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...It remains unclear why the police went to Bain and whether it was directly connected to the blue-chip consulting firm or to one of its clients....
...The Bank of America chart below shows dollar performance against EM currencies (light blue) and DM currencies (dark blue) around the 2011 X-date: There is another factor to consider....
...The double-B (blue line below, labelled BA) share of the market has surged....
...A rising blue line means a weaker yen: You can see a faint relationship in the chart....
...US defence contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon also report earnings as demand for their products surges. 3M, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric also report....
...As a result, other blue-collar jobs — like construction — seem increasingly attractive....
...A stint in Singapore with Tim Kobe’s collective Eight Inc, perhaps best known for developing the original concept for the Apple Store, came next, followed by a masters in luxury design in Lausanne....
...the labour department withdrew a rule that the Trump administration had sought to push through in its final days, which would have made it easier for businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors...
...Some 86 per cent of the water reaching Egypt comes from the Blue Nile in the Ethiopian highlands....
...The Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise is a 14-inch premium business laptop or 2-in-1 that features the first 4K panel with Low Blue Light display on a Chromebook Enterprise and the world’s longest battery...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on June 9, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...The platform is designed to help blue-collar workers such as clerks and chefs, without requiring them to re-enter their credentials every time they sign up for a new job....
...The Bombardier deal, if it goes through, would end a damaging insistence on indigenous development at the bluest of Japan Inc’s blue-blooded companies, potentially paving the way for Mitsubishi Heavy to...
...Dubbed “NUMMI” — New United Motor Manufacturing Inc — the joint venture achieved defect rates and quality ratings unheard of at GM’s other plants....
...Online jewellers such as Blue Nile, which offers diamonds ordered in easy-to-understand categories, and includes price guarantees and a 30-day return policy, have proved hard to compete with....
...In a less publicised but equally interesting example, Blackstone in 2017 agreed to a formal “Responsible Contractor Policy” that sets higher standards for the labour and construction contractors it employs...
...As both Lex and the FT’s Richard Waters note, Big Blue, plagued by anaemic revenue growth, is paying a huge 10 times revenue multiple to take on Amazon, Google and Microsoft....
...As it turns out, she was officially a contractor with a subsidiary called Medallion Consulting Services....
...Small Talk Blue Prism’s rapid share price rise needs a reality check “Blue Prism’s trajectory since floating is fizzier than tonic maker Fever-Tree and confectioner Hotel Chocolat, two new-ish Aim entrants...
...Two Tiger Cubs — Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global and Blue Ridge Capital, led by John Griffin — bought more stock after the short selling campaign began....
...The problems start when companies go public, as both Snap and Blue Apron have shown....
...Trading on Wall Street was dominated by earnings announcements from blue-chip companies on Tuesday, while big carmakers rose off the back of a meeting with President Donald Trump....
...People at all ends of the socio-economic spectrum become Uberised, as both blue- and white-collar jobs are handed out piecemeal to the lowest bidder....
...“India must develop blue water capacity,” says Mr Gandhi....
...Transocean, one of the biggest offshore drilling contractors, jumped 7.3 per cent to $15.76....
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