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...The publishing industry is going through a period of strong growth in the UK, with companies such as UK-listed Bloomsbury recently reporting record first-half results....
...Add in $140bn of US investment-grade debt issuance in the year to date, the highest run-rate on record, and credit spreads at the lowest levels in 15 years....
...Shares in Bloomsbury Publishing hit a record on Wednesday as the group best known for backing JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series hailed fantasy author Sarah J Maas as a “publishing phenomenon” helping to turbocharge...
...I saw the gap between my fantasy of London and real life....
...More specifically, it’s a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing-game (MMORPG)....
...The bullish comments at the event — which boasted a record attendance of more than 8,000 delegates — came against a backdrop of record temperature rises and growing scientific concern over the need to cut...
...As we report today, the slowdown has left private equity groups sitting on a record 28,000 unsold companies, worth more than $3tn....
...The World Meteorological Organization sounded a “red alert” on Tuesday for the heat records smashed last year, while a US agency found oceans set heat records for more than 365 straight days....
...hottest year on record....
...Even though the CBO’s headline projection is that US public debt is not on a sustainable path and will rise from 97.3 per cent of GDP in 2023 through an all time US record in 2028 and to 116 per cent in...
...Box office collections rose to a record Rs122bn ($1.5bn) in 2023, according to data from consultancy Ormax Media....
...“We need to shatter this fantasy of the Arabian feast that requires hours of cooking,” says Kattan....
...“We should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas and instead invest in them adequately, reflecting realistic demand assumptions,” he said....
...The agreement is tantamount to an industry fantasy of a “Netflix for sports”, with their combined platform touted to showcase some of the biggest events worldwide, from the Fifa World Cup to golf’s Masters...
...For some people, offering themselves up to cheat online is to engage in a fantasy where they can portray themselves as younger, richer or more beautiful....
...Imagine the chaos if far-right leader Marine Le Pen actually implemented her side’s longstanding fantasy of chucking them out....
...Saudi Aramco’s chief executive said the world should “abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas”....
...The €24.4mn price tag was a record for the artist....
...Now try this At the moment, I am playing a lot of Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, the second part of Square Enix’s remake of the 1997 original....
...With US markets at record highs and growing confidence that economies can skirt a slump, 2024 is shaping up better — though not perhaps in London....
...When it comes to share-price performance, at least, companies underwritten by Boustead have a patchy record....
...General purpose quantum computers remain a fantasy....
...They can point, for example, to China’s amazing growth record over the past 40 years. Yet the evidence does not support this view....
...Energy Source sat down with Exxon’s chief executive Darren Woods, who discussed how oil demand is at record levels despite a tepid world economy....
...I recently did a new record cover for them; Mark Knopfler got together as many of the world’s top guitarists as he could – 40 or so including Eric Clapton and Joan Armatrading – to record “Going Home”, the...
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