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...The Ireland-based company announced on Tuesday it was buying assets from US rival Martin Marietta for $2.1bn, and upgraded its profit forecast for the second time this year....
...We’ve summarised the nine-page judgment (h/t Katie Martin), which can be read in full here....
...That bodes well for the likes of Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta Materials and Mexico’s Cemex....
...It’s not all brown study....
...Clown car maker Aston Martin needs more money....
...The muted blues and browns come from Ruff’s mixing the negatives and the positives of the images on screen....
...The story of Snap Inc is far less widely told than that of Twitter, which is surprising given the raw material....
...Materials stocks enjoyed a 1 per cent bounce but the jump was powered by chemicals companies rather than construction materials companies, such as Martin Marietta Materials and Vulcan Materials, as investors...
...The media company’s Hollywood studio won several awards for Martin McDonagh’s acclaimed film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, including best actress for Frances McDormand....
...Discount Ringo Starr as a passenger if you must but George Martin takes his place. That is four sources of ideas, four pillars on which to rest the creative burden....
...That’s why the material is intrinsically different.”...
...Philip Shaw, chief economist, Investec Sterling’s depreciation has been material....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Open question. Depends if he injects a major fiscal stimulus....
...Liz Martins, UK economist, HSBC We see growth slowing from 2.1% to 1.2%....
...Don Smith, chief investment officer, Brown Shipley More pessimistic than 12 months ago Less optimistic....
...That is the thought when observing construction aggregates leader Martin Marietta acquiring Texas Industries for $2.7bn on Tuesday....
..., by Paul Roberts, Bloomsbury, RRP£16.99/$28 The writer is the FT’s 2014 Peter Martin fellow...
...One way to picture the economic impact of a Brexit may be the shape of a letter ‘V’ or a ‘tick’....
...But most readers will agree with Joseph Stiglitz, who wrote in his FT review: “Martin Wolf has outdone himself....
...But the director with whom Leonard collaborated most fruitfully was Quentin Tarantino, in Jackie Brown, an adaptation of the 1992 Rum Punch....
...However, investors following his call to sell the stock of Martin Marietta Materials, a construction company boosted by government stimulus spending, would have lost 66 per cent of their money, and a favoured...
...The answer is that they end up being broken up, shredded and melted down in China to help fuel the appetite for raw materials of one of the world’s fastest-growing economies....
...When Delaware Chancery Court judge Leo Strine Jr on Friday night released his long-awaited opinion on the legality of Martin Marietta Materials’ hostile $5.4bn bid for Vulcan Materials, he added another...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
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