Hints and tips:
...Months later, he launched activist fund shop Strive Asset Management, promising it would use its shareholder clout to lobby against corporate ESG agendas....
...Of course, O’Neill et al were mostly talking about these countries as burgeoning economies with tons of potential. And many of these countries have indeed subsequently done well....
...So originally I worked in a shop, and I saved every penny I made from that job in the shop and put it into this business. So you know, about £10,000 of my own money went in....
...nimble-footed rivals like Pinduoduo and ByteDance....
...ICE’s rival CME Group, trade bodies like ISDA and the assorted academics can be excluded. Edmonds’ comments about “big shops” implies that it wasn’t one of the smaller outfits, like CoinFund....
...through Silver Lake seems to have a vendor every 10 paces....
...When they are silver, they also mean you can be easily found.”...
...Wilding felt the connection to Cartier London deeply, referring to it as “my little jewellery shop”....
...The reality was that no one cared who you were, as long as you made money. And Fink made money....
...in an investment bank is if you take time out, you may not get back in, you know that, which is why I ran it through to the end of my natural coil”....
...(Incidentally, for my money, Cronenberg’s scuffed aesthetic has dated at least a little better than the gleaming postmodernism of Neo and Trinity et al.)...
...Is there anything else you would like to tell us? Angus Armstrong: For the past decade or so, it has been major unexpected events which have derailed us....
...And while the sanctimonious west likes to pride itself on its sound institutions, westerners are just as willing to share in the proceeds of corruption....
...You can read up on the news here. The PIF has around $230bn in assets under management, its chief Yasir al-Rumayyan told Bloomberg TV....
...I used to keep them in the fridge until they told me not to as it spoils the chocolate. Now I can’t buy as many as I would like....
...Sensible sentences from Citi’s Buiter et al on China’s valuation shock (with our emphasis): This decision by the PBOC is a significant event, even if its implications and motivations are not yet fully clear...
...“Every time you use a self-checkout lane or a touchscreen ordering system, it’s a task that used be part of someone’s job description.”...
...Newness can shock, as the double-takes provoked by Google Glass show. And although people say they like new things, often what they want is merely for existing things to work better....
...The book trade may be held up by the blockbusters – JK Rowling, Stieg Larsson, EL James et al, but Foyles’ market is different....
...“Also I like Japanese food because it is very light. I like it when, after a lunch or dinner, you are still hungry because, if you are hungry, you are still under tension. I like that....
...We all know about Richard Branson et al: they are a cliché. Yet the explanation offered is unexpected....
...… As for the make-up at the show, like the clothes on the catwalk, you’ll have to wait until at least November to wear those jet-black lips or eyes, created by Hannah Murray....
...How many “likes” would it get?...
...Collect it while you can....
...Jesus never felt the need to ask Matthew, John et al about their taste in gnomes....
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