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...Months after announcing a radical restructuring, Chinese tech group Alibaba is reversing course and taking another gamble — betting artificial intelligence will power growth despite its access to essential...
...The late, lamented Charlie Munger, the long-term colleague of Warren Buffett, said that investing in cryptocurrencies was “absolutely crazy, stupid gambling”....
...Still, for Cook, Biden’s electoral weakness has reached a point that Democrats might want to gamble on a change in nominee....
...Sir Charlie Bean, former BoE deputy governor, said “if after the end of the week, financial stability risks [are still there], the bank will have to step in again”....
...“Bad news is bad news” again, said Charlie McElligott, a strategist at Nomura....
...Separately, Credit Suisse execution services executive Charlie Whitlock has joined algorithmic trading group XTX Markets as head of Americas distribution in New York....
...Credit Suisse’s bold gamble to reverse years of scandals and falling share prices, Deutsche Bank’s turnround efforts, JPMorgan Chase’s turf wars for wealthy clients and Goldman Sachs’ struggle to reinvent...
...Gieves & Hawkes, one of the world’s most prestigious tailors that once boasted Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill as clients, seems at risk of closing permanently after its parent company was put into...
...However, despite the growing opportunities for his business, Slinn said buying discarded containers can be a gamble....
...In December, Engine No 1, a new activist fund set up by investors Chris James and Charlie Penner, attacked Exxon’s strategy and proposed adding four new directors to change course....
...Although seemingly frivolous, friendly gambles can have a lot of power....
...This second wave is receding but with new case numbers higher than the UK and US on a per capita basis, holding an in-person art fair was a gamble....
...AT&T Sector: telecoms / HQ: Dallas, us With the announcement that it would spin off WarnerMedia and merge it with rival Discovery, AT&T conceded defeat on its high stakes Hollywood gamble....
...So said Charlie Munger, business partner of Warren Buffett....
...“The job losses are not going to be something people forget about in seven months,” said Charlie Crist, a Democratic congressman from Florida....
...After a fall in the gold price buying miners rather than the metal might be a more productive gamble. Thanks for reading....
...(FT) MBS’s oil gamble Saudi Arabia’s dramatic decision to trigger an oil price war was viewed by Opec delegates as part powerplay, part brinkmanship....
...Mr Greenblatt had already developed a taste for calculated gambles at the dog racing tracks....
...Meanwhile John Major, former Tory prime minister, joined ex-Labour premiers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair in warning Mrs May’s successor not to gamble with a no-deal Brexit....
...For Theresa May’s gamble of a repackaged Brexit deal to pay off, four factions of sceptical MPs had to be convinced....
...Mr Osborne’s gamble has largely paid off. The commission has said the increase since 2016 has not led employers to cut jobs or shorten hours, and some 5m workers gained from the latest rise....
...It was a gamble based on the belief that casinos had weathered earlier recessions well....
...Alphaville: Further Reading Opinion today: building a new world order Few think there is now anyway back to multilateralism and a new approach is in order Lex: BMW/China: Brill seeker German carmaker gambles...
...Finally, Charlie Sykes calls out "the Closing of the Liberal Mind" in the Weekly Standard. The former conservative talk radio host has some standing....
...They go 180 miles an hour,” said Charlie O’Shea, retail analyst at Moody’s. “The difference is the Amazon shareholder base is very patient.”...
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