,359.26 variation 12 months under the tongue. However, the danger finally 2,485.74 4,678.74 5,716.00 low: $1,179.16 high low 375 69.12 H:2,940.9 182.70 H:6,481.3 Meanwhile, Indivior’s appears to be factored into 15.64 H:5,657.4 BITCOIN UK 1.27 V 0.06 1.79 1.10 attempts to move patients on 250 the share price. Jefferies has a 2.86% L:2,346.58 0.33% L:4,556.0 3.30% L:5,478.4 DOLLARS US 2.73 0.06 3.26 2.41 to its newer treatment — a 125 120p target, while Stifel has a NIKKEI DAX S&P TSX V monthly injection called hugely more ambitious 440p. $3,885.17 20,014.77 10,558.96 14,222.00 JAPAN 0.00 0.04 0.17 0.00 Sublocade — have faltered. 0 Also, the current 109.2p may V 23.35 V 151.42 H:24,448.1 74.86 H:13,596.9 286.56 H:16,586.5 12-month high: $19,497.40 The injection had initially 2018 attract a predator. Buy. 0.75% L:18,948.6 0.70% L:10,279.2 2.0% L:13,776.9 low: $919.50 GERMANY 0.24 0.01 0.80 0.19 Price at 6pm Saturday V been expected to generate Source: Thomson Reuters @sabahmeddings TOP 200 COMPANIES Rank by Market cap Price Change 52-week Mkt Cap Rank by Market cap Price Change 52-week Mkt Cap Rank by Market cap Price Change 52-week Mkt Cap Rank by Market cap Price Change 52-week Mkt Cap Yield P/E Yield P/E Yield P/E Yield P/E on week high low (£m) on week high low (£m) on week high low (£m) on week high low (£m) 50 3i Group 795.4 +5.8 1029.5 756.2 4.8 - 7690.1 8 Diageo 2787.5 –36.5 2883.5 2354.5 2.3 23.0 67758.4 14 Lloyds Banking Group 51.2 –0.3 72.1 50.0 6.1 9.1 36438.6 135 RPC 647.4 –17.0 881.5 632.2 4.3 10.5 2631.2 69 Admiral 2023.0 +46.0 2118.0 1803.5 2.6 17.3 5876.9 93 Direct Line Insurance 318.2 +4.4 393.2 304.9 6.4 11.3 4375.2 33 London Stock Exchange 4064.0 –3.0 4794.0 3649.0 1.3 23.9 14149.2 78 RSA Insurance 510.0 +11.7 681.8 496.6 3.8 17.4 5237.4 168 Aggreko 721.4 +6.4 882.0 641.8 3.8 17.0 1847.7 91 easyJet 1111.5 +18.5 1796.0 1051.5 3.7 12.3 4415.0 160 Man 133.8 +1.3 217.7 126.8 6.0 11.0 2081.8 59 Sage 605.2 +17.0 821.4 525.6 2.6 22.4 6568.0 146 Alliance Trust 685.0 nc 785.0 672.0 2.0 - 2294.5 148 Electrocomponents 508.4 +3.0 761.6 495.7 2.6 13.7 2256.1 101 Marks & Spencer 247.1 –2.7 324.0 242.4 7.6 137.3 4015.2 70 Sainsbury, J 264.9 –5.1 341.5 225.3 3.8 22.6 5832.3 22 Anglo American 1754.2 +2.6 1926.4 1464.6 4.4 9.8 24644.8 182 Entertainment One 348.8 –0.2 447.6 268.0 0.4 69.8 1616.3 143 Mediclinic International 324.8 +19.2 706.4 305.6 2.4 - 2394.2 56 Schroders 2463.0 +18.0 3773.0 2334.0 4.6 11.2 6719.1 49 Antofagasta 781.0 +12.0 1149.0 727.2 1.0 15.6 7699.5 54 Evraz 484.9 –0.8 584.0 333.1 11.4 5.3 6998.8 107 Meggitt 464.7 –2.7 572.0 417.1 3.4 12.7 3609.9 57 Schroders N/V 2040.0 +10.0 2720.0 2000.0 1.7 9.3 6719.1 191 Ascential 374.4 –1.8 465.0 346.0 1.5 76.4 1500.3 27 Experian 1885.0 +30.0 1988.5 1508.0 1.8 28.3 17154.0 45 Melrose 162.2 +3.7 247.0 146.3 2.6 - 7880.1 55 Scottish Mortgage 464.0 +9.1 568.3 420.6 0.7 - 6777.8 137 Ashmore 362.0 –0.4 433.2 337.0 4.6 17.0 2580.1 110 F&C Investment Trust 636.0 +1.0 741.0 612.0 1.7 - 3440.0 113 Merlin Entertainments 315.9 +1.8 410.5 307.1 2.3 15.7 3228.7 66 Segro 587.2 –16.2 679.0 551.2 2.8 5.2 5951.3 47 Ashtead 1640.0 +38.5 2438.0 1586.5 2.0 7.3 7836.2 37 Ferguson 4968.5 +78.5 6556.0 4749.0 2.5 19.2 11519.6 179 Metro Bank 1710.0 +59.0 4040.0 1609.0 - 48.5 1665.8 95 Severn Trent 1827.0 –45.5 2162.0 1703.0 4.7 16.7 4333.0 29 Associated British Foods 2070.0 –58.0 2891.0 2041.0 2.0 16.2 16387.7 61 Fresnillo 870.0 +33.0 1436.5 746.4 3.5 17.6 6411.0 72 Micro