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...Its last significant deal came in 2022 with the $12bn acquisition of Alleghany, an insurance-to-manufacturing group....
...China and Vietnam in particular have tightened their data regulations in the name of national security....
...Maga Inc, a pro-Trump super Pac, has booked just $6.5mn....
...Commended Liberty Mutual O: 7; L: 7; I: 7; Total: 21 The insurance company’s legal department is aiming to unify practice areas and encourage greater collaboration and agility in problem solving....
...Hong Kong-listed AAC Technologies, a maker of acoustic parts for Apple, fell 3.7 per cent, while chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co declined 2.9 per cent....
...It is harder to make up lost ground in services than it is in manufacturing.” In a short-term downturn, capital expenditures are only delayed....
...Having ruled out increases in income tax, national insurance and VAT rates in its 2019 manifesto, the government will likely initially look to other options....
...Rotork has the single largest exposure in our coverage (~50% v 60% in 2014 though)....
...With a national strategy focused on manufacturing — dominated by the garment industry — the country has seen exports soar by an average annual rate of 15-17 per cent in recent years to reach a record $36.7bn...
...Emergency services are using this to respond to fires in remote regions while insurance companies use it to check disaster claims....
...But earlier in the week, the company managed to avoid being dragged out of the FT100 index despite recent falls in its share price....
...She said one ambition was to get away from putting companies into national boxes. “It’s becoming harder and harder to put a flag on a company. And that’s what’s important....
...Besides Mr Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway group, Mr Ashford’s big backers this year include multinationals such as Deere & Co and Honeywell as well as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and other...
...Other readables Patrick Jenkins rightly wonders whether the whole idea of deposit insurance is outdated. The excellent John Kay takes on manufacturing fetishism....
...Caring sharing EU Brussels is to call on EU governments not to ban or limit services such as Uber and Airbnb, in a bid to head off a regulatory onslaught from national authorities on the “sharing economy...
...On the contrary, there is an incentive to migrate pre-Brexit to earn an active national insurance number....
...Chinese companies are set to secure a number of build-operate-transfer contracts for national highways, and the government is seeking Chinese funding for a series of ambitious hydropower projects....
...Confidentiality, and protection from law enforcement agencies, is guaranteed by the FDA and the National Institutes of Health....
...Yet the event was also full of reminders that the era of international co-operation might be ending....
...Each file was about 20 pages long and contained details of earnings, savings, mortgages, health issues, insurance policies, passports and national insurance numbers....
...Wasu Media Holding Co for more than $1bn on Tuesday....
...Financial editor Patrick Jenkins moderated the debate; below are the answers from the 17 powerful figures within the City....
...A number of companies – from Novo Nordisk and Novartis to GlaxoSmithKline – have invested in joint ventures, manufacturing and research....
...and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance are among the companies shortlisted to buy a minority stake in Indonesia’s Panin Life for about $200 million, sources said. http://reut.rs/UqGs3l China snubs Norway in...
...At that level, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s personal fortune had shrunk to $8.8bn....
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