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...His new Netflix documentary traces how Robert Oppenheimer’s split atom led to the bifurcation of the world and has kept us all on the precipice of catastrophe for the past 80 years....
...While evidently trying to follow Duck Soup’s recipe — and borrowing from the likes of Dr Strangelove, Woody Allen’s Bananas and Armando Iannucci’s Veep — the six-part series dishes out a tepid stew of undercooked...
...This was characterised by the gentrified “Banana” syndrome — “build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything”. He was in good company....
...But the dispersion of their returns has been very wide, as this chart shows: Amazon has barely outperformed the S&P 500, Nvidia has gone absolutely bananas, and the rest have covered the range in-between...
...BlackRock gave its target the code name “Apple” while GIP dubbed the larger firm “Banana”....
...May DD suggest a couple new flavours for Ben & Jerry’s: ‘Banana (corporate) split’ and ‘The full Nelson’....
...“Sometimes you just need an office,” says Donna (Kimberly Herbert Gregory), with whom Carol develops a tentative friendship built on banana bread and mutual quietude....
...Some individual stocks have gone bananas. Bryce Elder over at Alphaville has recently dissected one example, Super Micro Computer....
...Deal talks began straight after the October dinner, with BlackRock giving its target the code name of “Apple” and GIP dubbing the larger firm “Banana”....
...From a December press release: Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty Media” or “Liberty”) (Nasdaq: LSXMA, LSXMB, LSXMK, FWONA, FWONK, LLYVA, LLYVK) and Sirius XM Holdings Inc....
...Keren Kanarik, technical managing director at US chip equipment supplier Lam Research, even said this is an “incredibly exciting time” for the industry, as engineers get to work on features measured “in atoms...
...As Spac backers know, that can sometimes prove more difficult than splitting the atom....
...The retailer, which also owns the Banana Republic and Athleta brands, described Dickson as the “lead architect” in “reinvigorating” Mattel’s brands....
...Its half-life, the time needed for 50 per cent of its radioactive atoms to decay, is just over 12 years....
...Gap Inc is currently in crisis. Its brands — Old Navy, Gap, Athleta and Banana Republic — face weak or falling sales and the business is lossmaking....
...A solid foundation All batteries work in the same way: a stream of electrically charged atoms known as ions flow through a chemical material called an electrolyte from the anode to the cathode, the cell...
...Return-to-work wardrobe shopping by office workers helped make Banana Republic, the company’s dressier work attire brand, a stand out during the quarter. The unit helped Gap deliver a surprise profit....
...Splitting companies and splitting the atom have their complexities. Brookfield has applied its expertise in the former métier to Westinghouse Electric, a specialist in the latter....
...The former Telenor Myanmar rebranded as Atom in June. A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on September 9 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...A lot of it came from here (data from Ed Mills at Raymond James): Government spending, and in particular debt-financed government spending, has gone bananas since the start of the pandemic....
...The retailer, which also owns the Banana Republic and Athleta brands, said it anticipates adjusted operating margin percentage to be “zero to slightly negative” in its second quarter....
...It extends beyond their slapstick comedy, adoration of bananas and high-pitched Minionese dialect, a nonsensical mash-up of languages voiced by Pierre Coffin, a co-director of the franchise....
...It has to regain its rhythm by reinvigorating the Gap brand while luring more customers back to Banana Republic, its office-apparel brand....
...And CPI inflation is making markets go bananas....
...Harry’s Inc., the personal care company, gives employees “golden time” that they can mark in their calendars: periods when they can disconnect from work without having to say why....
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