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...South-east Asian logistics start-up Ninja Van, which has enjoyed huge growth during the coronavirus crisis, has raised $279m in a Series D round....
...Meanwhile, the company’s R&D as a percentage of sales, which has been falling since 2001, is creeping ever lower....
...While the financial crisis has left a mark in some countries, R&D spending was far less affected than economic output....
...Chuck E. Cheese has been sold to private equity firm Apollo in a deal that values the entertainment-focused restaurant chain at close to $1bn....
...Also on Thursday, private equity firm Apollo Global Management unveiled the $1.3bn takeover of CEC Entertainment, owner of the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain....
...Most of the others, unlike him, are heritage acts from the pre-download era; they include David Coverdale of 1980s rockers Whitesnake and Chuck D, leader of seminal rappers Public Enemy....
...So every night you’d watch Johnny Carson come in to da-da-da-daaaa-da. And Paul got a cheque!”...
...At the end of last year, Gwyneth Paltrow received a plaintive e-mail....
...Began with a “B”). We’d dropped acid and had sex three or four times with Radiohead’s Kid A on shuffle-repeat....
...By implanting its links and cornflower blue “f” logo on millions of pages, the company is enmeshing itself deeper into the fabric of the web, one site at a time. B.J....
...By the time he began the Tour de France in July, he said he’d lost count of the tests (34); and less than two weeks into the race, he’d undergone a further six. “Keep looking,” he tweeted....
...I.e. which American school has the strongest alumni community in finance in Europe? I reckon that one learns more in a 2 year programme than in a 1 year intensive programme....
...The Asian-influenced atrium has a bamboo garden, a 5,000-sq ft pool, a smart and comfortable lounge, and e-ticket kiosks....
...“Well, everywhere Huckabee goes, he has Chuck Norris by his side,” Gilgoff replied, referring to the B-movie martial arts star and born-again Christian. The room erupted in laughter....
...I’d like to point to one word which blows away the pretence that marketing veneer is a key driver in corporate success: ClubCard....
...2 The importance of proliferating public-interest content (e.g., online news services) may merit regulatory intervention, but a vast amount of content is commercial entertainment and it is hard to see why...
...That illusion of control may soon be up for public examination;A & E Television is airing a documentary series called Intervention, each episode following two people with various addictions....
...Among campaigns which won a Gold, those which featured a viral element include Honda, Virgin Mobile, 118 118 and the Central London Congestion Charge. E is for entertainment....
...Shaw, Chairman and CEO, D.E. Shaw Co. Stanley S. Shuman, Managing Director, Allen Co....
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