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...The idea of a wholesale conversion of obsolete office towers into desperately needed housing, as New York City’s Mayor, Eric Adams, has proposed, seems far-fetched....
...The liberal law academic Eric J Segall has urged those toying with disqualification to ponder for a moment the likely real-life consequences of that action — and presumably — reject it as an act of extreme...
...The shifts in Berkshire’s portfolio are closely followed by investors as a gauge of where the “Sage of Omaha” sees value as well as his view on the health of the US economy....
...“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn”, made in 1964, was considered a trophy by collectors given its electrifying colours....
Sage of Omaha warns low interest rates have inflated valuations across financial markets
...Special thanks to Laura Clarke, Alastair Mackie, John Schnaars, Eric Sandler and Jess Truglia....
...Readers reply Our interview this week with New York City mayor Eric Daniels inspired many of you to write in and share your views about the city’s subway....
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...The blizzard of recent Chinese tech regulations does not make for the most scintillating read but it will affect an awful lot (Our take, When sages speak)....
...Ant chairman Eric Jing has become chief executive with immediate effect. Hu was instrumental in Ant’s transformation into the world’s most valuable fintech company....
...The book traces a remarkable web that links Trump’s “evil genius” Bannon with Putin sage Aleksandr Dugin and Jair Bolsonaro’s muse Olavo de Carvalho....
...His most caustic remarks are directed at the government’s 10pm curfew, which he says has few supporters beyond “the narrow cloisters of Downing Street and SAGE meetings.”...
...Wednesday: UK accounting software company Sage reports half-year results. In Japan, Sony reports full-year earnings on Wednesday and may have more news on the PlayStation 5 launch....
...When sages speak Here is a bumper harvest on US-China tech strife....
...In the spotlight The meteoric rise of videoconferencing app Zoom has thrust its China-born founder and chief executive Eric Yuan into the limelight....
...Last week, TSA profiled Eric Yuan, the Chinese-born leader of the hit Silicon Valley start-up Zoom whose fortunes have soared at a time of escalating US-China tensions....
...Don't miss the Brookings report on how China is rapidly increasing investments in India in the Sages section — an important theme this year even with coronavirus....
...Eric Yuan, the founder, tells how Zoom was inspired by the unhappy customers of his previous company, Cisco WebEx....
...“Managers are hiring aggressively as they prepare for the new regulatory regime,” says Eric Zhu, Shanghai-based recruitment manager for Morgan McKinley, noting that retail fund companies typically require...
...He travelled as a sage, eyes wide open to wonder....
...However, the “sage of Omaha” said he was still willing to invest in Britain — regardless of whether the UK left the EU....
...When sages speak One of the most important tech stories in Asia is — and will be for years to come — the disruptions being wrought by fintech....
...But what does the sage of Omaha want to teach us? “Has Warren Buffett lost his touch?”...
...The Sage of Omaha typically refuses to engage in bidding wars for companies....
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