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...“Arm will become the new Alibaba funding source,” said David Gibson, a SoftBank analyst at MST Financial....
...“It was a solid quarter,” said Kirk Boodry at Astris Advisory....
...We didn’t expect them to take impairment charges for private investments and at a higher rate than the last quarter,” said Kirk Boodry, a SoftBank analyst at Astris Advisory in Tokyo, highlighting $2.9bn...
...Bruce Kirk, Japan strategist at Goldman Sachs, said: “The approval rating decline that the CEOs of some high-profile companies experienced in the latest AGM season has had an effect on the way that a lot...
...David Mitchinson at Zennor Asset Management said: “This name-and-shame strategy will increase pressure on most companies....
...Email: stuart.kirk@ft.com; Twitter: @stuartkirk__ Letter in response to this article: Home truths about the capital’s unaffordability / From David Redshaw, Saltdean, East Sussex, UK...
...“To have an exchange exerting this much influence on Japanese corporate management is completely unprecedented,” said Bruce Kirk, chief Japan equity strategist at Goldman Sachs....
...The four-page supplement entitled “Investing in Japan” by Leo Lewis, Kana Inagaki, David Keohane and Melanie Gerlis is for the most part positive about the prospects for such investments, with one opinion...
...Kirk’s physical tracking of Sofi’s unravelling is beautifully observed, slumping further down her lounger as normal life recedes....
...David RedshawSaltdean, East Sussex, UK...
...Also, my favourite ESG sceptic, Stuart Kirk writes that “we are all hypocrites on corporate governance”....
...When she wore a Valentino white dress at the premiere of Spartacus in 1960 and danced with Kirk Douglas, the photographs went around the world.”...
...“Management expects China revenue to moderate going forward,” said Kirk Boodry, a SoftBank analyst at Astris Advisory in Tokyo....
...Academic David Robertson sees this as part of a broader emulation of Disney’s early days. This involves creating characters and stories that are monetised via multiple channels....
...There were edgier exchanges between Wall Street scribblers and David Solomon, chief executive of Goldman Sachs....
...“SoftBank has been wanting to monetise Arm for years,” said Kirk Boodry, an analyst at Astris Advisory. “Arm is a quality asset, with punchy revenues and good margins....
...Take a break from the news Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is back in the spotlight with a disco musical about Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines....
...Tugendhat has form when it comes to campaigning for pension reform — he once accused then prime minister David Cameron of failing to tackle schemes’ large hidden fees....
...“There is no Captain Kirk,” Biermann says with a smile. The US might deploy this technology; so might Vladimir Putin....
...David and Sara Bamford are restorers and conservers of antique rugs and carpets, and handweavers of bespoke carpets, mainly for historic houses and public buildings....
...“Lego is less about brick-based construction and more about being a talent agency for mini-figures,” says David Robertson, author of the leading book on the company, Brick by Brick....
...David Conner, dean of Windsor, then opened the service with a bidding prayer written following the Queen’s death....
...It seems a fair bet that the philosophical revivalists of American conservatism in the 1950s and ’60s — political theorist and social critic Russell Kirk and William F Buckley Jr, the National Review editor...
...central banks / From Huw van Steenis, London NW8, UK Let fund managers spend a day with Africa’s farmers / From K Felix Mjumbe, Berkeley, CA, US HSBC contrarian sticks to ‘markets know best’ mantra / From David...
...He says the “unflappable” Liew is the Spock to Asness’s Kirk, and their relationship is “a 30-year dance I’ve gotten to watch”....
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