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...The last time its actors were in London, in 2008, they were flaying strips off each other in Tracy Letts’ red-raw family drama August: Osage County ....
...“N-n-nooo,” he says. “You can’t ask. Fashion is about latent demand. You can’t research it. If I say, ‘what colour are you going to buy next fall?’...
...markets, writes Tracy Alloway....
...Shares of Lazard increased by 41 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $24.81 by lunchtime in n New York. Evercore rose 56 cents, or 2.7 per cent, to $21.51....
...It’s as Frances Coppola says: [A]n economy in better shape would have better tax revenues. Any loss incurred by the BoE would be offset to an unknown extent by increased Government income....
...Update – more numbers, via the FT’s Tracy Alloway (amounts in euros): Unicredit 12.5bn (or less) Mediobanca 4bn Banco Popolare 3.5bn BBVA roughly 11bn Banca Civica 6.1bn Aareal 1bn Erste 1.1bn KBC...
...Moody’s also affirmed the Prime-1 ratings of all three companies’ banking operations, including the Prime-1 ratings of Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A., and Wells Fargo Bank N.A....
...Javid, who climbed the ranks at Deutsche Bank before joining in the Tory 2010 intake last May, wants the coalition to set net government borrowing at a certain percentage of GDP.n Women at the top: Queen...
...Black·Swan·Fat·igue (n. Abbr. BSF) A form of investment and/or risk management lethargy. Symptoms: General disinclination to hedge against ‘tail risk’ events....
...to the residential mortgage-backed certificates to be issued by Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-1 (SEMT 2011-1): –Class A-1 ‘AAAsf’ (Credit Enhancement%: 7.5%); –Class A-IO ‘AAAsf’ (Credit Enhancement%: n/...
...Tracy McDermott, FSA acting director of enforcement and financial crime, said on Monday: “N&P failed in its basic duty to provide suitable advice to its customers, in spite of an internal compliance report...
...So how does Rolex persuade such figures as Martin Scorsese (film), Youssou N’Dour (music), Toni Morrison (literature), David Hockney (visual arts) and many others to join the programme?...
...Approximately one month after the ACA and IKB note purchases in April 2007, ABN AMRO N.V. (“ABN,” now owned by RBS) entered into a swap transaction referencing the ABACUS 2007-AC1 portfolio....
...Some Friday headlines via Reuters: 15:42 07Jan11 RTRS-MASSACHUSETTS’ TOP COURT RULES AGAINST US BANCORP N>, WELLS FARGO & CO N> IN FORECLOSURE-RELATED CASE — COURT RULING 15:43 07Jan11 RTRS-BANKS...
....), 10 Civ. 4030 (N.D. Cal.) (Illston, J.), 10 CH 45033 (Ill. Cook County Cir. Ct.), LC 091499 (Cal. L.A. County Super. Ct.) and 10 PL 045071 (Ind. Marion County Super. Ct.)....
...Here’s the full deal info: Issuer…………….BP Capital Markets plc (“BPLN”) Guarantor………….BP plc Type………………Senior Unsecured Format…………….SEC-registered Ratings……………A2/A (s/n) Size………………Benchmark Maturity...
...Curiously enough, they say stocks beginning with the letters A through M (except for I and J) were delayed up to 24 seconds, while stocks beginning with I, J, and N through Z were delayed up to approximately...
...Some other highlights, from the statement: CHARLOTTE, N.C....
...NBG, EFG, Alpha to UW (from OW); removing NBG from AFL; BOC to N (from OW), Piraeus to UW (from N), keep Agricultural and Postal as UW....
...To quote Morgan Stanley’s literary inspiration — “Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.”...
...4.00 (4.02) Germany 3.12 (3.13) Japan 1.36 (1.36) CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX -0.3bps at 67.7bp Markit iTraxx Europe -1.58bps at 73.61bp Markit iTraxx Xover -9.74bps at 407.25bp Markit CDX IG n/...
...3.98 (4.00) Germany 3.14 (3.12) Japan 1.37 (1.36) CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX +7.18bps at 74.88bp Markit iTraxx Europe +2.35bps at 75.96bp Markit iTraxx Xover +11.75bps at 419bp Markit CDX IG n/...
...Horror of horrors, King suggests possibly replacing the fan charts — the source of much FT Alphaville amusement — with the monstrosities shown below: That is a ribbon chart and a(n abominable) 3-D fan chart...
...Piga’s life came from representatives of Country M or Countepart N....
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