Hints and tips:
...) big enough to make a meaningful impact on Berkshire’s earnings, (b) possible to reliably value, (c) have trustworthy and competent management, and (d) are available at a reasonable price....
...cash-pay; d) something else....
...That bust shape reappeared again at the British Fashion Awards last year, on Deacon’s life partner, actor Gwendoline Christie, who wore a chocolate-brown gown with exaggerated versions of the wired bust...
...TCI made $12.9bn for investors and ended last year up 33 per cent, ahead of the S&P 500 index’s 24 per cent rise....
...But otherwise, give me a V-sweet C-suite job any time. As if anyone would....
...At nearly 12 per cent it dwarfs the 7.5 per cent that US high-yield bonds pay, and is close to the effective yield of super-junky triple-C bonds....
...To ease in gently, I’d advise blending one part hyaluronic acid with one part vitamin C. For sensitive skin, there’s Lixirskin Vitamin C Paste....
...From the UK selection, I’d pick out Bunzl, chiefly because of my colleague Oliver Ralph’s inclusion of the packaging and distribution business in his wry analysis of the “magnificently unglamorous” seven...
...to c.$1.2bn....
...“The transparency is still more opaque than we think investors would like to see,” said Michael Brown, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods....
...From S&P’s definitions: A short-term obligation rated ‘D’ is in default or in breach of an imputed promise....
...Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned that striking out Chevron could turn judges into policymakers. “There’s a real separation of powers danger here,” she said....
...The S&P 500 is within a per cent or two of taking out the all-time high it set in late 2021. Most bond funds are likely to end the year with gains, too....
...(c) 1 LOB (“Services”) = almost all of Citi’s market cap....
...In the case of the McKinsey report published in 2020, the main study gathered data about diversity on the boards and in the C-suites of more than 1,000 large global companies....
...If I had, I might have given it the swerve and never known the brilliance I’d missed. It did, indeed, cool the fires, but it also expanded the mind....
...I’m glad Katie Martin isn’t here because I don’t think she’d be able. This is such a hurtful topic to her, the terrible performance of the UK market, that I don’t think she’d be able to be objective....
...P Soleil d’Or gives bright yellow berries on red stems, and P rogersiana Flava has glossy yellow fruits....
...But it doesn’t matter: they’re spacious, comfortable and well appointed, with excellent views that you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else....
...The latest collection from Engineered Garments – a brand synonymous with navy twill – includes the D Sum jacket that is inspired by the Japanese double-breasted samue workwear jacket....
...Housed in the Unité d’habitation — the most famous of the Swiss-French architect’s modernist housing developments throughout Europe — the 21 bedrooms are a monument to a modernist utopia that might have...
...As ratings drop to C and D, the risk of default rises accordingly Developing nations with bad borrowing records may fall into these buckets....
...A brown fedora teamed with navy blue separates and a pair of Rayban Wayfarers at the Queen’s tennis tournament in 2017 made him look cool and understated....
...“Is it true that triple-C firms have interest coverage ratios below 1? Definitely, but that’s always been the case....
...Last season’s sporty, otherworldly bodysuits gave way to bomber jackets with big blouson sleeves worn over flouncy twice-layered skirts that looked as if they’d been thrifted from a local flea market....
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