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...One, we can now flood social media with accounts that are truly indistinguishable from a human, so extremely scalable bot farms can pump out a particular narrative....
...arrangement was provided alongside a deal in which GAM’s funds lent more than $120mn to Greensill Capital, via a special-purpose vehicle called Laufer, named after a creek on the financier’s family watermelon farm...
...During a near-death experience in 2016, it also borrowed heavily from Swiss investment firm GAM, through a vehicle named after a creek on Greensill’s family watermelon farm....
...Greensill, a 44-year-old former investment banker, has said that the idea for his company was shaped by his experiences growing up on a watermelon farm in Bundaberg, where his family endured financial hardships...
...The US Department of Agriculture said last month that net cash farm income would fall in 2016 for the third consecutive year....
...KKR’s $1.2bn acquisition of US retailer Mills Fleet Farm, for example, failed to secure any bank finance — forcing the private equity firm to use its own capital to back the takeover....
...Farmers must also sign “stewardship agreements” – acknowledging that the corn is not for export – and follow protocols to prevent it being mixed with other types, such as planting border rows and cleaning farm...
...Ross Kingwell, of the University of Western Australia, argues in a recent article in the Farm Policy Journal that “Australia consistently has experienced greater wheat revenue variance than the other nations...
...(BBC) The New Zealand government has approved the controversial sale of 16 farms to Chinese development company Shanghai Pengxin Group, reports the WSJ. COMMENT AND CURIOS - Miraculous Germany....
...First Solar , the world’s largest maker of thin film solar panels, was boosted by news that it had sold its Topaz solar farm in Southern California to MidAmerican Energy, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’...
...He says: “Up to 80 per cent of the value in Siemens delivering wind farm projects and keeping them in operation for the next 20 to 30 years will be added locally.”...
...Acciona, the Spanish construction and wind farm company, climbed 3.1 per cent to €204.50 as Citigroup raised its price target from €240 to €265....
...On the US payrolls data, the November non-farm payrolls rise was the lowest since July, up 112,000. The market consensus was for a 180,000 rise in payrolls....
...European stock markets continued to suffer on Monday in the wake of Friday's dismal US non-farm payrolls numbers....
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