Hints and tips:
...In June, Caterpillar, known for its bright yellow earthmoving equipment, decided to shift its base from a Chicago suburb to a city near Dallas....
...DD is keen to see if the boomers and Gen Xers of Lazard want to play ball with the outsider Orszag in what may be his most radical idea....
...Jonathan Margolis reports this is a snug, portable tennis-ball machine compared to the usual ball-firing beasts....
...HK, the Dallas-based company’s largest shareholder with a 23 per cent stake, has found the right time to strike....
...I’d make them play ball....
...But Mr Schneider, who joined Nestlé in January from German healthcare group Fresenius, has already hinted at a broader shake-up, details of which could be announced at an investor day in September....
...“We do believe the auto credit cycle is in the later innings, but a brightening economic picture likely puts this ball game into [an] extra innings,” she said....
...I don’t think so, because the healthcare market is unique.”...
...But 16 years of the slow life in Alabama has cleaned up his behaviour to the point where he might attend a debutante ball or even the odd white gloves and manners class without committing an awful faux pas...
...The Dallas-based company said it would now recognise gains and losses from its pension and other post-retirement benefits in the year in which they are incurred, instead of amortising them over many years...
...A new ball game KBC Peel Hunt’s football tournament for brokers, featured here on Tuesday, was rather sniffily received by one correspondent....
...Looking for a lift Legal General Ventures, the private equity fund, is excited about its latest venture into healthcare, the purchase of nine hospitals from Bupa for £85m....
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