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...Even then, said Whitmore, “it was usually a C-suite executive that would invite the boss . . . a lower-level executive or staffer wouldn’t invite the chief executive”....
...Its model has been widely adopted across Canada’s public sector — CPP Investments, established in 1999 to oversee and invest the assets of the Canada Pension Plan, has grown from just C$12mn to C$536bn and...
...“More homebuyers are taking out mortgages with fixed rates than ever before,” says Lawrence Bowles, director of research at estate agent Savills....
...He had gained admission despite middling A-level grades (a B in history, a C in French). Distracted by royal duties, he graduated with a lower second....
...The division is margin dilutive to the Group at a c.13% operating margin (Group c.18-19%)....
...In the past, strong periods of performance for high yield has been led by triple C rated and lower credits setting the pace....
...BAT has put C$758m in escrow to cover the case....
...Meanwhile, just five issues (Microsoft, Alphabet class A & C shares, Apple and Amazon) are responsible for more than 30 per cent of the broad market’s rise during July....
...Washington's 2010 Simpson-Bowles commission wanted to get it over time to 40 per cent. Will the U.S. become Greece at 184 per cent? Not clear. Will it become Japan at 237 per cent? Also not clear....
...Most readers now agree that Vidal’s greatest legacy comprises the seven novels about America from 1776 to 2000 that make up the Narratives of Empire (Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire, Hollywood, Washington, D.C....
...Lou Crandall, economist at Wrightson Icap, said Mr Lew’s letter to Congress last week “ensured that the Treasury’s new floating rate note would meet with an enthusiastic reception when he kick-started the...
...So Dr Crandall hops into the time travel machine, goes back in time, finds George, but brings with her some ghastly 21st-century flu, wiping out 98 per cent of the American colony’s population and wrecking...
...Yet Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles – the retired politicians who lead the “fix the debt” movement – remain as unwavering as before....
...says Lou Crandall, economist at Wrightson Icap....
...Concerns on this issue were raised in Washington last week by Michel Barnier, the EU commissioner overseeing financial services, and a separate delegation of lawmakers, including Sharon Bowles, chair of...
...Mr Bowles and Mr Simpson are known for taking on sacred cows for both Republicans and Democrats....
...But what it doesn’t change is the common sense,” said Mr Bowles....
...The advisory group also recommended shareholders vote against the re-election of James Bell, Crandall Bowles, David Cote, James Crown, Ellen Futter and Laban Jackson, citing a variety of deficiencies....
...Fix the Debt, a group co-founded by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the bipartisan pair that chaired Mr Obama’s 2010 fiscal commission, pushed back forcefully against the CAP’s conclusions....
...However, it is only half of the amount recommended by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the widely respected bipartisan duo whose analyses frame the debate on the national debt....
...The advisory group also recommended that shareholders vote against the re-election of James Bell, Crandall Bowles, David Cote, James Crown, Ellen Futter and Laban Jackson, citing a variety of deficiencies...
...Which makes the latest intervention from Alan Simpson, the co-keeper of the nation’s fiscal conscience, along with Erskine Bowles, all the more enjoyable....
...You bet,” Mr Bowles said on MSNBC. The Financial Services Forum, a lobbying group for many US banks, also seemed to approve....
...The 2010 bipartisan deficit commission co-chaired by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles did not suggest any increase in the Medicare age, and proposed increasing the Social Security retirement age to 69....
...Last year I listened to Erskine Bowles, the wisecracking Democrat who has campaigned for bipartisan fiscal reform, throw down a gauntlet to American business....
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