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...Productivity-hype bubbles are usually separated by at least 25 years and usually form at the end of a secular bull market, when aggregate profits are coming under pressure, say Garthwaite et al....
...Walkers’ argument is of course a strange one from a marketing perspective — the Sensations website promises snacks with “unforgettable tastes”, which presumably doesn’t mean “gram flour”....
...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....
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...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...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)....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...We think Airbus would be best-positioned to benefit from a V-shaped recovery in 2021....
...Being able to tell clients that the funds in which they invest are advised by world-renowned policymakers is a big marketing tool....
...Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the head of the PIF, even joined the company’s board....
...The regulatory approval represents an important milestone in the process, announced last year, to launch a cash tender offer for Delta’s acquisition for up to 49 percent of Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V...
...One plugged-in Democrat suggests there is a generational divide in attitudes towards Uber et al. The drivers who may fret about the risks of relying on income from Uber tend to be middle-aged, he says....
...But blockbusters have a design flaw: their marketing costs are enormous — opening a movie typically costs anywhere from $20m — and they spend less and less time in cinemas....
...— Recent research by Gorton et . al about the form and role of banks as maturity transformers and creators of “private money” is very relevant to this discussion....
...Craigslist, Lyft et al . . . the shareconomy? The freeconomy? It’s going to happen....
...The “back end” of the network – the part where Netflix connects to Comcast et al – would be a tightly-regulated telecoms service....
...At a time when everyone has a camera built into their smartphone, the action camera has managed to carve out a niche but the segment is dominated by GoPro....
...The latest case, Google v Joffe et al, involves a class action suit stemming from the company’s illicit collection of snippets of information from WiFi networks in homes that its StreetView cars were passing...
...Talking over breakfast in a New York hotel, he still looks like the archetypal tech entrepreneur: focused and somewhat intense, wearing a black polo shirt and charcoal V-neck....
...Citi’s Yeung et al make one last and very interesting point....
...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...The approximately 15 investors in the Class V III transaction lost virtually their entire investments while Citigroup received fees of approximately $34 million for structuring and marketing the transaction...
...It unveiled a raft of new sales tools for farmers two weeks ago, including futures contracts, a pooling mechanism to contain risk and marketing advice....
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