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...New Adidas chief executive Bjørn Gulden has the company back on track, according to Sawiris....
...Neither the monster national players (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup) nor the regionals (PNC, M&T, et al) have had much to say about the economy’s effect on credit quality....
...And for all the flaws of the current approach to equity and inclusion, Edmans et al say it does seem to be bearing some fruit: the average DEI score from their calculations has risen from 4.1 out of 5 in...
...But as Steven Kelly of the Yale Program on Financial Stability pointed out to me, Yellen et al will need the goodwill of the big banks should some other bank or banks get into trouble....
...Once the Covid rebound is complete, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts annual growth of 1.3 to 1.7 per cent, which, as Danker notes, is not a good number for a country used to growing at 2 to...
...“The vast majority of these employees are essential workers, raising the stakes for all stakeholders to review this transaction.”...
...(International Financing Review) + (FT) News round-up Citi investment bank boss predicts resurgence of offices (FT) Sports streaming group DAZN seeks cash to help secure future (FT) Virgin Media owner...
...Coca-Cola also reports earnings, as does social media group Snap after the market closes....
...But why can’t manufacturers just divert the unused office paper? (FT)...
...And, as lockdown measures are softened, the return of the likes of Gregg's, Starbucks et al to the UK FtG market will increase competition....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...(FT) Huawei is searching for new smartphone parts suppliers as Washington’s restrictions on US companies hit home, according to this Nikkei Asian Review exclusive....
...(FT) European election round-up Germany’s far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party was the big winner in Sunday’s regional election in the eastern state of Thuringia....
...The November spending review was not encouraging....
...David Kirkland, an expert on race and education and executive director of NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, says the problem needs to be solved by elected...
...The outcome of protracted negotiations is likely to see Italy clash with Brussels on everything from budget rules to immigration. Here are four possible outcomes for the mixed coalition government....
...(Guardian) US spending plans The White House is expected to release two major proposals that could set the agenda for US president Donald Trump’s second year in office....
...selection of more favourable jurisdictions for pursuing claims, and the right to criticise your employer on job review websites....
...The biggest activist fight — Nelson Peltz v Procter & Gamble — was only recently settled, two months after a shareholder vote....
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...Iran and Russia, which back the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, and Turkey, which supports the rebels, all want the upcoming conference to agree a new constitution for postwar Syria....
...Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti may not be quite ready to run for president — but he is already taking on Donald Trump on issues such as immigration and the future of work....
...The writer is the FT’s executive comment editor Les Revenants: Ils étaient partis faire le jihad, ils sont de retour en France, by David Thomson , Seuil €19.50...
...All eyes will be on how the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration Party for Freedom, led by Geert Wilders, fares....
...And he was telling me that this game where you kind of mug bankers to raise money to pay for public services, et cetera-- but it's been downloaded 600,000 times....
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