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...The system, which supplies essential plumbing to the global investment industry, will give the asset manager’s clients access to crypto....
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...By the time the financial crisis erupted, the Solutions unit was a fully fledged financial advice group with deep expertise in the plumbing of markets....
...Martin Arnold How much more support will the Fed provide?...
...With the slowest profit recovery in Business Services, we initiate at Underweight....
...Business groups and think-tanks are making a mistake to cast Uber v London as a totemic fight to preserve capitalism....
...It’s a place for mixed grills, ox heart, buttered carrots and breakfasts that cross into Man v Food territory....
...‘Everybody’s been looking for the sign’ “It has been quite a week,” said Lise Buyer, who advises companies on their initial public offerings at Class V Group....
...The food, he recall, was “motorway service station bad”; hot water was just a “rumour”....
...Ferguson, the plumbing and heating supply company company formerly known as Wolseley, has posted a 9 per cent increase in both full-year revenue and trading profit at its ongoing businesses....
...outcome of a third trial, which is due to start at the end of the month, which will be of greatest interest to businesses such as IT companies, caterers, cleaning groups and law firms that once provided services...
...The VIX volatility index, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, closed above 15 for the first time this year, as investors expressed apprehension over the headlines in what is a shortened holiday week....
...The timing surprised an industry that expected the chain to stay afloat through the holiday season....
...If banks do not respond quickly, they risk becoming the “dumb pipes” that handle the plumbing of the financial system, while all their customer interaction is stolen away by more technologically adept rivals...
...The end of the year is usually strong for the pay-TV industry thanks to holiday promotions. For the fourth quarter, rival Verizon added 21,000 customers although AT&T lost 27,000 pay-TV subscribers....
...Additional reporting by Emma Dunkley, Martin Arnold and Caroline Binham...
...At the Formia stand, which is at the neighbouring Catering & Onboard Services Expo, a special Turkish Airlines amenity bag for Hajj pilgrims includes a prayer mat and alcohol-free hand sanitiser....
...Arnold Donald, chief executive, says the company wanted to offer “choice and variety” to match “the different tastes and preferences of Chinese travellers”....
...In the past 12 months, the materials sector has returned less than 2 per cent and was one of the worst performing sectors on the US benchmark, after energy and telecom services....
...The skittish worry that Google now has the means to build a real-life Arnold Schwarzenegger at his robotic best....
...“When we say bespoke service, we mean it,” McCarrick shrugged. So was it worth it?...
...He describes the experience as a fast-track management course, including the tricky issue of family relations....
...Some were pleased Mr Snowden’s presence, imagined or otherwise, had shaken up the daily routine when business tends to be slower, and a lot of the airport’s own employees are on holiday....
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