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...But, of course, there’s a reason why it’s widely called Shitibank; the sprawling, gormless Citi has for a v v v very long time proven adept at blithely ambling onto various rakes around the world....
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...I think one big shift from pre-pandemic has been a democratisation of capital. Previously, it was a lot easier if you were in a major hub....
...“Over the past few weeks, the fight has changed with the rise of the B.1.617.2 variant,” he said, pointing to the recent increase in hospitalisations and deaths in the US....
...Dixons Carphone has a strong relative market position in electricals in the UK, Nordic and Greece, but the environment for big-ticket purchases looks challenging....
...“With the current state of the high-yield bond market it’s a big nut to digest,” said Mr Norris of a Walgreens deal. “They will have to come up with some innovative financing.”...
...Swati Dhingra: Not yet in any big way. Peter Dixon: It is likely that some form of fiscal consolidation will be announced in 2021 (though may not necessarily be immediately implemented)....
...In Europe the big excitement revolves around KKR declaring a 5.21 per cent stake in ProSiebenSat 1 Media, the German broadcaster....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...“Can passive become too big? No. The fact that most investors will be indexing will not be a problem,” he says....
...“I think for a lot of people it was a big warning sign,” says one credit fund manager....
...Smart reads Dumb pipes v bright lights Is AT&T savvy enough to understand the mischievous world of media?...
...The regulatory approval represents an important milestone in the process, announced last year, to launch a cash tender offer for Delta’s acquisition for up to 49 percent of Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V...
...He says colours have become a big trend. “This fork is very special,” he adds, cradling it....
...Sit back and relax — or not As many human drivers might appreciate, one of the big obstacles to self-driving cars is weather....
...Portraits such as of the poet Tennyson and “Madonna and Child” are on display in a new exhibition at London’s V&A. Forwarded Source code poetry Programmers are artists too....
...“The UK’s Tech City companies simply aren’t big enough to be considered. If they were, they’d certainly do well in the empathy ranking,” says Prof Palmer....
...But the big picture is that austerity will continue for the next five years at least....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College My expectation is that growth will slow to below 1 per cent. Big issues are what progress is made in Brexit discussions....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...Peter Dixon, Economist, Commerzbank (a) Not very much....
...“It is bad enough not receiving rent,” said Mark Rigby, chief executive of CVS, a business rates specialist....
...b) Stock Reservation....
...In at least one case, SEC v....
...Since his first novel, V, came out in 1963, when he was 26, Thomas Pynchon has written two kinds of book....
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