Hints and tips:
...We’re like rocks, stuck at the side of a stream.” The Lekdijk Bovendams bond, like the Tucks, is a rock, stuck in the stream of Dutch history....
...When you’re most popular is probably when you’re reaching the top of the cycle,” he told the FT....
...Prices for songs have soared while rock stars such as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have sold their songbooks for hundreds of millions of dollars....
...These kinds of things are what sort of fascinate our architects and civil engineers here because they're simple. They're repeatable. They're durable....
...Rock-bottom valuations of banking stocks hint at economic weakness and imminent disaster. They are at levels only seen during past financial shocks....
...If you’re interested in the evolution of pop culture in the western world in the past 40 years, the roots are clear: punk rock was the movement that revolutionised everything....
...Kid Rock, the rap-rock star, filmed himself shooting cases of the beer....
...But for something lighter, I like rock biopics, mainly from the ’70s....
...If they’re able to build up a model more like Spotify, I’m wondering if you consider that a bit of a win? DS: In my experience, it’s very difficult for very large corporations to change their compass....
...“You feel you are on the moon when in fact you’re only a two-hour drive from Los Angeles,” he says....
...“We’re worried about deteriorating macro conditions, and that’s traditionally not the time when investors deploy a lot of capital into the single-B [corporate debt rating] risk.”...
...for walks along the Jurassic Coast, largely due to its cosy pub The Square & Compass, complete with flagstones and a wood burner (and plenty of car parking)....
...Usually I just rock up to a local barber’s – they do it all the time, so it’s an easy option. I also quite enjoy the process of sitting in a man’s barber shop....
...It would have been easy to tread a well-worn route, but the house set its own compass — and while it’s still early days, the strategy of subversive savoir-faire has crystallised beautifully in this year’...
...Smart reads Levelling up A hitherto obscure lender, Little Rock’s Bank OZK, has become one of the most prolific lenders to Manhattan property developers....
...Amato is a paper-map-and-compass guy by nature, but now uses a computer on the go....
...“If you’re going to tell me that by regulatory fiat one of my major items of expense disappears, I’m OK with that,” said Griffin in October, referring to payment for order flow....
...And they’re using the pandemic as leverage....
...We’re going to have to reckon with the benefits of socialism and capitalism. People are polarised. And we’re coming down to the wire on global warming and we’ve got to keep all options on the table....
...Yet the delegates often hail from the very same companies they’re meant to be policing. (New York Times) Business or pleasure?...
...But it was too late for a rewrite as we hit the floe with a terrifying bounce and the compass reading showed we were as near as dammit to 90 degrees north....
...He made similar points in written evidence submitted to the court last week as part of Dakota Access LLC’s argument to keep the pipeline open....
...UK M&A gets political Typically when politicians hang up their hats, they find a cosy spot on a reputable company’s advisory board to wait out retirement — “trophy cabinets” as they’re sometimes known....
...We fell off the compass, the clock and the calendar into summer’s sea....
...Today they’re sitting on more than $400m worth of winnings....
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