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...Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the C$400bn global investment group, told my colleague Josephine Cumbo that the UK stood out because of its “pro business” stance....
...GILD’s c$15bn cost base vs $11bn core op.income, of which c$5bn lies in R&D/SG&A), but also require very significant job cuts at a time of global economic hardship....
...Recent medical literature suggests that severe manifestations of COVID19 may be due to tissue damage caused by severe immune dysregulation (Li H, et al; The Lancet; April 2020)....
...While this period excludes SARS, 9/11, and the Global Financial Crisis, we think it also fails to capture fully a structural improvement in industry dynamics that has taken place more recently....
...al Jazeera’s BeIn Sports....
...A round up of some of the week’s most significant corporate events and news stories. US court told PwC cut corners in Colonial audit Control+C, Control+V....
...That group includes figures such as Richard Maponya, labelled by some as “the father of black retail”, who overcame apartheid’s hurdles to set up businesses, including clothing and dairy enterprises...
...“This,” said Adrian Whitfield, the group’s chief executive, “marks the final step in a long process of transforming Yule Catto into a substantial highly focused specialty polymer business.”...
...It is because of this uncertainty that HTC’s share price has taken a big hit as the ruling nears, says C.K. Cheng, CLSA analyst....
...Is this simply a bargaining position? John, London, UK DB: The threat is much greater than our politicians care to give credit for. Messrs Cable, Darling et al say they don’t care! They should....
...As an industry bidder, Telus would be able to extract unrivalled synergies, estimated at an annual C$800m to C$1bn, by merging their traditional fixed-line businesses....
...But those in the US should fret a little less: they're comparatively not that stressed. According to a study released on Tuesday by Grant Thornton, US business owners rank 18 in a global stress study....
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