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...They followed the Pinault family of Ch Latour et al, who, in 2013, bought what is now called The Eisele Vineyard from the Araujos, and were so confident of their savoir-faire that they didn’t even impose...
...And yet consumer insurance remains largely undisrupted. The biggest motor insurers in the UK, for example, are the same ones that were around a decade or two ago — Aviva, Admiral, Direct Line et al....
...Here’s Citi’s Andrew Coombs et al. then: For the European banks, we see less risk of deposit flight and believe they have more liquid balance sheets....
...The failure of one of Drexel’s biggest clients, the Executive Life Insurance Company, destroyed the retirement incomes of thousands of Americans....
...Prosecute fraud, maybe regulate crypto exchanges like casinos, and keep the SEC et al out of it. This is a disagreement about how to cordon off crypto so that when crypto burns, it is controlled....
...Saga also announced an expansion to its river cruise business, with four new ships to be added on rivers including the Rhône and Moselle in Europe....
...It’s not a consumer bank. It’s not a business bank....
...ADQ, an Abu Dhabi investment holding company, bought a 50 per cent stake in one of the region’s biggest agribusinesses, Al Dahra — which specialises in the cultivation of animal feed and production of rice...
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...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...Operating earnings at Berkshire fell 11 per cent to $6.14bn in the three months to the end of June, partly weighed down by higher expenses at its insurance unit Geico and declining agriculture and consumer...
...We've had the first high profile film postponement (James Bond), with likely more to come....
...(WSJ, NYT) Tobacco should learn from PPI As the cost of the payment protection insurance scandal climbs past £50bn, another potential consumer problem is emerging: lung illnesses that appear linked to vaping...
...For consumers, trouble has been shifted forward. Every month means higher debt for many households and for companies. Rising unemployment will lead to spending caution....
...Addison Lee, the mini cab company that was bought by Carlyle just months before Uber et al made it on to the scene....
...Read the full take by the FT’s Alistair Gray and James Fontanella-Khan here....
...I have seen no data to show how Facebook and Twitter et al advance happiness or social cohesion....
...While I claimed only that thousands would die in the future, the Baicker et al studies suggest that at least one person dies for every 1,000 who lose health insurance....
...Trump tariffs pose threat to global economic revival, OECD warns Saturday Boat races The 163rd annual Oxford v Cambridge boat races, part of the society social season, take place on the river Thames in...
...That's why I think tech and consumer companies are really interesting....
...HNA, Fosun and Anbang Insurance were also on the list. Each of the companies has taken its own approach to handling the powers that be....
..., the head of insurance group Anbang....
...I’d set up and capitalise a European debt management agency to create ESBies (the European safe bonds of Brunnermeier et al). I’d set up a eurozone growth capital fund for fast-growing companies....
...This may be because journalists write differently, of course — but Baker et al believe it is because the US government has become bigger, more complex and more polarised, meaning that election results are...
...James Manyika, co-head of the McKinsey Global Institute, suggests the picture is far more nuanced....
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