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...Quentin Fitzsimmons, a senior portfolio manager at T Rowe Price, says Britain’s tax burden is now at its highest level as a percentage of GDP since the 1940s....
...Fund managers including BlackRock, State Street, T Rowe Price and Jupiter Asset Management are reducing pay packages and delaying hiring decisions in an attempt to curb costs, as pressure mounts from customer...
...“Trading over the Christmas period has been strong, demonstrating the continued improvements we’ve made to product and value,” said chief executive Steve Rowe....
...Dawn Holland: Inflation is likely to continue coming down in the coming months, allowing interest rates to start unwinding in the second half of the year....
...The retailer recognises that there have been many false dawns. CEO Steve Rowe says “given the history of M&S we’ve been clear that we won’t overclaim our progress”....
...James de Uphaugh at Majedie Asset Management was similarly upbeat: “After many years of false dawns at M&S, investors’ muscle memory is conditioned to be highly sceptical but M&S has quietly attracted a...
...At college, it began to dawn on Scaringe that he would need huge amounts of capital to start a car company....
...Follow the money: T Rowe Price, Ant Financial and SoftBank have pumped another $1bn into Paytm in a fundraising round that values the Indian digital payments firm at $16bn....
...Many believe it could also herald a new dawn for stockpicking firms such as Wellington, which are under pressure to prove their worth in a world increasingly dominated by cheaper, passive investment strategies...
...His peers remember Wilmot-Sitwell as the man who invented the “dawn raid” — now an established tactic in aggressive corporate acquisitions....
...Hailing false dawns is reflexive for M&S chief executives. Mr Rowe is no exception. He sees “early signs” of recovery in the clothing division. His actions tell a different story....
...The shares peaked at almost £6 last year during a false dawn for general merchandise, before plunging south....
...There are also four serious omissions from the lists: Lord Browne, partner at Riverstone Holdings; Dawn Airey, senior vice-president at Yahoo; Harriet Green, chief executive of Thomas Cook; and Ashok Vaswani...
...Clare Hartnell, head of property and construction at Grant Thornton, said: “This could be a new dawn for the property sector, and will certainly encourage property companies to list on UK exchanges.”...
...As John Rowe, chief executive of Exelon, the largest nuclear generator in the US, put it: “Gas is queen.”...
...Since the dawn of the modern era, costly hookers and extravagant shopping sprees have been a staple of international commerce....
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