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...Manifold told the Financial Times that CRH would make more acquisitions in “high-growth areas” such as Texas, Florida, Poland, Romania and south-eastern Europe....
...However, I do check in for an opinion from Dame Mary Beard, the rock star scholar of Ancient Rome....
...But it also might suggest that other buildings, not just in Florida but around the world, face a similar risk....
...I decline Macaruso’s offer to drive backwards down a pile of rocks and return to home base blown away by the R1T, which has a base price of $67,500....
...He said that at Foot Locker, “no position is grounded in concrete” and he was open to amending or revising store policy decisions as circumstances merit....
...Concrete and asphalt may lack glamour but building materials are proving a rock-solid investment....
...Among the hardest hit by the struggles of consumer, technology and growth stocks were Tiger Global, Melvin Capital, Whale Rock and RiverPark....
...I see cormorants and ospreys and hummingbirds and mink, playing among the rocks. They stare back at me....
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...“We were really rock stars [in Austin this season],” he said. “That’s never been the case.”...
...Whether for the Elvis Presley years or the heyday of 80s glam rock, Las Vegas has always unashamedly trafficked in nostalgia....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 30 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...South Florida’s geology makes it particularly at risk: its cities, including Miami and Miami Beach, are built on porous limestone, that allows seawater to seep into the rock....
...Transition risk is a bit less concrete, but still pretty easy to wrap your head around....
...The three funds — led by Tyler Baron of San Francisco-based Sentinel Rock Capital — own approximately 13 per cent of Aegean, one of several Greek shipping companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange....
...It was the late 1990s, and Florida’s roller-coaster housing market was on a sharp upswing....
...It was the 1970s and, heavily influenced by glam rock, Street adopted a flamboyantly camp persona complete with peroxide hair and lurid make-up....
...It’s not difficult to figure out why Tepper fled to Florida — the state has no personal income tax....
...Florence Knoll Bassett, the highly cultured US designer and forward-thinking entrepreneur, died aged 101 last week in Coral Gables, Florida....
...TATE has done sterling work on rebuilding its balance sheet and cashflow in recent years, reflected in FY20E ND:EBITDA (inc. IFRS 16) of 0.9x & 1.8x FCF dividend cover....
...require American Outdoor Brands, owner of Smith & Wesson, to provide evidence it is working on gun safety and monitoring violence associated with its products, following the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida...
...Then there was someone whose Twitter handle was Black Rock, who also did insurance asset management — like me!!!...
...The first fatal accident involving a car under the control of the Autopilot technology occurred in Florida two years ago, when a Tesla Model S drove into the side of a truck that was turning across the road...
...Well, it's safe to say that expectations for real agreement and concrete progress from this summit are at rock bottom....
...This unloved rectangular slab of red brick and concrete reflects the austerity of late-1950s Britain....
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