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...Andrew Goodwin: One of the hidden transmission mechanisms is through local government finances....
...Not only has it flatlined, but the UK appears to be doing worse than most other advanced economies....
...Andrew Goodwin, lead UK economist, Oxford Economics In terms of calendar year averages we don’t expect much of a slowdown — maybe from 2% to 1.5%....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...One way to picture the economic impact of a Brexit may be the shape of a letter ‘V’ or a ‘tick’....
...(Foreign Policy) “Tri Pointe Homes, a homebuilder backed by Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group LLC, is in advanced talks to buy Weyerhaeuser Co’s homebuilding division for about $2.7 billion, according...
...on the arrogant Fred Goodwin’s obsessive leadership....
...The energy sector was one of the few winners in the session, led by oilfield services stocks as oil prices climber higher....
...Halliburton, the second biggest oilfield services company in the world, was up 3.2 per cent to $39.38 while the S&P energy index rose 1.6 per cent to 515.12....
...Vin & Sprit’s sales process is being handled by Morgan Stanley and was relatively well advanced before the Carnegie scandal emerged....
...It takes up to a minute to download a song from the V-Cast service offered by Verizon Wireless, an AT&T competitor, even on its 3G network....
...Abbot Group was the top performer in the FTSE 250, rising 22 per cent to 335½p after the oilfield services company said it had received several takeover approaches....
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