Hints and tips:
...It kept emperors (Charles V, then Philip II) at suspicious arm’s length but wilted when their stewardship stiffened into close-up domination....
...Charles Foster K in rosy old age . . . Or Battleship Potemkin? Those darling Odessa steps....
...But we have to admit that one phrase in the FT’s big read on Jean-Charles Naouri’s precarious retail empire, which controls supermarket giant Casino, was new to us: “Breton pulleys”....
...“What the SEC would have to find is that somebody at Alibaba knew that the numbers they were reporting were bogus,” Mr Gillis said....
...“Making the VIEs legal is a big step forward for investors, because when its legal, those contracts should actually become enforceable,” said Paul Gillis, professor of economics at Peking University....
...“There are certainly questions about the effectiveness of Alibaba’s due diligence procedures,” said Paul Gillis, a professor of accounting at Peking University....
...“Mr Ma seems to have gotten some religion from his past VIE experience,” says Mr Gillis....
...“Alibaba has done a commendable job mitigating the risk for investors” according to a blog by Paul Gillis, a professor of accounting at Peking University....
...Paul Gillis, an accounting professor at Peking University, said analysts and short sellers are more focused on Hong Kong and have got a lot smarter about what to look for in terms of accounting weaknesses...
...Mr Gillis says that, even Google, another bellwether for the sector, is not immune to the disenchantment surrounding technology shares....
...“Our members are more engaged and focused as a result of that campaign,” said Michael Gillis, a spokesman for the AFL-CIO, the peak union body, in Ohio....
...Previously, Neil Gillis, chief executive, had threatened to close the process down if no credible offers were forthcoming by the end of January, describing the bidding process as “very distracting”....
...The analyst joined Matrix last summer from Charles Stanley, where his bearish report on Connaught prompted complaints from the social housing maintenance group....
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