Hints and tips:
...If you’re looking for cellar inspiration, I’d recommend befriending your local wine merchant. The best way to do that is by spending money....
...That’s my replacement for the Schiller P/E or whatever people use as a measure of whether the market is fairly priced....
...In another email that month — addressed to Weisselberg and Eric Trump — McConney wrote: “I’m working on notes to Mr Trump’s annual financial statement and I’d like to include any major construction work”...
...Miranda GreenSo I took a good look at it, and I found this fascinating book called the 7 Rules of Power by Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, who’s something of an authority on the whole topic of power....
...The Permian produces about 5.8mn barrels of oil a day, out of about 13mn b/d in total US oil production....
...Everything in her home is thought out, from the design of her couch (by Australian brand Jardan) to the sail-shaped light shade hanging over it (by French designer Paris Au Mois D’Août)....
...The celebrity in question was a man named Justin Schiller, one of the foremost living specialists in collectible children’s books. Schiller started collecting old Wizard of Oz books as a kid....
...You’d seen Deutsche Bank settle a similar case to this just a few weeks ago, paid less than JPMorgan, about $75mn....
...“That’s why I’m always squinting at my phone.” Truth-bomb to Greta: squinting at your phone is as much a giveaway of middle age as wearing spectacles....
...“I’m just going to go to lawyers . . . I’m dying to talk to other people about it. I’m dying to talk to the press.”...
...“I’m not a quitter,” he said. London, however, insists that negotiations are over....
...I’m confident that I have as I’ve received tax advice from my client, but I’m worried about signing the enclosed certificate of my tax position....
...I’m not sure I’d get rid of athletic scholarships — I will take a classical approach here and say that I think competitive sports and the discipline of athleticism can help grow a well-rounded individual...
...“We’d like to see the majority of that go to share buybacks — their power when you’re trading this cheaply is enormous.”...
...How SVB f****d up Silicon Valley Bank trusted Goldman Sachs, and it got shot in the foot....
...M&A is a cyclical and volatile business, but both Greenhill and Lazard undoubtedly became victims of their own success....
...Only six months before, I’d studied Schiller and Goethe at university, translating Schiller’s letters and writing essays about their complicated friendship....
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...You're referring to the Oklahoma City bombing and Jeffrey Toobin has just written a brilliant description of it....
...But few in the crowd looked like they’d be causing trouble. Two women stood to one side of the entrance holding a banner: “Reparations for Mozambique Now!”...
...“That was a good thing because if I’d known what was involved in producing wine, I’d never have started. But it all came very naturally.”...
...“I don’t like the word ‘confiscate’, but I’d like to see this money diverted for Ukraine,” she said....
...Who billionaire’d it better?...
...Here’s the DUP’s leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson....
...But if I look back, I think it was inevitable that I’d end up here.”...
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