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...But if inflation persists then Japanese households will at some stage need to reposition into assets that can generate higher yen-denominated returns,” says Bruce Kirk, Japan equity strategist at Goldman...
...Meanwhile, the debate about the anti-green finance comments made at last month’s Moral Money summit by Stuart Kirk, HSBC‘s (suspended) head of responsible investing, continues to spark reaction: below you...
...The ambiguous stance is designed to warn Taipei not to declare independence — which would almost certainly spark a Chinese attack — while forcing the Chinese military to reconsider action against Taiwan....
...Police named the men as Ray Dalton, 22, and Gustavo Mosqueda, 24, both from the US, and British citizens John Lockwood, 46 and Anthony Kirk, 32....
...“The monument manufactures its own aura,” writes Kirk Savage, an art historian at the University of Pittsburgh who specialises in American monuments....
...The USS John McCain sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week, sending a message that the Biden administration would continue to conduct operations in areas that frequently spark a sharp response from Beijing...
...Her crisp band, which included Bobby Sparks on organ and piano, were a perfect cushion for Wright’s country-inflected, gospel-hewn inner strength....
...“I personally don’t think the process of outsourcing your research to academia is the right approach,” said Ewan Kirk, Cantab’s chief investment officer....
...But critics warn that clearing the backlog on death row would lead to a surge in executions that would spark widespread protests in what is a fundamentally liberal state....
...John Hughes: A Life in Film, by Kirk Honeycutt, Race Point, RRP$40 Giant coffee-table tribute to the oddly under-discussed John Hughes (1950-2009), who remains ceaselessly influential as a writer, producer...
...More females at the top should also spark action on gender equality, she says....
...One of the UK’s fastest-growing hedge funds is slashing its fees, in a move that it hopes will spark a rethink of the industry’s notoriously high charges....
...The worry is that these investments are not enough to protect América Móvil’s current position, let alone spark growth....
...Trade lawyers are divided over whether such a move would be compatible with World Trade Organisation rules, and they could spark litigation from China....
...Critics worry that Mr Obama is creating an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy that will spark turf wars between the White House “czars” and their cabinet counterparts....
...Shares in General Motors fell 4.9 per cent this week to $29.69, as investors contemplated Kirk Kerkorian selling his entire stake....
...David Kirk, Fairfax chief executive, said: “We are now a significantly more diversified media company.”...
...But so far this season the Coolmore horses have failed to spark, with not a single victory among O’Brien’s first 15 three-year-old runners....
...“In those areas anything can start a fire, a car backfiring or a spark from a lawnmower.”...
...Surging shares in General Motors put a spark into trading on Wall Street on Wednesday, after a company controlled by Kirk Kerkorian, the billionaire financier, said it would buy a sizeable stake in the struggling...
...US stocks closed mixed on Friday, after better-than-expected non-farm payroll numbers failed to put a spark into trading....
...Ponder the spectacle of poor Burt Reynolds: for five years in a row (1978-82) America’s top male box-office draw, today rubbing two sticks together to try to make a spark....
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