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...Many councils are in a similar position, spending huge sums because they must call on capacity that should (in a functioning system) only be used in emergencies....
...(b) Returns implied by the stock market equal only est. half of Citi’s target. For those looking for a “margin of safety” for an investment—we believe Citi looks like a stock to own....
...After a month, she discharged herself. “If I’d been closer to home where I could see my fiancé, see the dog, see some friends it would have made a big difference,” she says....
...Why D’Angelo and his former board colleagues sacked Altman in the first place has been a source of constant confusion and employee frustration, with OpenAI’s board saying only that he had not been “consistently...
...Evidence for Dojo’s potential typically comes from Tesla presentations, such as the company’s 2021 and 2022 AI Days where the architecture was first announced, and the Q2 call where Musk said they’d be spending...
...And so things that we’d like, you know, and things that have done well....
...That’s £7bn we’d spend on nurses in the NHS. I mean it’s a ready-made election leaflet for you there. Lucy FisherAlso, I think, very dangerous....
...More than a dozen private lenders, including the credit arms of Blackstone, Apollo Global, Ares and HPS, were ready to sign off on a record $5.5bn private loan that would have put Carlyle in control of Cotiviti...
...It peaked in 2022 with 599 shows — meaning you’d have to watch 1.6 series a day to see all of them....
...But, A, it's not clear they want to. B, wages are better working at a shop or a call centre. And, C, it takes ages to do....
...world: single-residence properties, impeccably kitted out, where every piece of furniture, art, design, even wallpaper, is for sale (there’s also a roster of five-star services on call, from drivers to...
...So, imagine you work in a call centre, you’ve been trained for two months and then suddenly a customer in France calls you, English is their second language, and they have an issue with a host in Germany...
...And as a result, you just have to say, are you actually ready for that change?...
...Some in Hollywood say Zaslav deserves credit for making hard calls in his first year. “He’s made some very tough decisions,” says Michael Ovitz, co-founder of CAA. “He had no choice.”...
...Japanese GDP steamed ahead at an annualised 2.7 per cent in the first quarter. If a weak yen were propelling the economy lately, we’d expect manufacturing exporters to benefit....
...You know, something which has been a trend is only temporary and will reverse....
...lack of humility about this is a situation that we a) don’t understand very well, and b) hadn’t planned for particularly well....
...Phil Thornton: Set out a plan for public investments and day-to-day spending needed to deliver high-quality public services by the end of the first term....
...One good read Got a sexual harassment scandal? Better call this lady....
...Braemar expects the Russian shortfall to be between 700,000 and 1.5mn barrels a day. Rystad estimates Russia will be short of 60 to 70 tankers, and expects seaborne exports to fall about 200,000 b/d....
...On another occasion, I got chatting to a Japanese woman who turned out to be a) the translator for my session the following day and b) a near neighbour of mine in London....
...temporary basis until a more permanent solution was found, which to nobody’s great surprise has never been found....
...But these will not be ready in time for the counter-offensive....
...Had it not been for his doctor, who as a precaution pumped him full of vitamin B, a compound that binds to cyanide, he would probably have died....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 7 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
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