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...We asked each chatbot to come up with a new slogan for an imagined gourmet dog desserts company. Here are their attempts....
...Several them own NFTs or NFT-adjacent companies — maybe that’s bad? Anyway, here are names and links — we’ll let you make your own mind up: Liquid 2 Venture Fund III L.P . . . ....
...By the old border fence stood a row of rocks marked “K.P” on one side and “K.H” on the other — Kingdom of Prussia and Kingdom of Hanover....
...“But markets are all up and they’ve been up for quite a long time but the S&P trades at 17 times forward earnings and you say ‘how can this go on forever?’...
...After years of excess the Fangs could become blunt and lazy. Keep a watch on spending at Facebook and Google, which is growing faster than revenues....
...company Roche and Sweden’s H&M, the retailer....
...One core dispute is exactly how restrictive the terms of the JV are, as the consensus view is that it is very difficult for Xerox to sell itself to a third party (H-P’s name had come up) without losing much...
...In the past five years, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook, four of the largest companies in the S&P 500, have generated a cool $293bn in free cash flow, according to Bloomberg....
...Shares in H&M itself are down 15 per cent at SKr170.10 — their lowest since April 2009 — after the company said sales from September to November were “significantly below” its expectations”....
...In China the CSI 300 index, which tracks the largest companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen, was up 0.2 per cent....
...The S&P 500 index trades at a seemingly expensive forward price to earnings multiple of more than 20 times....
...On the corporate calendar, retailer H&M is reporting Q3 results, while Santander is holding an analyst meeting....
...Overnight, the S&P 500 ended fractionally higher as investors hunkered down ahead of the BoJ and Fed....
...S&P and Moody’s still have investment grade ratings on the company’s debt....
...Meanwhile, Pfizer and Boeing both raised their dividends and the S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent to 2,022.1....
...H & R Block, which prepares tax returns, led the S&P up as investors piled in after Tuesday’s announcement of a share buyback plan and the sale of its bank. Its shares rose 7.5 per cent to $35.4....
...H. Stern: also suggested for both Richemont and LVMH. As a global Brazilian brand, a natural segue into that potentially lucrative Bric market. 3....
...An IPO of Aramark, which was acquired in a 2007 buyout worth $8.3bn, would pave the way for its private equity backers, led by Warburg Pincus, Thomas H....
...Related links: Taking his fight against H.P. to the Web – NYT Dealbook Mike’s mad at Meg – FT Alphaville Inevitably, eventually, Autonomy – FT Alphaville...
...Yours faithfully, Dr Mike Lynch Related links: FT Alphaville’s Autonomy file Long before H-P deal, Autonomy’s red flags – WSJ...
...Futures suggest Wall Street’s S&P 500 later in the day will advance by 1 point to 1,458. (FT’s Global Market Overview)...
...Fitch thinks the banking system needs €50bn-60bn, Barclays pegs it at €70bn-80bn, while S&P goes as high as €90bn-100bn....
...Now the tolerable – The Fine Burger Company (£6.25, 330 Upper Street N1)....
...(the husband of Jacqueline Hoegel), Laurie H. Walton of Raleigh; and United T of S, LLC, Sterling I.S., LLC, Matrix Administration, LLC, and Jasmine Administration, LLC....
...London Scottish shares closed down 5¾p at 57¼p on Wednesday....
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