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...disparity between the highest- and lowest-quality bond spreads reflected persistent worries over very risky companies losing access to funding, forcing them further into distress — a scenario that could spark...
...“You were starting to see, finally, something that’s more than performative progress . . . taking real steps to make sure that the C-suite is not all white and male,” says David Lopez, a Rutgers University...
...Should Sullivan & Cromwell have seen the sparks? The powerful US law firm had been cosying up to Sam Bankman-Fried for months in advance of the implosion of FTX in November 2022....
...investment banker — and self-described venture philanthropist — who is also managing director, head of equity capital markets and head of China at US underwriter Boustead Securities.https://twitter.com/paul_c_watson...
...Hoto 12V brushless drill with USB-C charging port, £139.99, amazon.co.uk Game-changing tea towels Who says tea towels can’t be fun and versatile?...
...The lipstick alone will spark conversation when I pull it out of my bag for a post-dessert refresh. guerlain.com Sisley Supremÿa At Night, £580 for 50mlWinter nights are the perfect time for reverse-ageing...
...“Ain’t nothing trickling down” from the Reagan presidency; the C-suite is clogged with Ivy League deadbeats....
...Clip from NBC For further reading: Johnson & Johnson’s ‘Texas-two-step’ sparks outcry over US bankruptcy regime Talc ruling a blow to J&J and the ‘Texas two-step’ bankruptcy jig Talcum powder cancer...
...That’s Signa with an S, not a C. It owns stakes and trophy assets like Selfridges in London and New York city’s Chrysler building....
...C’mon....
...And perhaps it will even spark enough humility, or terror, in Congress to start fiscal talks....
...BlackRock’s consulting arm warned Silicon Valley Bank, the California-based lender whose failure helped spark a banking crisis, that its risk controls were “substantially below” its peers in early 2022,...
...At a dinner soon after, Jones impishly starts provoking Don by humming Wynette’s recent hit song “D-I-V-O-R-C-E”....
...Slower first moves would not spark immediate surrender, while 1 a7? Bxa7 2 f7 allows Rh1+ followed by Bc5, and Black draws. Chess 2477 It’s mate in six at most by 1...Qxf1+!...
...In Ming Smith’s famous photograph of Sun Ra, the musician’s head seems to discharge a diaphanous halo of sparks....
...Even the brutal wildfires raging in the province during an abnormally dry spring didn’t spark serious discussion of climate change....
...SVB collapse heralds ‘slow rolling crisis,’ says Fink BlackRock has emerged as a behind-the-scenes protagonist in the saga of Silicon Valley Bank, the California-based lender whose failure helped spark...
...SVB hired BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory Group to study its risk controls and received a “gentleman’s C” in a brutal assessment delivered to the bank’s top brass in January 2022....
...The author has holdings in F&C Investment Trust and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust....
...He submitted his first short story to a magazine at the age of 15, inspired by the likes of Arthur C Clarke and Isaac Asimov....
...On the other side of the Atlantic, Canada’s Western Potash has just secured a C$85mn loan from Appian Capital, a London-based private group, to fund development of its Milestone project in Saskatchewan,...
...Clip courtesy of NBC News For further reading: Johnson & Johnson’s ‘Texas-two-step’ sparks outcry over US bankruptcy regime Architects of ‘Texas two-step’ lambast J&J for its use of the manoeuvre ‘Texas...
...Simple . . . stick a sharpening steel in the block next to them and watch a hundred frustrated holidaymakers send sparks showering into the night....
...Its subjects — racial equality, the suffragist movement, same-sex marriage and the Vietnam war — look guaranteed to spark controversy. “That would be a good thing,” says Zambello....
...Less than two hours later, Trump sent the tweet at the centre of Tuesday’s hearing: “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”...
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