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...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....
...Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the C$400bn global investment group, told my colleague Josephine Cumbo that the UK stood out because of its “pro business” stance....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...asks Ludovic Hunter-Tilney. In music, the big stars still dominate....
...The FT has learnt that Noble and Delek are also in preliminary talks with Britain’s BG Group to restore production at an LNG facility it operates in Egypt....
...Statistical studies (see for example Gadea et al) confirm that there has been no significant break in the behaviour of volatility in the five year period since 2008, compared to that experienced during GM...
...Creativity, Inc – a finalist for FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year – explains the failures, the tensions and the ultimate accolades from Finding Nemo to Toy Story....
...Ludovic Hunter-Tilney is the FT’s pop critic...
...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...
...Abrahamson et al find evidence that “strategic pricing” (implicit collusion) is as strong as ever in the US IPO market....
...And, as the new faces took their places next to Wintour, Menkes et al for the Dolce & Gabbana show, the Italian brand’s in-house cameras rolled, streamlining the event directly on to YouTube....
...And he freely admits that the Star Wars films had a bigger influence on him than the Star Trek television series or earlier films featuring Spock et al....
...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....
...This is an uncomfortable time for companies that were subject to leveraged buy-outs in the cheap credit era....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? It’s all here....
...Even more worrying is that Sir Fred et al are willing to pay 70 per cent for a new and untested model: the complex break-up of a bank across several countries RBS argues that it is an unrepeatable deal...
...Today’s WSJ tells the tale of how the Street dealt with Amaranth after the fund had traded its way into a deep hole – much of it consisting of kicking Maounis et al while they were down....
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