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...L’Après-midi d’un faune (1912), choreographed and danced by his lover Nijinsky, climaxed (quite literally) with the Faun lowering himself suggestively on to a stolen scarf....
...Letter in response to this article: The Fed’s accounting ploy has echoes of S&L crisis / From Alex J Pollock, Lake Forest, IL, US...
...Dom Comte Abbatucci, Le Diplomate de l’Empire 2014, a biodynamic Corsican white blend that I tasted at Dynamic Wines in London last February....
...“A better than expected P&L, with good results from Brazil and a stronger contribution from the US,” noted Daragh Quinn, a banking analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods....
...Experts who support his attribution include Keith Christiansen, the chair of European paintings at New York’s Metropolitan Museum....
...“When Isas were launched in 1999, there were some bargains on the table although it might not have seemed so at the time,” says Ms O’Keefe....
...Further reading : travelling in the US last week, I caught up with Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker article about the Sackler family, whose wealth — and high-profile philanthropy — is founded in part on...
...Eidos, Eidos de Padriñan Albariño 2016 Rías Baixas 13%£15.50 Lea & Sandeman Another L&S find from north-west Spain....
...L/Uniform x Sisley vanity case, £1,275; exclusive to Selfridges Beauty queen dreams: this Christmas, Sisley Paris has collaborated with L/Uniform, the French manufacturer of canvas bags, to create a limited...
...Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter Ernest L Arbuckle professor of business administration, Harvard Business School I read Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson while thinking about the need for institutional change...
...Favourite 2012 Brunellos These were my choices from a recent tasting of 44 bottles • L’Aietta • Baccinetti, Saporoia • Baricci, Colombaio Montosoli • Biondi Santi • Caparzo, La Casa • Canalicchio...
...“If you have a smaller universe, it is even more important to focus on diversification,” says Mr Christiansen....
...No word yet on those weirdo L-shaped slices....
...This is an edited extract from ‘Viral Loop’ by Adam L Penenberg, (Hodder & Stoughton, £12.99). © 2009 Adam Penenberg. ……………………………………………………………………………………….....
...Aviva and L&G have changed the lay-out or calculation methods of their numbers without giving fully revised first-half figures from last year, according to Mr Barnard....
...Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods estimated that moving to an approach more in line with its peer group could force L&G to set aside another £1.3bn-£1.9bn for potential defaults....
...However, this figure is below the amount calculated by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, who on Monday estimated that if L&G were to allocate reserves in line with its peer group, it would need to increase...
...“If L&G moves to a basis more in line with the peer group, we calculate that this could lead to a £1.3bn-£1.9bn increase in reserves,” said Greig Paterson, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods....
...“Ultimately with little new here the driver of the price remains the Santander offer,” said James Hutson, analyst at Keefe Bruyette & Woods....
...That is equivalent to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods’ forecast for A&L’s pre-tax profits this year. And it does not take account of the fact that Santander will also have access to much cheaper funding....
...Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. served as independent financial advisor to Ambac with respect to these offerings....
...Andrew Senchak, the investment banking director for Keefe Bruyette, the bank securities dealer, said: “It isn’t a bad idea....
...But its decision not to bid for SocGen is as much a sign of pragmatism as prudence, according to Jean-Pierre Lambert, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods....
...“It seems a little strange to us that it would choose to give this information where others have been less than forthcoming,” James Hutson, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, wrote in a note....
...Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, said in a note that the positive trading news would prompt consensus forecasts to edge up....
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