Hints and tips:
...Hawthorn boss John Evans says Elliot “has never been actively involved in the business”....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...Don’t forget to click here if you’d like to receive Long Story Short by email every Friday. 1. What on earth will we talk about when it’s over? Brexit....
...He was born John Kaye in Whitechapel in 1934; his mother Vera was a seamstress, his father Dave a factory foreman in Kasmin’s grandfather’s “schmutter” business — which also sold 8-9 million coat hangers...
...We suppose, before getting to what might stop this, one should probably discuss what’s hitting the Wunderbund et al. Still early in the day, after all....
...They can’t hang a jacket on the back of a chair but always stow it in a cupboard. “There needs to be a rule of law, or else where does it end? People will come in with wheelie suitcases....
...Brennan et al went back to survey the participants six months after the move and found not only that they were still unhappy with their new office, but that their team relations had broken down even further...
...Bloom et al conducted a randomised controlled trial with employees from the company’s call centres....
...Smithers, Shiller et al and the long term minded bears like the Cyclically Adjusted Price Earnings Ratio, for that purpose....
...Economists like John Normand at J.P....
...This philosopher does a better job and with more humour....
...Beautiful photography by Andrew Sewell even does justice to the magnificence of his doughnuts....
...No surprise to see GMO et al flag up “impact on third parties” from the start....
...In the US, it gave us the Nifty Fifty – IBM, General Electric et al. Investors piled into these shares and their p/e ratios climbed steeply. It didn’t last, of course....
...So it’s not surprising that the first response from Buchheit et al is to answer back with bits of the bond contract that suggest sneaky loopholes instead....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Sturrock et al also finish high in the league relative to their clubs’ wage bills. Yet their overachievement mostly goes unnoticed. Beck and Moore currently don’t even have clubs....
...While I have little time for Cameron et al, I have to admit that Osborne has done a brilliant job of (just about) keeping the markets onside....
...Back to Rosenberg: When Bernanke delivered this sermon, the inflation rate was 2.2% (1.1% today), the core inflation rate was 2.0% (+0.9% today) and the unemployment rate was 5.8% (9.5% today)....
...John Bennett, Kent Hello John. No, they are not....
...The fact of the matter is, is that when we came into office, the deficit was $1.3 trillion. – $1.3 [trillion.]...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...From €8,928....
...The entry-level, £11,995 three-door Blue-motion One, at first glance, looks expensive compared to the most basic, small petrol-engined Polos, Fiestas, Fiat Grande Puntos et al, which cost around £8,000....
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