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LVMH may try to buy Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA; Royal Dutch Shell may look at BP takeover, suggests the FT

The newspapers' New Year's predictions roll on into New Year's day.

This time it is the FT's turn to wildly speculate about deals that might happen in 2024.

And hacks at the venerable newspaper aren't holding back. Adrienne Klasa, for example, seems to think that Bernard Arnault, the billionaire boss of LVMH, is keen to do another major deal and may be thinking about Switzerland-listed Compagnie Financiere Richemont, the company that owns Cartier...