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...His annual January letter to the chief executives of the S&P 500 is a must-read, and last year he called on them to take a more active role in addressing societal issues, from retirement to infrastructure...
...C Specialist) Apple faces shareholder vote on human rights policies (FT) Villains or visionaries?...
...The average age of a chief executive at a US regional bank with more than $10bn of assets is 59, according to data from S&P Capital IQ....
...The Canadian dollar was 0.8 per cent weaker at C$1.3369 per US dollar after earlier touching C$1.3399, its weakest point since June 2018....
...Bush termed “the vision thing” — what is the UK’s economic model and strategy to replace the void left by Brexit?...
...Bush and also on the influential Senate Budget Committee....
...While Mr Trump’s team of advisers has C-suite experience, they do not have the usual instincts of seasoned S&P 500 chief executives....
...edward.luce@ft.com Letter in response to this column:: Choice between two will be here soon enough / From Adrian P Hewitt...
...The photos in Mr Duffy’s office include those of former presidents Bill Clinton, George W Bush and his father, George HW Bush....
...Nor is her proposal likely to deter shareholder activists, whose gains from holding C-suites to ransom will outweigh any new penalties....
...Including dividends, Power Corp returned 21-fold in the 20 years through to 2007, more than six times the return of the S&P/TSX....
...However, when it comes to picking that apart, D.C....
...Bush, called it “primitive” as economics, “silly” as advice, and diagnosed Mr Stockman with a mild case of elderly depression....
...Bush. In 2009 Mr Obama took office with an approval rating of 68 per cent, according to Gallup, in spite of a contracting economy that was haemorrhaging jobs....
...Bush when the US president visited Indonesia....
...The envelope, please: The S&P in Clinton’s era logged a hearty 10 per cent annualised return, while in Bush’s time, it slouched just under 7 per cent yearly....
...Bush’s campaign. In fact, Mr Bush’s presidency was dominated by national security....
...According to David Hensley at J.P....
...The S&P 500 has risen some 10 per cent from its low in June in a classic “risk-on” rally that reflects hopes of pump-priming, with investors ignoring muddling data and slowing corporate earnings....
...She e-mailed him at 5:37 p.m. with a draft of what the Fed would tell the world the next morning at 8 a.m....
...“Advertising matters, and a lot of the advertising is aimed at that group,” said Democratic pollster Geoff Garin, who is advising the pro-Obama super P[olitical]A[ction]C[ommittee] Priorities USA....
...Bush at his nadir. All the more reason for Washington to shift the blame to S&P....
...It has ordered C-130 transport aircraft and P-8 maritime surveillance planes. It stands to buy C-17 aircraft for $4bn....
...President Obama has set a target of halving the deficit by 2015, and it will actually start to fall markedly next year if Congress can agree to allowing “temporary” tax reductions like the Bush tax plan...
...Bush, he nevertheless put the blame for America’s difficult fiscal situation on the former president, who he accused of failing to pay for tax cuts, two wars and costly drug benefits for the elderly....
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