Hints and tips:
...The Korean Wave” exhibition at the V&A Lola Shoneyin Writer and festival organiser by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lola Shoneyin’s subversion is deliciously sly, her humour mordant, her eyes pitiless and...
...“The housing voucher programme gets no cash support from the central bank....
...Chinese property developers have been hit by record numbers of downgrades from international credit rating agencies this year, as Evergrande’s collapse fuels concerns over the health of China’s economy....
...Some investors in China Evergrande say they have not received crucial bond payments after the expiry of a 30-day grace period on Monday, as the world’s most indebted developer edges closer to a formal default...
...Three separate Indian investigative agencies are probing at least 10 cases involving Cox & Kings and the Kerkars....
...States dependent on oil and gas — including North Dakota, Alaska and Louisiana — have suffered....
...Where they still have the finance in place, previously agreed sales are creeping through....
...One is to help countries finance the cost of dealing with floods via so-called parametric insurance policies sold to aid agencies or governments....
...The group reported a 4.6 per cent drop in housing transactions in the first six months of the year, which it said had knocked agency branch numbers by 3 per cent....
...Mark Calabria, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the GSE’s regulator, has been busy developing recapitalisation plans that can be carried out administratively, without the approval of sceptical...
...In short, Evergrande’s size may be its saving grace. “Being big is very important in China,” Mr Lee said....
...Visibly uncomfortable, he blamed the state housing agency that oversees hundreds of projects nationwide for “ruining us” and asked the Turkish leader for a fuller discussion at a later date....
...Arun Jaitley, India’s finance minister, says the BRI violates India’s sovereignty....
...Although the president-elect has tapped a handful of outsiders, most have been nominated for less senior agencies, such as education, housing and transportation....
...“The Chinese economy is slowing down and this is a structural slowdown so we don’t think there will be a V-shaped recovery any time soon. There’s no quick fix.”...
...“Most developers refrained from accelerating construction despite better than expected first-quarter housing sales,” said Du Jinsong, property analyst at UBS....
...While here in London we’ll help the British Museum, the Science Museum, and the V&A move their collections out of storage and on display....
...The outcome of the races could shape the political prospects for crucial legislation ranging from immigration, tax and housing finance reform to the renewal of the main US export credit agency and the terrorism...
...Investors are paid returns every six months over the loan term of eight to nine years, starting six months after the grace study period....
...International frameworks and bilateral agreements have paved the way for better collaboration between law enforcement agencies across the world....
...Blockages to a potential deal include a string of client conflicts: housing the likes of Procter & Gamble and Unilever under one agency roof would be problematic....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Government agencies also utilise his insight into this rapidly developing field....
...A lovely story told with ease and grace. Simon Kuper …………………………………………………………….....
...That is a good thing, notwithstanding justified complaints that the credit rating agencies (CRAs) contributed to the financial crisis....
International Edition