Hints and tips:
...How much have JPM’s recent large acquisitions — Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, First Republic — contributed? Has banking industry profit always been so concentrated?...
...Second, avoid what the political scientist Graham Allison has called the “Thucydides Trap” — the tendency for mutual suspicion between rising and established powers to generate conflict....
...While the rise of non-bank lenders such as Apollo, Blackstone and Ares has been a boon to many companies at a time when banks have retrenched, Moody’s says the “explosive” growth of private credit is storing...
...“What you’re seeing is an expectation of a V-shaped recovery and that may prove to be too optimistic,” said one equity analyst....
...(FT) Coaching v commanding Andrew Hill recounts how industrial group Linde won over sceptical staff in 2017 with a safety drive based on “active listening”....
...This was disproved by the trial of US v Zarrab et al, in which a Turkish banker and a gold trader were convicted of laundering Iranian oil and gas revenues....
...It followed a string of other adviser exits in recent weeks (Nick Timothy, Fiona Hill et al). More surprising was his candour....
...Obtaining documents from overseas also involves invoking mutual legal assistance treaties, a time-consuming process....
...Some fine forensic accounting by the Washington Post’s Wonkblog shows that he would have been much richer had he just invested the family money he started out with in a mutual fund....
...Greene herself steers clear of criticising Amazon but she angrily sums up the challenge from Whistl et al like this: “This is not the kind of competition that drives efficiency....
...A study by Global Financial Integrity, the anti-corruption group in Washington, estimates 56-76 per cent of illicit flows are deposited in banks in developed countries....
...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...
...officials said they feared that Islamabad would have warned Osama bin Laden of the US operation that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the FT reports....
...that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the FT reports....
...Related links: SEC V. TREVOR G. COOK, PATRICK J. KILEY, ET AL, Case No. 09 CV 3333 – SEC Litigation release...
...Had the central bank allowed the failure of Long Term Capital Management to run its course, Lehman, Bear Stearns, et al would still be here....
...But on the specifics, I think both sides can take some blame for a sour climate on Capitol Hill....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (on behalf of) suing in NYC and DC: Bassman v. Syron, et. al (FRE) Agnes v....
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