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...Nestled at the top of a hill and shrouded behind trees and fences, Son’s European-style villa is now mostly hidden from passers-by....
...They also acquired companies in areas such as digital advertising, mobile operation systems, social media and so on, to ring fence more and more of the online territory and keep users on the platform....
...Speaking at an antitrust conference last month, he urged plaintiffs to “swing for the fences when asking for remedies”, with the break-up of infringing companies one potential result....
...Bank of America sums it up well with a (sadly anonymised) quote from an investor: “Like watching a mad donkey thrashing around in a field bouncing off all the fences.”...
...We are hopeless fence-sitters on inflation, and we will be taking no victory laps however things turn out....
...The 2008 financial crisis had left the balance sheets of western financial groups poisoned by sub-prime assets, forcing them to ring fence these toxic assets in “bad banks”....
...The violence broke out when police were sent to subdue protesters after the army began building a fence cordoning off the land....
...The economic calendar for Tuesday swinging for the fences (all times Hong Kong): 07.50: Japan balance of payments current account balance09.30: Australia NAB business conditions14.30: Australia foreign exchange...
...Hungary is building a fence along its border with Serbia....
...So as to not sit on the fence, we’re going to take a view and speculate that it’s actually all down to option two....
...In the Truman Show, the late nineties Hollywood film, the eponymous character lives a seemingly charmed world, snuggled comfortably into an American suburbia of white picket fences and crisply cut lawns....
...But he’s still keeping at least one buttock on the fence. Why? “Brazilians see what’s happened in north Africa and now Turkey. They get it. They know they have reason to gripe....
...Comcast, Providence and Disney are now seen as sellers, but News Corp is said to be on the fence. Hulu is a rare digital success for content owners....
...Mr Bryson’s nomination represents the latest sign of the White House’s effort to mend fences with the business community....
...say their contribution is falling from £2.4bn to £2.1bn. having said that, I’m still not sure that this tallies with Osborne’s claim of increased funding – or the idea that Caroline Spelman would ring-fence...
...In theory, they can split banks into retail and investment arms or ring-fence the retail business into a stand-alone part of the balance sheet....
...LLC, a Houston investment bank. —————— And here, via Morgan Stanley, is a handy ‘week ahead’ for BP: 1) Monday – BP board meeting scheduled, focus on the dividend....
...Certainly, there are hedge funds whose managers, beguiled by the 20 per cent of the upside that goes into their own pockets, continue to swing for the fences, reasoning that if the losses are too heavy,...
...On Thursday, the UK government proposed a law allowing the Financial Services Authority to ring-fence the London Stock Exchange, which is being pursued by Nasdaq, against “disproportionate” regulation –...
...Then there are the fence-sitters, such as Robert Barry at Goldman Sachs, who takes a “neutral” view. Sanford Bernstein’s Brian Johnson has a “market-perform” rating....
...The backlash forced Dubai Ports World to agree to ring-fence the port terminals and sell them to a US buyer. It also prompted a flurry of legislative proposals to revamp the Cfius process....
...GM is thought to be considering how it might “ring fence” other parts of GMAC in the same way and is also negotiating the sale of a stake in its separate, smaller commercial mortgage business to private...
...It may also give Walt Disney, a minority shareholder and marketing and distribution partner, an additional incentive to try to mend fences with Mr Jobs and his team....
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