Hints and tips:
...The company’s web presence is minimal, and ownership of its website is hidden by a privacy service....
...New deals with UK-based marketing agency Interregional Sports Group and technology group Amazon Web Services have not filled the gap left by the loss of global sponsors such as German insurer Allianz and...
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...When sages speak Here is a thumping research report from Jonathan Woetzel, Jeongmin Seong et al from the McKinsey Global Institute....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...Maybe we will discover that many managers were smart enough to sell out of Apple, Valeant, Williams et al before their shares tanked....
...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...
...One segment of the market (Open U, U of Phoenix, et al) specialise in delivering online courses for large audiences....
...Abrahamson et al find evidence that “strategic pricing” (implicit collusion) is as strong as ever in the US IPO market....
...It underlines how France Telecom et al in Europe may also find it hard to get the technology company to pay....
...by Bertram Group Ltd, please go to: www.ft.com/bookshop...
...And this time it’s RBS et al on the back foot....
...gillian.tett@ft.com...
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