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...Just six weeks earlier, Maryland lawmakers sealed an agreement with current Orioles owners, the Angelos family, to keep the team in the mid-Atlantic metropolis for 30 more years....
...Now the Maryland-based company is on the verge of getting approval in the UK, which will probably be followed by the US....
...Shares in Novavax had already risen more than 1,600 per cent so far this year before the agreement was announced on Tuesday, before the US stock market’s opening bell....
...Centred in the eastern states, the purchase includes a 25 per cent share of the Cove Point LNG port in Maryland, interstate pipelines that snake from the Marcellus gasfields to eastern markets, some gas...
...The company said 90 per cent of future operating earnings would come from its utility business, although it will hold on to an interest in Cove Point, a Maryland liquefied natural gas facility....
...Over the years, the managers on the other side of the Atlantic have, on average, made higher returns....
...Earlier this year the company announced a tie-up with Starbucks in China, and this month said it would partner with Yum China to trial its burgers in selected KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell outlets....
...The worst performers, though were Torchmark and Everest Re Group — which saw declines blow out to 4.5 per cent and 2.6 per cent, respectively, by the closing bell....
...(The Atlantic) A weighty moment On Friday, a vote at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France will see the definition of the kilogramme change from a metal ingot encased in three bell...
...Instead of announcing a fundraising by way of a press release, unicorns should be ringing opening bells....
...New World, Inc: How England’s Merchants Founded America and Launched the British Empire, by John Butman and Simon Targett, Atlantic Books RRP£25, 406 pages Michael Auslin is the author of ‘The End of the...
...Netflix reports fourth-quarter earnings after the bell. The media company raised prices in many parts of the world in October, so investors will be watching closely for any sign of churn....
...Morgan Stanley and BNY Mellon report fourth-quarter earnings pre-market, while American Express and IBM are reporting after the bell....
...Atlantic City’s fortunes suffered in recent years as nearby states such as New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland permitted casinos....
...Net income fell by more than a fifth to $1.22bn amid a series of one-time adjustments related to its stake in Virgin Atlantic, hedges and taxes....
...As US bank chief executive pay settles at more than twice the average pay of bank bosses in Europe, shareholders are more determined than ever to prevent American norms from crossing the Atlantic....
...(Reuters, FT) Is KPMG the next Bell Pottinger?...
...Some 70 years on, opinions differ over the inspiration for the Bell X-1....
...Still, publishers on both sides of the Atlantic will continue to hold out hope that the technology companies come up with better monetisation models for their content....
...Longform recommendations David Crow — The Lonely Death of George Bell James Fontanella-Khan — The Quiet German Robin Wigglesworth — Masters of the Word Matt Klein — A Savage War of Peace Demetri Sevastopulo...
...The sheer volume of M&A activity is ringing alarm bells in Washington and Brussels....
...Energy was the worst-performing sector on both sides of the Atlantic as Brent oil fell 4.6 per cent to settle at $46.26 a barrel, giving back nearly all of its sharp rise on Tuesday, following the release...
...Safe harbour allowed tech groups to seamlessly move data on customers back and forth across the Atlantic....
...The Energy Atlantic, a 290-metre tanker steaming slowly through the Gulf of Mexico, is about to make history....
...Media shares first went into freefall at the beginning of August, when companies on both sides of the Atlantic suffered steep declines....
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