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...Fifa’s land-grab on the calendar is proving deeply unpopular in some quarters....
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...The rush to be first into states as they regulate sports and online betting has also pushed up operating costs and resulted in a land grab for market share....
...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...The optimistic outlook is a stark contrast to a year ago, when the spread of the virus sent the stocks and bonds of travel and leisure companies sinking....
...“We’ve never sold so many country houses in the £2m-to-£5m bracket as we have over the past year,” Bailey confirms....
...But sales of the Ariens Ikon XD, featuring 20-inch tyres, a V-twin Kawasaki engine and ergonomic plush seat, have surged in the US during the pandemic....
...Should we expect the V&A’s exhibition to explore this difficult territory?...
...All the smaller F&B and leisure customers will be getting waivers on their rental obligations for three months, at a cost to British Land of about £3m, with deferrals offered to retailers etc if they want...
...The ONS estimates the value of land and assets-over-land to be over £5tn compared to a GDP of c£2tn....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...Vietnam is rapidly becoming the land of Vin-everything....
...Patagonia v Donald Trump Late last year visitors to Patagonia’s website were greeted by a black page which stated “The President Stole Your Land.”...
...Moonlight, a coming-of-age tale about a gay black man, beat favourite La La Land for best picture....
...Berlin’s iconic Sony Centre has changed hands in a deal worth more than €1bn as north American funds muscle in on European real estate....
...North American pension funds are among the fastest growing in the institutional management industry by assets over the past five years....
...Gaming on Indian lands boomed from coast to coast. Mr Trump lost control of his gambling holdings to his creditors, and the history of the casino industry was never the same....
...“When you land and we tell you your luggage is coming out of baggage claim, we should offer you ‘do you want an Uber to your hotel?’...
...The goal is to build influence through size, while securing assets, especially land, that will later appreciate in value....
...But while the world is accustomed to US heroes, American film-goers have little appetite for Chinese fables....
American football could give the social media service new cachet
...It can carry 80 soldiers or 66 paratroopers, three Humvee jeeps or one Blackhawk helicopter and land on dirt airfields....
...Now he manages a Nasa lab that develops technology for “living off the land on the Moon or Mars”....
...Land ownership is, perhaps, the most ancient expression of wealth....
...He aimed to build an Elvis-themed Las Vegas hotel and casino and borrowed $475m to buy a parcel of land in the city but the plans failed....
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