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...He self-describes as a “big R” Republican and a “little L” libertarian. He’s non-interventionist, but this is not as counterintuitive as it sounds....
...In recent weeks Next has been trading on its biggest ever valuation premium to both Kingfisher and M&S....
...L’Oreal’s been downgraded at Credit Suisse. Stock priced for a V-shaped recovery that’s looking increasingly unlikely, they say: Downgrade to Underperform (from Neutral)....
...AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest health-care deal...
...The V-shaped recovery in consumer spending feels too bullish in our view....
...Consumer grew 11% LC on a pro-forma, basis, vs. flat LC PF performance last quarter....
...When you consider the average 1yr price return (excluding dividends) for the S&P 500 is around 6% then that is a considerable 6 months and one year under-performance when the Fed deems it necessary to do...
...We analyzed market performance around the last 3 recessions to see which sectors/industry groups/industries had the greatest number of stocks materially outperforming the market versus underperforming....
...If Debt/GDP is about 1 now (UK-US levels) you can run a primary deficit of (g-r) — where g is growth rate and r is real cost of borrowing — and keep Debt/GDP constant....
...None of this surprises the experts who have tracked whistleblowers across a variety of industries, including Wall Street....
...The high-precision machinery produces press-ready printing plates used in offset printing presses....
...The Future of Islam, by John L Esposito, Oxford University Press RRP£16.99 This leading Islamic scholar explores the complex and wide-ranging futures and fates of Muslim practice, culture and politics,...
...R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys Technologies....
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...In Europe, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index ended 0.1 per cent lower, its fourth successive decline, while in New York the S&P 500 closed up 0.9 per cent....
...In view of the poor performance of the pensions industry, not just during the ’crisis’ but previously, do you think it likely that the government will relax rules on having to buy annuities rather than allowing...
...Kanoria, Chairman & Managing Director, Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd, India Adnan Kassar, Chairman, Fransabank S.A.L, Lebanon Tsunehisa Katsumata, President, The Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated...
...Increasingly, our investments today are knowledge-based: R&D, training, and marketing. As an example, Microsoft spend $1.8bn on capital expenditures and $6.9bn on R&D in fiscal 2006....
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...“Marks Spencer sells an awful lot of lingerie. 45 bras a minute. 25m pairs of knickers a year” - from Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/ Y&R and Walker Media’s submission for M&S, which won a Silver....
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