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...“We don’t have that many people that could run five of the largest GAAP net-worth companies and all kinds of diverse businesses.”...
...But doing so risks cutting into the financial health of borrowers and reducing demand....
...Stand by for a big legal battle, and “test of international commitments to human rights abuses and access to justice for some of the poorest people living in an ongoing public health emergency”, writes Peter...
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...governments and green activists, Brussels’ carbon-pricing instrument risks throwing the continent’s poorest inhabitants further into energy poverty by making them shoulder the burden of the rush towards net...
...Corporations and investors can pursue their own interests, but are circumscribed absolutely by those priorities, as defined by the Chinese Communist party....
...Of these, the bulk was done by just two companies: Quest Diagnostics and Laboratory Corporation of America....
...“Helping to bring the world out of this is a fantastic opportunity for them to make a difference,” said Bruce Aylward, an epidemiologist working on Covid-19 at the World Health Organization....
...Will the commitment from Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to reduce the country’s emissions by 46 per cent by 2030 kick-start Japan Inc’s shift to green energy?...
...V. A month in, the occupation in Zuccotti Park — or Liberty Plaza — was becoming more permanent. Problems were emerging too....
...The public health crisis has made more Americans unwilling or unable to eat out or go on holiday, while demand for clothing has dropped....
...“I can’t imagine a complete V-shaped recovery, and it will be more like going back and forth at the bottom of a U-shaped recovery,” Mr Kakiuchi said....
...In our view, accrual accounting would help shift the mindset to recognise spending on vital infrastructure — from health to education — as investments, and not merely as costs....
...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...The Delaware courts are more willing to hold boards of directors to account when public health and safety are jeopardised....
...A deal with Mark Zuckerberg would help the company meet its target to cut net debt to zero in a year....
...An early paper published by the Rand Corporation is The Prediction of Social and Technological Events (1949)....
...There are also long-term (not directly Covid-19) health issues — among which mental health issues are worryingly large....
...management is guiding for volumes this year to be down c.40% and there will be a “knock on impact on 2021 delivery”, broadly in line with our expectations for FY20 volumes -39% and FY21 -19% below 19 levels; v)...
...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...
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...It says net debt at the parent level is about $46bn....
...These included acquisitions such as Ewos, a Norwegian salmon feed company, and Diamond V, a manufacturer of yeast culture products to aid animal health....
...Through May 2019, the country's banks and corporations have billions of dollars of hard-currency debt coming due....
...Our readers may also point out Alphabet's dependence on advertising revenues, a historically cyclical business which is an easy tap to turn off for many corporations in economic downturns....
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