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...In 2023, a huge sexual assault scandal caused an implosion at Japan’s biggest boy band agency, Johnny & Associates, and its downfall has handed K-pop companies ever greater bargaining power....
...When Forlano replied that “Rigatoni” — a nickname for Viggiano — “literally works for” Blackstone, Bleckley responded “F[**]k u should’ve told me f[**]k the feds.”...
...On Thursday, Hybe proposed seven new candidates for SM’s board of directors, amid longstanding shareholder concerns about Lee Soo-man’s influence over the K-pop agency....
...Then, just days after reaffirming its intentions not to speed up its EU membership application, the government performed a U-turn, joining Ukraine and Moldova with an application to join the bloc....
...Past fundraisers include a T-shirt illustrated by Pol Anglada and an NFT version of the designer’s viral patchwork cardigan worn by Harry Styles. akt.org.uk; jwanderson.com K is for Michael KorsEach year...
...investors (FT) Costs of climate change far greater than green transition, says ECB (FT) Wind power: not such a breeze for investors (FT) 10 Open Questions For The 40 Trillion-Dollar ESG Industry (Forbes) U.K...
...In the UK, we have never had such a poor record, including abrupt U-turns, in macroeconomic management....
...That record has only been broken by Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” video with 50m views....
...The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) said that more than 120 aftershocks were recorded after Sunday evening’s quake, whose magnitude the U.S....
...From that update: The rating also reflects our opinion of a moderately high likelihood that the U.K. government, through the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), would provide extraordinary...
...“Further increases in mortgage rates over the coming months likely will have a greater impact on prices in London than in the rest of the U.K., given that loan-to-income ratios are much higher in the capital...
...From its latest 10-K filing: As of June 30, 2017, collateral received under agreements for loaned securities was $3.7 billion, which was primarily comprised of U.S. government and agency securities....
...A spokeswoman for the AP said the agency stood behind its reporting. “Can we work here, or are we supporting apartheid?”...
...awarded a large-scale contract to provide rail cars and a train control system for the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink in the US, and also in 2018 it will begin shipping high-speed trains from Italy to the U.K...
...the U.K. government)....
...Said Sophie Tahiri, economist at S&P Global Ratings: While the news is encouraging, we believe it has no bearing on the cloudy longer-term outlook for the U.K. economy… The uncertainty surrounding the U.K...
...Nevertheless, we believe that rising Euroscepticism in several countries, and uncertainty regarding the economic and financial consequences of the “leave” result in the U.K.’s June referendum on EU membership...
...Other “key financial buffers will be subject to greater uncertainty”, said S&P, adding: After the decision by the U.K. electorate to leave the EU as a consequence of the June 23 consultative referendum,...
...Frank Gill, credit analyst with S&P, said: According to this methodology, Ireland and other small open financial centers lead the list of sovereigns vulnerable to a U.K. decision to exit the EU....
...direct exposures of most Asia-Pacific financial institutions to the U.K. appear to be manageable at current rating levels....
...It reflects our opinion that a “leave” vote is likely to deter investment in the economy and put the U.K.’s financial services sector at a competitive disadvantage versus other global financial centers....
...., the U.K., and Australia does get offset in this way....
...The need for sidelined capital may force a U-shaped recovery....
...Powell; and Daniel K. Tarullo. Voting against the action were Richard W....
...Although the vote itself is unlikely to have much of an impact in 2016, it will almost certainly affect the medium term prospects of the U.K. economy....
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