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...Partners in some of the Big Four’s advisory practices have grown frustrated by conflict of interest rules that prevent them winning work from audit clients, leading some to explore whether they could grow...
...In September, Richard Houston, UK chief executive of Deloitte, said he expected markets to “remain challenging” as Britain contended with ongoing cost of living concerns and slow economic growth....
...One recent study by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Houston and the Brattle Group consulting firm quantified the shortfall....
...He will work alongside Craig Glidden, who will also serve as president and continue in the role of chief administrative officer....
...A boom in mergers and acquisitions that drove deal advisory work has also abated as interest rates have climbed....
...At the Sawyer Ice House bar on the outskirts of downtown Houston on Thursday evening, the after-work crowd spilled in to watch the local Astros baseball team take on the New York Yankees....
...Car-less streets work well as enclaves. Let them set the tone of a city, and the effect is inert. Don’t be Houston, a place of depth (and bold cooking) let down by its war on walkers....
...Deloitte UK chief executive Richard Houston also announced a 20 per cent hit to partner profits for 2020 on Wednesday....
...New York, San Diego, San Jose and Houston are all experiencing declines in download speeds. Just try watching a Netflix or Amazon video after dinner and you’ll see what I mean....
...But with prices at about $25, there are challenges ahead for the Houston-based group....
...Elizabeth Uviebinené gives advice on how to avoid chronic stress and thrive at work. (FT) Is cash king?...
...It also works with companies including Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield services group, Total and Chevron....
...It has also announced plans to construct a passenger rail system running between Las Vegas and the outskirts of Los Angeles and cited longer term ambitions in markets from the Dallas-Houston route to the...
...the number of people who work at its headquarters in Geneva....
...Falling middle-class living standards, the casualisation of work and a very unequal distribution of the spoils has turned millions of Americans against the political establishment....
...“There is a good chance that the trading arm will eventually be separated from the mining arm, and become private again,” says University of Houston’s Prof Pirrong, who has done consulting work for Trafigura...
...So Mr Byttow’s decision has led to speculation about what convinced him that an anonymous social media network could not work....
...Although private equity groups are showing heightened interest in the sector many are sceptical they can make deals work....
...The company has since 2008 established offices in eight cities including Houston, Lima, Moscow, Perth and Johannesburg as it aims for a global commodity network....
...“These initiatives are an excellent example of how shareholders and a proactive board of directors can work together to solve complex governance issues,’’ said Anne Sheehan, director of corporate governance...
...That will add to existing bases in Robert and Houma in Louisiana, a new centre planned for New Orleans, and the BP base in Houston....
...In the past few days, Tony Hayward has been on the move through Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Jackson, Washington and Houma, Louisiana, where BP has based its team co-ordinating the response to its...
...If they did not, Mr Mulva indicated, he would have to work that much harder, with details to come at Conoco’s annual analysts meeting on March 11....
...Our reading of that suggests clients’ money put to work in this way was not actually consolidated on Stanford’s books....
...EOG Resources, a Houston oil and gas producer, climbed 5.4 per cent to $107.76 on the back of crude’s rally and several other energy companies moved higher....
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